Hi! I got this radio earlier this week and yesterday I finally started making some progress so I can tell the list a little about this incredibly versatile tool.
First a note to U.S. list members, this radio is available in North America so look for the model number WRF-28, in Australia, The United Kingdom and the rest of Europe look for the Sangean WRF-28D - D Standing for DAB or DAB+. This radio has 5 modes, Internet Radio, Music Player, Line-in DAB and FM bands, - the WRF-28 version is without the DAB band. Each band is easily selected with the "Mode" button which cycles between the bands. Layout of controls is simple enough, there are 2 lines of 5 mini piano type keys on the front, the first row are "mode", "Info", "Menu", "Back" and "Forward", the row below that are your presets numbered 1 through 5 though these buttons have secondary functions when in the Music player, they control the play, pause, forward and rewind actions. The "Volume" control is easily identifiable on the right and a "Mute" button is found in the middle of this, the "Standby" button is found at the top right hand corner of the display which is above the "Volume" control. To the left is the 3 inch full range speaker which sounds incredibly nice for a radio of this size, yes its only a mono speaker but most Internet radio stations are in mono anyway and the radio does have a stereo headphones and a line-out jack for stereo listening. Setup is very easy if you have some vision, when the radio is first started the "Setup Wizard" appears on the screen where you make basic settings including your current country/region, how you want the clock set, your Network settings and so on, this radio is WPS compatible so you can connect to a secured and protected network at the touch of a button through a WPS compatible router. By now I'm assuming you're all wondering how does one find Internet radio stations? If you have vision then that process is easy done by using the menus and the onscreen interface but that doesn't mean someone without vision can't do the same all be it by using slightly different procedures. The user can register the radio with "Radio Fronteer" which acts as a bridge between your Radio and the database of radio stations, from the Radio Fronteer web site you can add and manipulate your "Favourite Radio Stations" list on your radio, you log into the Radio Fronteer site, set up your favourite stations list by searching and adding stations and then press play etc. If the web site isn't convenient and you have an IOS device such as an iPhone or iPad then you can use the App to automate the process. Once you've found a radio station you want to listen to you can hold down 1 of the preset buttons to have that location stored for quick and convenient access next time. DAB radio was easy enough to set up, the radio automatically scanned for DAB+ radio stations in my area. Still more to come on the topic of this radio so WATCH THIS SPACE <smile>. ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
