Sony Walkman WM-FX290 Personal Cassette Player

Sony Walkman WM-FX290 Personal Cassette Player

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  • Type: AM / FM Cassette Player
  • Tuner Type: Digital
  • Display: LCD
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The Sony WM-FX290- Good Things Still Come in Small Packages.

byBensisco Apr 24, 2004
23 Helpfuls 24 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Small size, long battery life, lots of features.
Cons Consolidated buttons/features.
Recommended it? Yes

I recently purchased the Sony WM-FX290 AM/FM Stereo Cassette Player to listen to while on morning walks. If you're considering this unit, you will hopefully find this review very useful.

First the overview: The Sony WM-FX290 is a slim and lightweight cassette walkman with digital... Read full review »

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SONY Walkman WM-FX290 Works Well, Some Useless Features

byoctoberman Apr 30, 2005
7 Helpfuls 8 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Pretty good design, nice style, main features work well
Cons It has a bunch of useless features
Recommended it? Yes

Sony Walkman WM-FX290

This walkman has FM/AM radio, reception of some TV stations, a weather band, and a tape player. I know that most people these days prefer to wear iPods or at least portable CD players, or other digital machines, but I like to listen to books on tape, my old and new... Read full review »

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Another Fine Sony Product

byjohnr556 Oct 19, 2008
6 Helpfuls 7 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Battery efficiency, tuner quality, size/weight, low price
Cons Useless weather band, fiddly radio presets
Recommended it? Yes

I bought my first precorded cassette in 1973--ELO's first album. That's how long I've listened on cassette! We all know cassette technology is dead, and CD's appear to be on the way out in this day of MP3's. However, there are millions, maybe billions, of cassettes out there, and they need players... Read full review »

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OK

byilader May 8, 2006
6 Helpfuls 7 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros best mechanical non-auto-reverse player
Cons bad tape window, odd door opening, some periodic cellphone noise
Recommended it? No

This is a decent cassette player in a field of crappy cassette players. The really good ones cost much more. This is probably the best cassette player that still has mechanical buttons and mechanism, which means it is much more reliable than the better players with electronic buttons and mechanism... Read full review »

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Bad Reception on this Walkman based on Local Reception

bygccengineering Oct 9, 2008
4 Helpfuls 5 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Has TV/FM/AM and weather reception. Good tape playback.
Cons Overloaded FM reception and Poor AM reception. TV and Weather is ok.
Recommended it? No

This walkman was bought for $40 and the reception on this walkman in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area is terrible. Most of the local radio
stations overload on this tuner. When you want to tune in to a station in NC on 96.7 you get intermodulation problems when you're in the Military Circle... Read full review »

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Sony walkman wm-fx290

byshorty13 Jul 11, 2007
3 Helpfuls 4 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Yes its slimmer lighter to carry but?????????? [see below]
Cons The tv part stinks
Recommended it? No

I just purchased it sine my 481 I believe got tossed out by mistake[ouch] this I find very different from that one and it is rather annoying I cannot get tv channels 2,4,5, barely get 7,13, seems 9,11 are ok.
My reason for purchasing the other was to listen to tv sometimes my other was auto... Read full review »

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Sony WM-FX290

byryancawdor Jul 10, 2006
2 Helpfuls 3 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Not many to be found. The audio is good.
Cons Two batteries are better than one as found here. Radio tuner is crap at best.
Recommended it? No

This radio has no where near the tuner found in the old FX281. I own both and only use this for tapes. Also I liked the controls on the old model better. Might have been more buttons but it was a better design. Sony made a cheaper model at the same old price. Cut those costs by any means. Read full review »

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Good Player

bygkain Feb 8, 2005
1 Helpfuls 2 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros nice size, good features and the battery lasts
Cons not the same layout as the old Sony FX281
Recommended it? Yes

The player is the upgrade to the FX281. I liked the 281 better because it had 4 buttons on the front to seperate the different bands - I liked that more - but of course Sony thinks consolidation is key - that is their choice.
Overall it is a good walkman to use. Read full review »

ephywealth
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This product is amazing when you need to play those old tapes

byephywealth Jan 7, 2010
Helpful? 1 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Easy to Use, Good Value, Lightweight
Cons None submitted

For this middle-aged listener this has been an excellent purchase with great sound quality to boot, and very battery-efficient.I bought my first precorded cassette in 1999--ELO's first album. That's how long I've listened on cassette! We all know cassette technology is dead, and CD's appear to be... Read full review »

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