Executive Docking Station for Sportster Replay

• Desktop speaker system with four 1" drivers
• Dock for Sportster¿ Replay receiver
• Blue backlit LCD display with clock, source, input, and volume indicators
• Includes AC adapter and flip-up antenna with 16 cable

And here's why:

Got this thing to use with a Sportster.

My wife and I have been trying to get this thing working meaning, positioning the antenna for the last 2 hours. It would go to 3 bars for a second, then down to none in the same place. It would receive ok in the exact MIDDLE of the room held up in the air but not in the window... It would work when hand-held, but not when in the EXACT location placed on a book or something, would not work.

It didn't work right in front of a window, but would suddenly spring to life in a position which made no sense such as when I was standing in a ridiculous pose (making fun of the unit) and pointing it right at the ceiling.

It did receive fine.... out front of the house. I'm not drilling holes for a 50' extension antenna...

So as we were exasperated and a bit stunned at what seemed to be not-ready-for-primetime technology, I decided to try something....

I took the receiver that came with the Sportster... plugged it into the Sportster unit, and plugged that into the Docking Station... instantly, 3 bars. I moved all around the room and the least I got was 2; I covered it with my body, though, and that stopped the reception. But that makes sense, unlike the laughable and erratic performance of the Directed base unit.

So, it comes down to the antenna. Frankly, if the quality of the antenna is this poor, it doesn't say much for the base unit as a whole.

1 star because without the antenna, there is no reason to own it!

And guess what? Here's a bonus critique: the display on the base unit stopped working correctly >>three minutes