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Oct 02 2007

Makita Updates BMR100 Jobsite Radio, Now Available in White with Aux Inputs

Written by Ben Jackson

Tuesday, 02 October 2007

Makita's popular BMR100 Jobsite Radio has just been updated (slightly)! The new white-colored version known as the BMR100W is also "MP3 Compatible". What does this mean?

Basically Makita replaced the pointless headphone output jack on the original BMR100 with an 3.5mm aux input jack. Why was the headphone jack pointless? For a jobsite radio, it didn't make much sense to have to lug around a heavy 9 lb radio like this for private headphone listening. If one wanted to listen to headphones at the jobsite, one would have been much better off with an iPod or a portable radio.

Fortunately, Makita realized the pointless-ness of the headphone jack and wisely replaced it with an input jack. Now, you can easily connect your iPod, CD player, or other device with a standard 3.5mm stereo headphone output to the BMR100W with a 3.5mm male-to-male patch cable (available at most discount stores or Radio Shack). Makita also added a second input jack inside the rear battery compartment. With some luck, you may be able to squeeze your iPod and the battery inside this compartment.

Other than the color difference and addition of the input jacks, it's the exact same radio as before. It still can be powered by Makita slide or pod type batteries, and just like before, it will not charge those batteries (why? DeWalt owns the patent on that concept).

The BMR100W available now from ToolKing.com

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Patent End
written by Guest , November 04, 2007

so when will the patent end???

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written by Frances Coombs , November 23, 2007

Seeing the Makita job site radio with line-in I find myself going ho hum. They have added line-in and I'm already looking for USB in, not just line-in.

As to a job site radio the headphone jack does seem like an extra, but a such a feature is useful in a home radio and it is likely that many buyers will be DIY home owners so dropping that feature makes the new version less attractive to me.

One final comment: I am currently listening to a blue Makita job site radio. The radio is a delight.

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