Hi Carol
In answer to your first question, the Roberts Play definitely has five
preset buttons on the radio which, when pressed and held in for a few
seconds, will store your favourite stations. Then you can press whichever
one you have designated for that station to go directly to it.
As regards size and sound quality, the Play is thicker and slightly bigger
than the Pure Move, but it is still a nice size to put in a suitcase for
travelling. The sound is not bad for a radio with one mono speaker. It
does everything I require.
If you didn't come across it in John Lewis, you can get it direct from
British Wireless for the Blind Fund for I think £60, or from Roberts
themselves.
As an aside to this thread, I have been sent a very basic AM/FM personal
radio made by Sony to review. It is not DAB, but all the buttons on it
are
very tactile. I was surprised manufacturers are still making AM/FM
radios,
but there you go. If anyone wants more info, drop me a note off list as I
don't want to clutter your Inboxes.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
Hi all,
We have now had chance to look at some DAB radios in Lewis's, albeit that
the first of two guys was pretty clueless and the second not too much more
help. We did however glean that some radios have buttons to select which
preset you want to play, whilst others just select the presets and you
have
to work your way through them, until you're sure you've got the programme
you want. Anyway, the second of these options seemed a little unhelpful
to
us, so my question is addressed to those of you who have DAB/FM radios,
particularly the Roberts: Do you have a button that you can set so that
it
will always take you to that station, once you have set up the preset?
If you can answer that you do, my furhter questions are concerned with
size
of the radio and the quality of speaker. Would you take the radio you
have
on holiday, bearing in mind it's size and, in addition, how do you rate
the
sound that you're getting?
This will hopefully narrow down our selection.
Finally, apart from Roberts makes, has anyone got any other make/model
they
really like that does have individual presets and a good tone, without
being
too big to take away on holiday?
Oh, I particularly liked the Roberts UNO Logic (if that's the correct
spelling). We could not get a definitive answer about the setting up of
individual presets on this model but its tone was good and the zie just
right. If anyone knows it then please give us any information you can.
Thanks for bearing with us on this one.
Carol P
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From: "Majid HUSSAIN" <mhussaincov@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 3:02 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
hi david,
is the radio you speak of 1 with a rubberized tuneing nob? on the back
there is a usb port for any fermware or software upgrades the screen
of the radio is on the top of the unit.
the earphone jack is located on the left hand side of the unit.
if this is the write radio is there a online manual that explaines
opperation?
the radio came for me in a large box
take care
Majid Hussain
On 01/06/2014, David Weston <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi carol,
the Roberts radio is called a Classic DAB 2That is all that is written
on
the radio and the box.
I am OK. Had a heart attack at Easter, but now on the road to fully
recovery.
David.
On 31 May 2014, at 19:21, carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks David and all who have given your useful input. David, maybe
this
is the same model as the one to which Jackie refers. If you can get the
model number for me then this would be useful.
I do hope you're doing OK these days.
Carol P
----- Original Message -----
From: David Weston <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC:
Date: Saturday, 31 May 2014 7.37 am
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE For VI's
Hi Carol,
I have just bought a Roberts DAB radio. it is small and takes six AAA
batteries and it has a power lead so you can plug it into the mains.
if
my wife was hear I could give you the model number, but she is out.
You
can get this model in black or cream, which I am told is a age in
colour.
The controls are quite easy.
From the left side the first button is the on/off. the next button is
the
mode, if you press this button and hold it will change from DAB to FM.
The next button is two buttons one above the other and these are the
volume up/down. then you move across the screen to a nob, if you tern
this to the left you can select channels and if you press this nob in
and
hold it for a count of about five it will search for all channels on
that
wave band. It also has a plug for headphones.
Hope this is of some help. David.
On 28 May 2014, at 23.06, <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
We have just broken our Pure Digital radio and now it's time for us
to
look for a new portable DAB/FM radio which must be portable and
suitable
for us to use and set easily.
Any suggestions would be most welcome, please, especially if you have
purchased within the last year and so have seen what is around at
present.
Thanks.
Carol P
Hi Carol,
I have just bought a Roberts DAB radio. it is small and takes six AAA
batteries and it has a power lead so you can plug it into the mains.
if
my wife was hear I could give you the model number, but she is out.
You
can get this model in black or cream, which I am told is a age in
colour.
The controls are quite easy.
From the left side the first button is the on/off. the next button is
the
mode, if you press this button and hold it will change from DAB to FM.
The next button is two buttons one above the other and these are the
volume up/down. then you move across the screen to a nob, if you tern
this to the left you can select channels and if you press this nob in
and
hold it for a count of about five it will search for all channels on
that
wave band. It also has a plug for headphones.
Hope this is of some help. David.
On 28 May 2014, at 23.06, <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
We have just broken our Pure Digital radio and now it's time for us
to
look for a new portable DAB/FM radio which must be portable and
suitable
for us to use and set easily.
Any suggestions would be most welcome, please, especially if you have
purchased within the last year and so have seen what is around at
present.
Thanks.
Carol P
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