Entered CNET Catalog: 06/29/2005
SKU: 0843677000870
Manufacturer: Motorola Corp.
Manufacturer description
With a range of up to 12 miles and loaded with features, you know that with the SX700R you are ready for the extreme outdoors. Lightweight and rugged, with side grips to help you hold on, and a holster to provide you with quick access, the SX700 is built to handle virtually any challenge without weighing you down. Acting as a speakerphone, the iVOX hands free communication allows you to use your hands for other activities while keeping in touch. Tune into a NOAA channel (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) on your SX700 for continuous local and regional weather broadcasting?. And when you are out having fun, weather alerts will provide you with warnings of incoming weather to protect from the dangers of a sudden storm. To prevent cluttered channels, the SX700 has a full 22-channel capacity each with 121 privacy codes, creating 2,662 combinations. Additionally, Priority scan quickly finds the most private channel in crowded environments, and with the QT (Quiet Talk) interruption filter enabled, radios from other manufacturers cant be heard on your channel ensuring a private conversation for your group. The SX700 also has a Motorola exclusive feature companding a sophisticated digital technology that filters out static between words. This allows the radio to deliver noticeably clearer transmission.User opinions
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3.5 stars
out of 2 user reviews
Nice, but needs improving
Pros: Decent range
Cons: The new buttons
Review:
Updated
The new flat buttons require too much pressure to make them work, and if you don't push them just right, they might not work.
The scanning feature on these are HORRIBLE!
When you are scanning and you lock on to another radio, these don't show what sub channel they're on unlike older models. You're also not able to talk to the other person when you have "scanned" them (even though it says you are able to in the instructions) unlike older models.
So, you can't see what channel they're on and you can't talk to them to FIND OUT what channel they're on... makes the scanning feature pretty worthless, don't you think?
I returned these. We'll see if Motorola can get the next ones right.
The new flat buttons require too much pressure to make them work, and if you don't push them just right, they might not work.
The scanning feature on these are HORRIBLE!
When you are scanning and you lock on to another radio, these don't show what sub channel they're on unlike older models. You're also not able to talk to the other person when you have "scanned" them (even though it says you are able to in the instructions) unlike older models.
So, you can't see what channel they're on and you can't talk to them to FIND OUT what channel they're on... makes the scanning feature pretty worthless, don't you think?
I returned these. We'll see if Motorola can get the next ones right.
User Rating:
4.5 stars
out of 2 user reviews
Easy-to-use, great sound quality
Pros: "Quiettalk" feature reduces the chatter you hear on other skiers radios
Cons: On the large size for two-way radios
Review: We use these all over the mountain and they work best when one of use is at the summit as there is nothing obstructing the reception up there. The longest range we have tested is 2 miles and they worked fine. The only time we can't communicate is when we are both at ground level but separated by the mountain but that is to be expected.
