[access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
- From: Majid HUSSAIN <mhussaincov@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:40:48 +0100
hi there phil,
my bad this sonie radio does not have presets, it is a dile tuning nob
it is small how ever.
it has fm/am but good for the life i would say.
I hope this helps
more info
http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/radios/srf-59
I hope this helps you
Majid Hussain
On 12/06/2014, Phil Roberts <p.roberts13@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Majid
>
> Could you please tell me how many presets there are.
>
> Phil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Majid HUSSAIN
> Sent: 12 June 2014 17:04
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
>
> hi there,
> sonie products are very good, i am currently using a srf59 pocket am/fm
> radio the ear phones act like the antenna and depending on what type of
> earphones you use the reception on fm can vary.
> it takes 1 aa battery and it lasts for a very long time.
> kind regards
> Majid Hussain
>
> On 12/06/2014, Jackie Brown <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Peter
>>
>> No it doesn't.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Jackie Brown
>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>> Skype: Thejackmate
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Peter Beasley
>> Sent: 12 June 2014 15:39
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
>>
>> Does the a m include longwave?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 3:10 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: PORTABLE DAB/FM RADIOS SUITABLE FOR VI'S
>>
>>
>>> 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-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf Of Jim Williams
>>> Sent: 12 June 2014 14:02
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 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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