Aluratek AIRMM01F Internet Radio Alarm Clock with Built-in WiFi
Aluratek
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It has good sound that is punchy and decent. It's better than my clock radio. The hardware is superb and very functional for a bedside nighttable. The problem is the software. This excellent radio could be so much better if it weren't for the odd user interface mistakes and amazingly bad Vtuner software.
First for the interface. The backlight is extremely bright--a firmware update allows it to automatically turn off in 1, 3, or 5 minutes--each of which is too long. The remote control often stops working when you're punching buttons quickly, like the older TiVos. The interface doesn't make it clear that the system is busy downloading something and does not respond for a time (sometimes the hourglass appears, sometimes it doesn't). Takes a few too many 'clicks' to get to what you want. When you hit the 'power' button it doesn't start playing music automatically--you have to drill down through the menus again.
It is impossible to add stations yourself!! I am not kidding. You really
First for the interface. The backlight is extremely bright--a firmware update allows it to automatically turn off in 1, 3, or 5 minutes--each of which is too long. The remote control often stops working when you're punching buttons quickly, like the older TiVos. The interface doesn't make it clear that the system is busy downloading something and does not respond for a time (sometimes the hourglass appears, sometimes it doesn't). Takes a few too many 'clicks' to get to what you want. When you hit the 'power' button it doesn't start playing music automatically--you have to drill down through the menus again.
It is impossible to add stations yourself!! I am not kidding. You really
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I love this item!
I do have one complaint though...
it doesn't allow me to add my own stations so if thats a feature your're looking for you better skip to another model!
You CAN submit your url to vtuner but other than that theres no way of adding your own station [least i haven't figured it out]
I didn't have to even read the manual to operate, I started using it the min I got it out of the box...
took me a little bit to get the wireless up & running due to configurations but it ran on the ethernet cable instantly.
Thanks to my new super-fast cable modem [we had dsl just last week] I have very few dropouts some stations take longer to connect depending on what k they're streaming in! [not the radio manufaturers fault]
I gave this item 4 stars because I'm kind've disapointed that it doesn't have any of my favorite stations ...
KNEW, Rock 105 from Chattanooga,TN , Project 96.1 are 3 channels I listen to regularly yet none of them are on it!
WLKS's HD #2 is on here but not
I do have one complaint though...
it doesn't allow me to add my own stations so if thats a feature your're looking for you better skip to another model!
You CAN submit your url to vtuner but other than that theres no way of adding your own station [least i haven't figured it out]
I didn't have to even read the manual to operate, I started using it the min I got it out of the box...
took me a little bit to get the wireless up & running due to configurations but it ran on the ethernet cable instantly.
Thanks to my new super-fast cable modem [we had dsl just last week] I have very few dropouts some stations take longer to connect depending on what k they're streaming in! [not the radio manufaturers fault]
I gave this item 4 stars because I'm kind've disapointed that it doesn't have any of my favorite stations ...
KNEW, Rock 105 from Chattanooga,TN , Project 96.1 are 3 channels I listen to regularly yet none of them are on it!
WLKS's HD #2 is on here but not
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Just received my radio about 3 hours ago and can't quit playing with it. Like a kid with a new toy. Unpacked it, looked at the quick set up guide, and in less than 5 minutes it was getting all sorts internet stations. There are so manny other features but am having too much fun with the Internet portion, not sure when I will get to the other features.
I had looked at about all the offers on WiFi radios but I am sure glad I choose the Aluratek.
I had looked at about all the offers on WiFi radios but I am sure glad I choose the Aluratek.
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What a great improvement.........this item allows me to listen to radio stations from all over the world without sitting next to my computer. For radio listeners who are looking for more programming than the canned music programs available on most local stations, the Internet Radio is the next step. I'm delighted with my purchase.
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Think about the humble clock-radio. Everybody has one. They've scarcely changed in the last two decades. They have poor sound quality. Are usually in a bedroom where radio reception can be poor--and are usually given only a crummy wire antenna sticking out the back. With some, you can play a CD, just as CDs are being superseded by other digital music. Few can access the wealth of programming on satellite. Not a twenty-first century device.
This device brings the clock-radio into the 21st Century. It connects to your Wi-fi at home, and delivers almost any radio station you want from around the world.
NPR junkies can choose from a brace of stations, and the worldwide selection is superb--let me recommend Radio National and Directions in Groove from Australia, KQED and WNYC (the AM version; you'll get AM radio in hi-fi!), Deutsche Welle in English, Radio Netherlands, and of course, the BBC. Living in a non-English-speaking country, it's a real life-line for me.
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This device brings the clock-radio into the 21st Century. It connects to your Wi-fi at home, and delivers almost any radio station you want from around the world.
NPR junkies can choose from a brace of stations, and the worldwide selection is superb--let me recommend Radio National and Directions in Groove from Australia, KQED and WNYC (the AM version; you'll get AM radio in hi-fi!), Deutsche Welle in English, Radio Netherlands, and of course, the BBC. Living in a non-English-speaking country, it's a real life-line for me.
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