FM Radio???

[euroemkay2]

Hey there. I just got My EVO Yesterday from BB. Now today i was trying to mess around with the FM radio app and i noticed that you need to use your headphones as an antenna.. i plugged mines in and i got reception no where. idk if it is b/c my headphones aren't good enough. help would be nice. Do i need to get some sort of a special headphone proper for it?
-MIke

 

[dylan88]

what kind of headphones did you use? i noticed that if my headphones where touching a desk or something id lose reception. other than that it worked great for me.

 

[Evo_Pimpin]

Yeah mine works like crap too. I have tried different headphones and even gone outside to see if it would. Needless to say it didn't do a damn thing for me. I can't pick up a single station.

 

[HTCeasar]

Mine did the same thing. Even went outside and nothing worked. I was using my ipod touches 3rd gen ear buds with mic.

 

[Hax0rPunk]

I have a pair of Monster Jamz, which have a steel shell so it pulls the signal in very well

 

[Ashenor]

I used a pair of Skull Candys earlier today and i picked up quite a few stations around here. Some i did have to manually tune to though, they still came in fine.

 

[dylan88]

i have no problems. all who are having problems, maybe its just your area? try wifi?

 

[cmanbrazil]

mine sucks, indoor at least. I can't get one station using skull candies. oh well.

 

[KiLo11]

i tried a bunch of headphones and worked very well

i tried the apple,bose,monster,skullcandy and some sony headphones

 

[euroemkay2]

idk i need to find something good..

 

[RTan]

I use the same headphone from my iPod and it works great on my EVO.

 

[cmanbrazil]

probably is just the city then

 

[joeco]

No prob here in indy,comes in great, used head set from instinct

 

[euroemkay2]

I just bought Klipsch S4 still nothing. They were $80. Idk maybe it is just NY.

 

[IPvFletch]

So if headphones act as the antenna, how do you hear the music? Headphones also?? BlueTooth?? Speakerphone? I have yet to play with it - in the midst of battery testing atm.

 

[KiLo11]

So if headphones act as the antenna, how do you hear the music? Headphones also?? BlueTooth?? Speakerphone? I have yet to play with it - in the midst of battery testing atm.

headphones act as antenna and u hear thru hedphones also u also got option to play thru speaker while headphones r connected no bluetooth

 

[IPvFletch]

Thanks KiLo!

 

[phearx]

Have you pushed the headphones all the way down? I noticed mine wasn't working until i forced the headphones all the way in.

 

[dan330]

I think there might be an issue with the phone jack.

any headphone should work

 

[euroemkay2]

nope i just tried pushing the jack down and still nothing.. i can listen to music off iheartradio or pandora fine with and head phone..

 

[IPvFletch]

*remembers back to when the iPhone 2G came out and hardly any headphones could fit into the jack (all the way)* LMAO!! Poor Apple!!

 

[armandov99]

Mine picks up nothing, tried 2 different sets of headphones. I think not all are made to act as antennas. Wish there were a way to know which do and which don't...