nope i took it out of the box oiled the air filter and put batteries in teh car and teh radio, put feul in it and got the car running(in idle of course) and tried out the radio while it was ildeing on a stack of bricks and it never worked. i tried like checking the batteries. switched the batteries. then while it was off i brought it inside and tinkered with it like checking the crystals and making sure the batteries were good andit never worked!