[access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
- From: "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:10:48 +0100
Hi Jim
Well it is a small square personal radio that fits in your hand. It comes
with a removable belt clip and takes one AAA battery. It is not a DAB
radio, as I said before, but has AM, FM, and something they call a weather
band, though I think this is just a continuation of FM.
All buttons are tactile, and there are individual presets you can use to
store favourite stations, 10 for FM, and five each for AM and the weather
band. Its earphones act as the aerial, but reception, least on FM, is quite
good here.
It costs £26.99 from Amazon.
This radio would be really good for someone who just wants AM or FM on the
move with extremely tactile buttons.
Does that help?
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace
Skype: Thejackmate
-----Original Message-----
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Jim Williams
Sent: 12 June 2014 14:02
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
Hi Jackie,
I would like some more info on the Sony radio you mentioned.
Price, size, number of presets, ease of use etc.
Regards
Jim Williams
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 8:48 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
> 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
> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
> Skype: Thejackmate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 11 June 2014 17:36
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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