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Review on ๐Ÿ“ป Ocean Digital WR-210N Portable Internet Radio with 2.4โ€ Color LCD, Rechargeable Battery, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, UPnP & DLNA Player, Sleep Timer and Dual Alarm Clock (Black) by Amber Vue

Revainrating 4 out of 5

GREAT BARGAIN - Internet Radio

If you want to enjoy the wide world of Internet radio at a very modest price, this is one of the most affordable and functional little radios I've come across in 70 years. He tinkered with all manner of receivers, from the five-tube Emerson in the 1950s to the sophisticated ham radio transceivers of today. ADVANTAGES: Low price. Beautiful and functional full color screen. great speaker and good sound for this size and price. An equalizer system that allows you to fine-tune your sound. A remote control that adds many functions. to another device with better sound. Mine is hooked up to a Sangean HD-18 desktop radio which sounds great. Actually this is my tuner with Sangean as amp. The Skytune service that the radio uses has a rich, well-organized selection of stations. The Skytune website allows you to program your radio and easily select and organize stations. You want memories. The software interface is a bit clunky but works well and is simpler than the radio itself. LIMITATIONS. The small size and light weight are advantageous in many ways, making it easy to carry and play anywhere, but also makes it harder to work with. The buttons are a bit fiddly. You press and the lightweight radio housing moves. One way to reduce this tendency is to wet the four feet and then place the radio on a smooth surface. It's an informal and fickle "glue" but it works when the surface is smooth. Another solution is to use the remote control even when you are in close proximity to it. There are no preset buttons for quick access to your favorite stations in memory (except for the remote, which has a standard keypad for entering preset numbers). Incidentally, I previously had an Ocean WR-23D which appears to have the same interface but is even smaller and includes an FM radio. I sent it back because it kept dropping some of my favorite stations. That didn't happen with the WR-210N (which is $10 cheaper but comes with a remote control that the WR-23D doesn't have). However, my experience with the WR-210N prompted me to try the new WR-800D, a much larger stereo receiver. It appears to be the same "tuner" in a larger (wooden) box, larger speakers, stereo, and some real knobs plus FM (although I'm not overly optimistic about the FM receiver's sensitivity).

Pros
  • Acceptable
Cons
  • Can be damaged