Another day, another issue. (FM Radio not working)

[jbearamus]

Originally Posted by marctronixx

does your sansa clip have:

1. a wifi antenna
2. a b/g antenna
3. a 4G antenna
4. a 3G antenna
5. a 1Xrtt antenna

folks remember, radio is Radio Frequency modulated. RF is super vulnerable to transmission noise, and all those antennas inside this tiny hot box (CPU + battery) would kill any FM radio even if you were LOS (line Of Sight) to the radio X-mitter!!!!

FM radio waves are varying in length for each station and you need a conductor (in this case the earphones' wiring) to be able to absorb or "tune in" said freqs per each station, hence why you need to use your ear buds to receive! FM is ANALOG not digital. there is digital conversion technology inside the evo to get analog FM to be heard thru the phone..

on cars, you see the metal rod on the car for the radio, now its a wire thats inside the cars glass... thats how you get FM radio.. you cant get it from a tiny antenna inside a box (evo) that has 5 other DIGITAL antennas in it...

so no its not a failure on HTC's part. they should be APPLAUDED for all the technology they have stuffed inside this box (evo) that many of us are taking for granted. they did not have to keep the FM feature in but they did. the EVO is a cutting edge gadget. lets not try to tear it down every chance we get but embrace the technology and enjoy it. the next handset will improve on many things so ..

remember the star tac?

your list of 1 and 2 are the same, other wise very informative

Originally Posted by tj.iscool

get u some DiddyBeats LOL

those will probably have the same high end shielding problem that we've already talked about

[tj.iscool]

Originally Posted by jbearamus

your list of 1 and 2 are the same, other wise very informative



those will probably have the same high end shielding problem that we've already talked about

I was kiddin, them things overpriced LOL

[93mustang]

not sure if its anybody's problem they are having but i know it does in fact use the headphones for an antenna cause i just tried to turn mine on earlier and it said i had to have some plugged in for that reason

[sikclown]

Mine works with two different pairs of ear buds flawlessly (earbuds that came with my ZuneHD and some white Sony ones) and a pair of Skull Candy headphones. My dad has some noise canceling powered headphones that I will try tomorrow

[adz1966]

I tried 2 cheap pairs that have a mic and both work flawlessly. I seem to remember an older phone that had to have a mic on the headphones in order for FM reception to work well. Anybody want to try this out?

[lipidfats]

Originally Posted by WarChild

make sure they are pushed in all the way because my FM is working fine. Im using Scull Candy ear buds with a volume adjuster.
CW

mine are pushed in all the way. it was a tight fit, but i pushed until it snapped in. In order to hear anything on channels that should be very strong, I had to pull the chord and move the device around like a lunatic. Even then there was a lot of static, so basically unusable. Theyre earbuds btw... forgot the brand, but they were $70ish 5 years ago. I'll have to try some of my other headphones and headsets.