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Channel 4 embracing old-school "radio" technology and bringing DAB to mobiles
Here’s a thoroughly educational update packed with things you probably didn’t know. For starters, telly company Channel 4 has a digital radio station license and will be launching “E4 Radio” alongside a stack of new stations later this year.
Channel 4 Radio, in an attempt to broaden its reach, is apparently sounding out manufacturers about making a C4-branded dongle to bring DAB capabilities to mobile phones and iPods. The company wants to charge about £20 for this…
Magic Box – touch screen DAB/FM radio under £60
The Magic Box has one feature that most DAB radios don’t have – touch screen operation…
Vita Audio adds CD and iPod playback to their DAB radio – hey presto, it's the R4!
Flying through the airwaves and into Harrods, Selfridges, John Lewis and a few select other department stores, the R4 music system from Vita Audio combines an iPod dock, USB playback facility, DAB/FM tuner and aux inputs with, yep, a slot-loading CD drive, offering customers a stylish audio player for under £500.
Furnished in either a real wood veneer or piano lacquer (shown), it outputs 80 watts, has an integrated active subwoofer and their trademark RotoDial for easy iPod control, whether that be on the device, or detached…
ROBERTS launches SOUND 24 system with DAB, CD, USB and SD playback
Surely we’ve all got a DAB radio by now? At the rate ROBERTS cranks them out, everyone on this planet should own one.
If not, consider the SOUND 24 for its DAB, CD, USB and SD card playback functions. With a 2.1 speaker system (sub woofer located at the back), the stainless steel unit allows you to tune to DAB or FM stations, listen to CDs and playback MP3 and WMA files from the USB, SD card slots or line-out jack.
If you’re in need of any more features, it also…
Roberts promises more programme choice with the Gemini 59
If you flick between an endless number of favourite DAB stations, you need more presets. And according to Roberts, that is what you get with the newly-launched Gemini 59…
Roberts STREAM 202 offers portable DAB, FM and Internet radio
Roberts has announced its STREAM 202 portable radio, claiming a world first with a unit that offers DAB, FM, and Internet radio via Wi-Fi.
As well as the usual features you’d expect with a DAB and traditional FM radio, the Wi-Fi component means that you can benefit from Internet radio, including services such as the BBC’s “Listen Again”…
Roberts launches Gemini 33 bedside DAB radio
Roberts‘ latest attempt to get DAB into your home is the Gemini 33 – a clock/radio with recording function aimed squarely at your bedside.
Sony launches its first DAB – the XDR-C705 clock radio
Apparently Sony has never made a DAB radio – until now that is, with the XDR-C705.
Live radio can now be paused with Roberts' Gemini 31 DAB radio
Roberts has updated the Gemini 21 DAB radio released last November, with the Gemini 31 model.
Like its predecessor, it promises eco-friendliness in bucketloads with its 100hours of battery life, plus new features such as the PausePlus function, which gives you the ability to pause live radio for up to 40minutes.
Available in a silver…
Arcam shrinks the renowned Solo system, names it the Solo Mini
Arcam’s Solo range has just gotten slightly bigger, if you can count something dubbed the ‘Solo Mini’ as being ‘big’.
The aluminum exterior contains a CD player, DAB/FM/AM radio, and iPod and MP3 player integration plus USB port for any other devices you want to play from. It actually adopts the same amplifiers as the full-sized Solo, so whilst the box may…
