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Separate bass/treble and loudness controls to boost base at low levels.
Headphone jack.
2-way speaker.
700mw RMS audio output.
Varacter tuning diodes with tuned RF and FM/AM.
Operates on 6 D-cell batteries (purchased separately), with auto AC/DC switching when unit is not plugged in.
Size: 10.5''H x 12.5''W x 4.5''D.
Customers most agreed on the following attributes:
from Orlando, FL on 6/27/2008
Pulled a station from Chicago first time turned on.
from San Antonio on 1/28/2008
The office I work in is notoriously bad for radio reception. I have tried 3 previous radios and none of them have been able to receive the stations I listen to. Most recently I purchased a Sangean radio because the customer reviews I had read indicated that it had the best reception among the standard group of moderately priced radios (Boston Acoustics, Tivoli). When I took it to the office, the Sangean couldn't pick up any channels. This is not a knock on the Sangean, the other radios I had brought in didn't work any better. After I returned the Sangean, I was surfing the net for other alternatives, reading reviews on Sony and CCR world radios, when I noticed a sentence "Of course, I assume you have a Superradio". I did a search and found this radio. [...] Bottom line: I took the radio to my office and was able to pick up most anything, including several stations that were more than 100 miles away. For [$], you can't beat the value. Every other radio I had looked at was well over [$]. [...]
from Woodinville, Washington on 11/9/2007
This is an awesome radio! The price is just right. The reception is amazing. Clearity like no other. It pulls those scratchy long distant stations in and really pin points them... Can't go wrong with this purchase.My only complaint would be of the radio dial. It's off calibration wheh you tune, so its as if your not directly on the station. This is a common issue with this radio but is no real big deal once you get used to it...
from ny on 11/6/2007
Disappointed in AM reception
from Pioneer CA on 10/30/2007
I've owned five or six of these radios. I'm a drywall taper and I listen to the radio while I work. The price is right, it fits nicely behind the seat of my truck and the battery life is first rate. After a few months it gets covered with drywall mud and paint but it still works and sounds just fine. The only thing that hurts it is when I leave it in the bed of my truck and it gets wet. Then it usually dies. But that's my bad.
from New Jersey on 7/20/2007
The only thing I could fault this radio for (and my old GE version had the same shortcoming)is a totally inaccurate tuning dial. I would think the engineers could fix this without too much trouble. Better would be a digital readout for tuning or best would be a digital tuner.
from Gilbert, MN on 6/7/2007
I have owned the older GE version of this radio for years and am happy with the RCA model. You can't beat it for reception in areas where other radios can't get a clear signal.
from San Antonio, TX on 5/4/2007
I just purchased my 5th and 6th SR-III. I can distinguish no change in performance since it became an RCA product. I've been a ham radio operator since 1964, and I've used dozens of radios. Aside from sloppy calibration, this radio has the sensitivity, selectivity, and audio that embarasses the much more costly Grundig, Sony, and Sangean radios, including the CC Radio. I frequent remote areas of west Texas and the SR-III consistently pulls in weak AM stations from throughout North America. This radio is a rock solid performer I take everywhere I go.