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Compact, weather resistant design with protective bumper delivers rich stereo sound from two powerful 3.25" side-firing drivers. Digital backlit quartz display, 10 pre-set FM/AM buttons, dual volume and tuning dial. Compatible with slide type and pod styl e Makita batteries. Runs two working days (16 hours) on a single Makita Li-Ion battery (3.0Ah) charge. SPECIFICATIONS: 11-1/8" tool length. .75 lbs. tool weight.
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- Delivers rich stereo sound from two powerful 3.25-inch side-firing speaker- 10 Pre-Set FM/AM buttons and mp3 compatibly
- Protective bumper design for added durability
- Makita Compact Lithium-Ion battery and Energy Star rated 15-Minute Rapid Optimum Charger produces 430% total lifetime work with 2.5X more cycle
- 3-year warranty on radio
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By Eric Jones
Great radios -- we have a household moving company and we bought one for each truck. The guys love 'em... the only design flaw is one that others have noted: you can't connect an MP3 player with an AUX cable to the rear port when you're using a battery to power the radio, which for us is all the time. No big deal, since there's a front port, but it means that we can't use one of the radio's slickest design features: an enclosed compartment at the rear to protect your expensive and fragile MP3 player on the job site. Overall, though, very, very happy with them.
By MARK MCFALL (Spokane, WA)
While this radio does not charge batteries or have an internal power adaptor (the external one will be cheaper to replace if it goes bad anyway), it is very sturdy, compact, easy to handle and move - with nice sound. The controls are simple, and for those of us with Makita cordless tools, this is a no-brainer. I am very picky -- and am also very happy with this choice. Once again, I was pleased with Amazon's prices and prompt service.
By D. Moses (IL, USA)
I bought the older version of this a few years back, and recently wanted to upgrade to something with a line-in input for a MP3 player. The older version is essentially identical, except it's blue instead of white, and has no line-in. Unfortunately when I bought the older one, I didn't think I'd ever care about being able to plug in a "fragile" MP3 player on a jobsite. As listening habits changed over the years, I've gotten sick of being at the mercy of local radio programming, and really wanted a MP3 input, so time to upgrade.
I didn't really want to buy the same basic radio over again to get just 1 new feature, so I first tried one of the new Milwaukee jobsite radios. Multiple shortcomings with the Milwaukee led me to return it, and just get another Makita I knew I'd be happy with. Advantages of this Makita over the Milwaukke are:
1) Size: The latest Milwaukee is absolutely huge. The large size is a pain to carry around, and takes up way too much shelf space for workshop use. I'm not sure why the Milwaukee is so large as it is not noticeably any louder than this Makita.
2) Tuner: The Milwaukee is advertised as having an extremely sensitive digital tuner. This was the main reason I tried the Milwaukee, since I live about 50 miles from the local city radio towers. It doesn't live up to the advertising, and struggled to pull in stations more than 20-30 miles from me. The Makita tuner is much stronger, and easily pulls in stations the Milwaukee struggled with, and can just barely pull in the stations 50 miles away that I'm really after and the Milwaukee couldn't get.
3) Buttons/Knobs: The Milwaukee has only up/down buttons for the volume and tuning adjustments. These buttons require a firm, individual push for each incremental adjustment, and are really a pain to make large adjustments. The rotary knob on the Makita is far easier to use.
By Mike Cortese (NJ)
This radio is perfect for my basement workshop. The other radios (Dewalt, Ridgid, Milwaukee) are big, bulky, and more expensive. This has a small footprint on the workbench. The sound quality and volume is fine. The backlit display is clear and all of the button functions are nice. Definitely worth having.
By Creative Design Homes, Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.)
If you are looking for a jobside radio that plays music and also AM talk radio without a big and bulky box then this is the radio for you. Everything about the radio is well designed and compact as well playing songs from an IPOD which is much clearer than using the radio. The one thing that I didn't like about the radio is the fact that the speakers are just full range speakers and Makita definitely skimped here with the quality since in my opinion the sound is just decent and not befitting of something that needs more power and a bigger sound. I think if you don't really care that much about the sound and you just want to hear background music or talk then this radio will suffice for your needs. If you want something of better quality than you might want to consider taking out those cheap little 3" full range speakers and upgrading to a better quality 4" speaker since it's almost impossible to find 3" speakers that have separate speakers inside the 3" size.
This leads me to what I think needs to be done to make this Jobsite radio rival any jobsite radio out there. The problem is that Makita engineers were attempting to make a radio that is easy and portable to move around and still give decent sound in such a small box, but it still doesn't work because the speakers are not big enough and their quality does not match up to the rest of the radio. Here is the fix to make this radio a 6 star product! Upgrade and modify the plastic body to use 4" speakers with separates inside instead of using the existing 3" speakers which are better off in the trash can or donated for something else.
I went and shopped around for 4" car speakers and in about half a day on a Saturday, I modified my radio and installed the new speakers and now it sounds like something that you can hear and actually the amp inside will play just fine until distortion kicks in about 3/4 of a turn on the volumn knob. No, it is not High fidelity but I will say that it is an 80% improvement from what it sounded like before and will sound as good as ANY jobsite radio out there without all the weight. The main reason you want to buy this radio is the fact that it's light weight, small, has a great handle to move around, and has rubber on the corners to protect it from damage. The speakers are just not good. The main reason I decided to do this is because my wife's IPOD player sounded so much better when I had them next to each other that it made me realize that I would not be happy with the sound.
If you don't want to hassle with this radio then of course it is a great design however, in my opinion the sound is not even befitting of something on a jobsite or a workshop. If you want to make it a rock solid radio that will play with much better sound than take out those speakers and replace them with 4" speakers that you find at your local stereo place like a Best Buy. Listen to them before you buy them. Once you find a speaker you like shop around and purchase on the internet. I went to Frye's and purchased a pair of KICKER speakers. I took out the old speakers and I had to make the openings a bit bigger to accomodate the wider diameter speakers. Because you have limited real estate you will need to glue the corners of the metal backer plates inside so that the screws have a tread to screw into. The old metal backer plates are no good since you have to cut them. You will also have to disconnect and then reconnect the wiring to the new speakers. When the glue dries (use polyurethane construction adhesive) connect all the wiring and by the end of the day the glue is dry and then rescrew the supplied screws into the original metal backplates pieces. The hardest part and cutting into the plastic body to allow for the magnet to fit into the diameter opening. Also since the magnets are not deep there will be no issues with the magnets butting up to each other.
You will also have to cut out a little bit of the rubber since the speaker grills will hit it. When you are done you will have an awesome radio with a 6 star rating!!!!!! It was worth the addition $ 35.00 plus I spent for the speakers and the radio will cost more than $ 100.00 but you have something that is really unique and better quality than anything out there.
If you are handy it's worth the time and effort, if you are not then be happy with what you have.
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