hi well i have just acquired the ggmm e 5 alexa speaker.
i must say for ease of use playing radio stations is very very good indeed. and
adrien's difficulty is the antenna. how ever good your radio is the radio must
have a good antenna which has a good view of the sky and of course this is not
possible.
the echo would play radio stations though for any football listening of course
it's internet radio but for me i am amazed to the amount of stations one can
play on the echo very very fast as well though i do have plusnet very fast
internet.
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To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, 23 October 2017 2.22 pm
Subject: [access-uk] Re: dab signals
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Yes, I'd go along with the Echo suggestion, Adrian, and I just may havef one
to sell shortly.
Carol P
On 10/23/2017 9.28 AM, David Griffith wrote:
I sympathise but if your landlord is being difficult I think your only option
is either to claim that that the lack of adjustment is unreasonable given
your visual impairment and higher than usual use of radio frequencies but
more easily perhaps use internet radio whilst in your flat and retain your
portable DAB and FM devices for outdoor use.
Using a Internet service you can use a variety of devices. My own
recommendation is that you consider the Victor Reader Stream as a portable
personal radio replacement, alongside possibly using an iPhone or Andoroid
phone, and for ease of use the Echo Devices are a very easy way to get
Internet Radio for non personal/portable listening .
The Wireless for the Blind Internet radio which name eludes me at the
moment--Sonatra? Is also enjoyed by my sister.
There are other solutions including playing radio through various Freeview
and Internet Boxes like Apple TV and Amazon Fire Stick on your TV so there
aare lots of options via internet really.
I would in your situation also invest in not the slowest internet broadband
but a higher speed service.
David Griffith
My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog
http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/
My Blind hammer Blog
https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts
From: Adrien Collins
Sent: 23 October 2017 09.00
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] dab signals
Can someone please help me? I live in a ground floor flat, it is supported
living. I have a problem picking up either fm or dab signals clearly. My
landlord won't allow me to put up an outdoor aerial, the signals are really
patchy in my flat. There is a very high stone wall opposite my flat, part of
the old hospital that was on this site originally. What can I do to improve
dab or fm signals in here? My stereo has a wire aerial and I have to have
both radios in my Livingroom and bedroom near a window otherwise I don't get
a signal at all. Is there any way to boost the signal on both fm and dab? I
am also next door to the laundry in the building. There is a lot of steel
girders in the building a big part of the problem I think. In my living room
I have a socket on the wall for the satellite tv to connect to the dish on
the roof, there is also a connection for radio but I am not quite sure what
this is for. It also has a phone socket built in. Any ideas please guys?
Regards
Adrien
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