[access-uk] Re: Roberts Radio Concerto DAB radio now available
- From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:21:53 +0100
Ray
As there is no mention that it can, I think it is safe to assume it doesn't. I
suspect there will also be no speech feedback from the DAB component.
Iain
----- Original Message -----
From: Rays Home
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Roberts Radio Concerto DAB radio now available
Iain, you are right to point out my message to Accesss-UK wasn't a review;
indeed it couldn't have been as I don't have one of these Concerto DAB
radio/players.
As far as I can see Wireless for the Blind's own site isn't saying anything
about this unit that I can find, which seems strange. Not sure whether, say,
Jackie Kairnes willl do a review of it as she's work commitments these days.
(There was no mention I could find of the CD player handling DAISY format
boooks and I think it's likely it can't.
More info needed I think.
Cheers,
Ray.
----- Original Message -----
From: Iain Lackie
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:43 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Roberts Radio Concerto DAB radio now available
The link isn't really a review. Rather it is a news story.
I wonder if the CD position is remembered after the CD is removed. If it
isn't, then the Concerto isn't as ideal for audio books as it might sound.
Iain
----- Original Message -----
From: Rays Home
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:00 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Roberts Radio Concerto DAB radio now available
This "do it all" ghetto blaster style radio has been talked about for
something like three years now and you can buy it for £195.00. Is it worth it?
It might seem like the Concerto does it all, but not quite. While it
will play cassettes, as well as SD cards and Cds, it won't handle USB sticks,
and some TN's are now using these. The cassette facility is included at the
moment, but probably not for very long as it seems cassette mechanisms are
increasingly hard to source. Does seem the Cd player remembers where you were
on a CD - and it's claimed to be a proprietory Roberts feature, - whatever that
means. I don't hear of any speech feedback in this set, just that its got
"high contrast controls" and it's tactile. Forget about internet radio too -
but we've been there before.
You can get the Concerto for free, of course, on loan from Wireless for
the Blind Fund, if you are registered, and over eight years old - (which I
should think applies to everyone here, (smile).
Latest edition of infosound has a short article:
http://www.infosound.org.uk
A short review is at:
http://tinyurl.com/6bw6xt
Cheers,
Ray.
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