ICF506 Analog Tuning Portable FM/AM Radio with Battery/AC Power

My 93 year old mother is “technologically challenged”. She grew up in a time when technology was, compared to today, very basic, but she loved the simplicity of it. She prefers listening to the radio as opposed to watching television but modern radios with digital tuning, presets and DAB do confuse her and pressing the “wrong buttons” was a regular occurrence. Her old analog radio - her favourite old Sony radio - eventually died after over 30 years of service and replacements, bought by well meaning friends, were all digital versions. I spotted this radio and immediately liked the clarity of the display, the simplicity of using it and the lack of loads of numbered buttons. From being “off” the radio can be turned on by moving switch on the front from “off” to AM or FM channels. Nice and simple. There are only two other controls, Tuning and Volume. Turn the tuning dial to the frequency you want, then adjust the volume. The sound quality is a perfect mixture of bass, midrange and treble thanks to the decent sized speaker. The radio is comparatively light and has a handle so it can be carried easily. From being disillusioned about modern electronic products always being too complicated, my mother is exceptionally happy that a company like Sony also caters for those people who still prefer the simpler, less complicated way of life. Thank you Sony, thank you Amazon.

Excellent radio, so simple to use , take your pick mains, or battery Highly recommend

Top notch radio great reception/sound and battery life and simplicity and it's a sony which have years of good history for long life and reliability which I presume and hope will be the case...worth paying a bit extra for !

Great Sound

A great quality radio from Sony. Built more like they used to be. Sound is excellent, very easy to use. Four stars because - the aerial is 'flimsy', for such a well built solid device. You have to be really careful and push it back in from the bottom, slowly. If you grab the top and push it in it bends easily. Also, why no Long Wave? Every other radio seems to have FM/AM/LW. I would have liked Long Wave on it. Finally the on/off switch - it is a slider control on the front of the radio and you have to physically pick the radio up and slide the switch past AM to FM and then FM comes on. It works but it feels odd. An on/off switch on the volume control would be so much more elegant to use. It is a quality radio, good price and apart from a couple of issues above is excellent to listen to. Update after some use - the on/off switch arrangement is a deal breaker for me. Very odd design to switch the radio on and off. I have returned the radio and will look for another. Tired of having to pick up the radio to get at the switch.

Very good I can now listen to the radio while collecting my grandson

Very poor quality - only 3 FM stations were accessible and after a week the tuner was sticking and there was no access to any stations. It was returned and a refund was given. I am amazed it is a Sony product.

I’ve been looking for a simple radio which uses cheap batteries in the event of power cuts and discovered this one. Nice clear reception both plugged in and when using the THREE AA BATTERIES so all set for Winter when power cuts are a certainty in our rural area. Excellent sound as expected from Sony.

I bought this radio because it was described as having “analogue tuning”. While it has a traditional tuning dial, the tuning itself is not fully continuous: as you turn the knob, it pauses very briefly while moving between frequencies. Although it has an analogue-style tuning dial, the tuner appears to use digital signal processing rather than fully continuous analogue tuning. It pauses and locks onto stations as the dial is turned, which makes precise tuning of weak FM signals difficult. For most listeners, this will make no difference at all. It is a smart-looking, capable tabletop radio and should work very well where FM reception is strong. However, I live in an area with weaker, marginal FM signals, where being able to make very tiny tuning adjustments is important to get the clearest sound. With this radio, I could not quite tune some stations precisely enough to remove distortion. That is a shame, as it is otherwise a good radio. I returned it because it did not suit my particular reception conditions.

I LOVE MY SONY RADIO THANKING YOU VERY MUCH

Es una radio muy manejable

Very good product

Simple mais avec une belle sonorité profonde. Un peu lourd mais dès lors très stable.