1 Poor Radio performance, poor feature execution
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Very disappointing
The FM radio is very poor. It is exceptionally prone to interference. Every time you touch the unit it affects the signal quality for better or worse. As a consequence dont expect the RDS name to appear for stations unless you are luck and can no doubt see the transmitter. From my experience with the W960 and W810 they had far better reception and maintained a higher quality of signal. There are no station presets. You need to scan your way across the airwaves to get your stations of choice it does remember the last used station which is one thing. Remember this is a disconnected product in the sense that it cannot be controlled by a phone or PC. There is no radio app to use. I had a W960 last and it had the track ID feature that could identify most songs and give you more details but nothing like this with my X10i now. So the radio is very basic maybe worth a fiver IMHO.
The Bluetooth integration is OK but limited. When in radio mode you get a beep every couple of seconds to tell you of an incoming call. And it is time to get familiar with your contacts numbers again because on the display that is all you get no name. Dont expect to be told about a new SMS txt though they come in silently under the radar. To switch from radio to playing from phone or PC you need to initiate the change from the mode selector on the MW600. The selector uses the capacitive pick up volume control to allow you to choose the mode that you then confirm by pressing the playpause button. It is a two handed operation because you are gripping the unit by the selector!
There is no track name or MP3 data when playing despite quote See which track is playing listed as a feature. You are told nothing about the track. PC or phone makes no difference. The display then is pretty but not useful in any way a user might expect.
I got this device because I wanted to listen to the radio again because it is not a feature of the X10i. It maybe an Android limitation but it is annoying nonetheless. I already had a pair of Bluetooth headphones I was quite happy with so I now feel pretty unimpressed with the whole MW600 X10i combination. I can't help but feel SE could have done better with two if its latest and greatest releases.
Sorry if this is hard to read but PLAY insist on no punctuation symbols LOL.