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

i usually dont write reviews on amazon but since im extremly impressed by this product hence im sharing my feedback this radio by philips is the relaunch of there earlier model with obvious ly with some changes the dsp chip and is extremly powerful and reception of fm am and sw is awesome antenna is huge which obviously furthur plays role in signal reception philips did huge reaearch and optimised this radio well while desighning im a huge fm admirer fm on this radio is phenomenal..since there is limited stock of this radio and radio lovers are buying this a lot it usually goes out of stock i purchased a unit some day ago i was so impressed i decided to buy another unit it was unavailable but i managed to grab another unit they are sold within minutes only drawback for some might be rare dc adaptor and absense of rechargeable battery but im being into electronics a lot that was not an issue for me adaptor i bought locally for 150 bucks with this dc pin and rechargeable battery i installed myself in it if you not trained into electronics you can get a battery installed by some technician its very easy and easily done i mentioned these 2 points since only rare dc adaptor jack and no rechargeable battery can be only drawbacks for some simple radio lovers who are not too much tech savvy and they dont the obvious continuous charges of buying 3 dc cells but as i said it can be easily overcome

The radio stopped working after 05 weeks, with batteries and DC adapter both. Very poor quality product. No support available on Amazon website. Total waste of money.

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.

Nice radio of Make in India. Clear sound with high volume. Ideal for a home. Use 4.5 v eliminator to get rid of batteries but suits only FM reception without any single distortion and for MW and SW hiss sound accompanies. If we use batteries, it is the best portable radio needed for an ideal home.

1) gang + audio ic nd FM IC same as used in Dl225 Black prince 3band radio but this is better than dl 225 2) body nd FM Antenna bestest quality. 3) SW nd MW Great tunning with great signals nd no effect of electricity. 4) it cames up with 47k volume but when I used 100k volume in it, audio quality purified, like साउंड वाली voice No one can beat this in sound nd build quality + SW MW Signals. 5) FM smiliar to Dl225 But In The Comparison Of Old RL 384 it's nothing, not a good signal or not good audio quality.

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

This is the 3rd time I ordered for the 3rd radio set in 2 weeks. This Philips radio is also defective, no sound at all. I AM TOTALLY DEJECTED, FRUSTRATED, VERY UPSET WITH AMAZON FOR THIS TYPE OF DEALING & SENDING FAULTY RADIO SETS FOR 3 TIMES CONSECUTIVELY. Pls do your homework & QUALITY CONTROL CHECK properly before sending electronic products. PLS TAKE BACK YOUR FAULTY Philips RADIO & RETURN MY MONEY

As always Philips product is outstanding. Unmatched sound quality. Compared to cost company has delivered quality product. Congratulations to all honors.