Sangean HDT-1X Now Taking Pre-Orders

It is official. We are taking pre-orders for the HDT-1X.

We are allocating 50 units specifically to AVS members. You can place these orders by going to !!REMOVED!! - I had to cut you all off. . . I am sorry.

Please don't go advertizing this to other people. I have gotten permission to do this only for AVS members, so please respect it. If 50 units isn't enough, we will consider allocating more.

Units are expected to ship on or around June 15th, and you will not be charged until they ship. If you have any questions, let me know.

I have been told by globecharge and the creator of the software I used that it is secure, but that it won't indicate because only the order form is secure, and not the rest of the site.

I have also fixed the form. . .It required country and I removed it from the form.

As for an increase of sensativity and such, no. The HDT-1X will perform exactly the, just with added features.

OK, I will try to get to all your questions.

As for AM Stereo, if it is AM HD then stereo YES, CQuam, I am not sure of. From my understanding if they did remove it from previous version you should assume it is gone.

For rebate, IBiquity has told me that as long as it ships it will qualify. We just didn't know in enough time to get it on the form. I will verify to be sure.

The $15.99 is only to cover shipping and handling. This is the first time we have offered anything consumer direct and will likely be the only time I will do something of the sort. It was only to accomodate you early adpoters that didn't want to wait a week longer than everyone else. (Your orders will ship same time as our dealers, so you save about 7 days.)

These, when they ship, will be full production models. They are not engineering samples, pre-production or any other. They are 100% what the consumers will get when they buy these units retail. You just get them earlier.

Did I miss anyone?

Oh, and problems with ordering, I am sorry if you are having problems. It again, is the first time of running an e-commerce type site and I may not have gotten it completely right. Keep trying, but I will look into this.

I did have a problem that needed addressing, but I have fixed the problem.

Our company has a "strict direct consumer policy" We are not allowed to promote for sale direct to consumer, even in the special circumstances I have done. I was originally given full power, but they are scared this would cause friction with dealers.

All the proceeds (any profit above wholesale price) will be donated to a community college in Missouri. Nothing will change for you in respect to orders, shipment, payment or otherwise, but that the community college broadcast engineer program will receive a small donation for all sales made in connection with people from this site.

I have also made it so that the order form opens a new window that properly indicates the SSL encryption. This was to satisfy those whom didn't see the lock and were concerned.

I have also fixed the form so that Apartment is not required. Along the way however I destroyed the alternative shipping address, so if you could place the delivery address in the "Notes to Us" section until I can figure how to fix this problem.

Thank you all for your help and I apologize again for all the confusion. Not to speak to ill of my employer because I love this job and our products, but we have a micro-manager that changes his mind frequently much like a child would making it hard to get a solid definitive answer on anything.

No discrete or trade-up program.

We will arrange pickup of your defective HDT-1 and repair the clock issue and output levels free of charge.

We will also, upon request, disconnect the backlight when in standby.

This is not available only because we don't currently have the replacement parts in stock, or the tools neccessary to adjust output levels. Once we have the parts, tools, and are ready to manage the recall I will be posting another announcement.

If we do have the ability to change software while here for defective repair we will investigate that option as it happens.