Philips Portable Radio RL384/94 with MW, SW & FM Band, 500mW RMS Sound Output, Telescopic Antenna, 4-Inch Loudspeaker, Powered by 3xR20 (4.5V DC) External DC Socket

The radio is not getting FM. Only SW with single station it is giving out put. So i want to replace with i Bell brand. If you permit i can pay difference in cost. cost

I purchased the Philips Portable Radio RL384/94 for my father because Philips is a trusted brand, and I expected good quality. Unfortunately, the radio stopped working after just 20 days of normal use, which was extremely disappointing. What made the experience even worse was the warranty support. Getting assistance was very difficult, and the customer service response was slow and unhelpful. A product from a reputed brand should come with reliable after-sales service, but that was not my experience. I cannot recommend this product based on its poor durability and disappointing warranty support. I hope Philips improves both the product quality and its customer service.

This radio has great shortwave coverage from 13 meters to 90 meters, only the 11 and 120 meter bands are missing. No other large radio is available with this much coverage. The reception I found is quite good and stable. Reception is slightly better or more stable than smaller portable radios. The FM and MW is marginally better than my xhdata D808. SW reception is also excellent but is a bit difficult to tune because there are only 2 bands, having 7-9 bands on SW would have helped. This is all what is good about this radio. Now the not so good things are: Very poor finish, see how the antenna is attached bent in the pictures because of poor plastic cabinet used. Very cheap cabinet used and crude finish - I hope they don't export this with Made in India tag as it would leave a bad impression internationally. Even the cheap xhdata D219 has far better finish. Next the sound is loud but intolerable at moderately loud volumes. There is almost no bass from a 4 inch speaker and the treble is not sharp either. Makes a complete mashed up confused sound at moderate to high volumes. This is the biggest issue with this radio. I opened up the radio and replaced the speaker with a better one which improved the treble and clarity but the audio amp is delivering no bass at all so I couldn't fix that. The circuit is fully smd and I don't have the skills to mess with it. I have added some synthetic cotton inside the large and mostly empty cabinet to reduce internal reflections and clear up the midrange to some extent. It is a total misuse of a 4 inch speaker and large cabinet. Thirdly why use D cells? Simple AA could do and they could have gone for 4 AA cells. D cells are not widely available any more. I have added 2 led lamps and a switch to illuminate the tuner dial for night time use and it looks gorgeous at night - see attached picture. Also added external antenna port and headphone socket which were not provided. Still an overall good radio for the price and it is easy to use with large knobs and dial.

Good product

We Purchased 4 band philips radio but when it is switched on getting only FM. MW, SW1 & SW2 we are not getting,

DO NOT BUY Bought it on 15 August 2026, Stopped working on 05 Sept 2026, Its a useless junk product.... and there is no guranty or warranty on it DO NOT BUY

Very good 👍