Monthly Archives: February 2012

Pure Lounge

Posted by on February 23, 2012 No comments

Pure produces a complete range of DAB digital radios, internet radios and music streaming devices, including best-selling personal, kitchen, bedside, hi-fi and in-car models.

The Pure Lounge is your online gateway to a world of live radio, on-demand content (podcasts, listen again programmes and ambient sounds) and all the music you’ll ever want.*

You can use the Pure Lounge to listen on your computer. All the content available on the Lounge is also available on any Pure internet radio or smartphone running the Lounge app.

The Pure Lounge’s powerful search function makes it easy to find the content you want. Favourites and playlists that you save on the Lounge also appear on your other listening devices. You can also explore new listening featured by our editorial team.

You can use the Pure Lounge to sign up to Pure subscription services such as Pure Music and Pure Tag. Pure Music gives you instant access to millions of music tracks*; Pure Tag is a unique, free, tagging service which lets you identify tracks playing on your radio, bookmark them on the Lounge and buy them direct from your radio.**

The Pure Lounge makes finding great listening easier and more enjoyable than ever before. Create a free Lounge account now and start saving your favourite stations, and on-demand programmes and subscribing to Pure services.

Widely credited with kick-starting digital radio in the UK, Pure’s EVOKE-1S is the best selling digital radio in the world with an iconic and much imitated design.

Pure Music* is a cloud-based on-demand music service that gives you instant access to millions of music tracks. All for a monthly subscription of just £4.99.

Pure Music enables you to find and play as many tracks and albums as you want on multiple devices, including Pure’s wide range of internet radios, PCs and Macs via the Pure Lounge website, and smartphones running the Pure Lounge app.

Free trial available now For a limited period you can get a one month trial of Pure Music absolutely free!
To get a free trial all you need to do is create a free Lounge account (if you don’t already have one) and enter your credit card details to establish your country of residence and that you’re over 18. No payment will be taken from your card. Try it now, we think you’ll love it!

Powerful music search and management Pure Music’s powerful search function makes it easy to locate an artist, track or album, but the discovery doesn’t stop there. Back catalogues, similar artists and recommendations are all delivered instantly, allowing you to explore something completely new, or rediscover forgotten favourites.

Using the Pure Lounge website you can organise tracks or albums by dragging and dropping them into playlists which are synchronised across all your Pure Music listening devices. You can also share your playlists using Facebook and Twitter

Unique Pure Tag feature for music discoveryPure Music also incorporates Pure Tag, a unique, free, tagging service which lets you identify radio and on-demand tracks on your radio, and bookmark them for easy access. With a Pure Music subscription you can play your tagged tracks on all your devices and use the Lounge’s powerful search fuction to find and listen to other tracks by the same artist, explore related podcasts and discover music by similar artists.

Free apps for iPhone and Android There’s also a free Pure Lounge iPhone and Android* app, so you can listen to all the music you want on the move, or through a speaker dock, provided you have a Wi-Fi connection or 3G reception.

Note: Pure Music uses around 1MB of data each minute. Please check your mobile tariff before using for long periods on 3G.

Free live radio and on-demand programmes You can also listen to thousands of free live radio and on-demand programmes (podcasts, listen again and ambient sounds) on your Pure internet radio, the Pure Lounge website or a smartphone running the Lounge app.

Available on a wide range of devices Unlike other music services you can enjoy Pure Music on a wide range of devices, in all shapes and sizes, that you can use anywhere within reach of a wireless network. And you can enjoy Pure Music, live radio and on-demand content simultaneously on all the devices you have registered to your Lounge account.

Bush PSDAB2004 Personal DAB Radio

Posted by on February 9, 2012 No comments

By Bush Product Features

Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB): 
USB Interface: No
W-LAN Connection: No
World Receiver: No

Product Features

Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB): DAB
USB Interface: No
W-LAN Connection: No
World Receiver: No

Product details

Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
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Item model number: PSDAB2004
ASIN: B000A6OD16
Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 7 Mar 2006
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 38,984 in Electronics

Product Description

Bush has updated its personal DAB digital radio to bring you the PSDAB2004, finished in a clean, sleek-looking white plastic rubberised case. The Bush PSDAB2004 retains the operational characteristics of the PSDAB2003 model, stations and volume are selected using a central multidirectional rocker button. Other information and features can be accessed using four other buttons mounted either side of the main controls.

DAB station and text information is carried on a dual-line backlit display. There’s also a clock, battery level indicator and signal strength meter above. A handy station hold feature avoids nasty results from accidental button-pressing while the Bush PSDAB2004 is in your pocket.
Box Contents
Bush PSDAB2004 Personal DAB Radio
Customer Reviews

1)This was my first DAB radio of any description. I bought it about 3 months ago specifically to listen to while walking from a mainline London station to my office. I can’t comment on the reception of many stations as I habitually listen to only a few, but I’ve found that there’s very little signal drop-out even when walking between tall buildings/under scaffolding, etc. I don’t find the supplied earphones very comfortable, and I’m going to get some others. I use NiMH rechargeable batteries (2100mAh) and they last quite well – maybe 6 hours.

I’ve also used the radio on buses, and in my car, connected to the car radio with a cassette adaptor (instead of the earphones). It worked perfectly well, which really surprised me as I’ve read that ‘real’ DAB car radios aren’t very good.
Overall, I’m very pleased, and I would definitely recommend this model to anyone looking for a personal DAB radio.

2)I agree with all previous reports. My only two points are that the earphone socket could have been at the top rather than on the side. It could also do with a little carrying case to clip to your belt or to hang around your neck (as a woman do not always have a pocket to put it in). I tried various DAB radios and have 3 at home (non PS). I wanted something for work. Tried various others, but found they were no good (bad receiption, too big, etc.). After reading the reviews on this one, I had to try it. The positives out-weigh the negatives by far and therefore I gave it 5 stars!! It is excellent! I love it! Thanks Bush.

3)Compact,gd sound quality,easy to use ,and fairly robust,only thing I could say that I would have prefered is the headphone socket being located on the top rather than on the side,however apart fron that happy with radio.

4)I bought the Bush DAB Radio to replace an ageing and crackly analogue Phillips portable radio. I cycle 45 minutes each way to work and enjoy Radio 4. The reception is excellent especially in open areas, although it does break up in city streets and you get the distinctive burbling sound of an incomplete signal. I notice the reception deteriorates as the batteries get tired so that gives you some warning of their demise. I have never had the indicator up to the full battery symbol with new batteries installed. Even with my newly recharged ones they show 2 out of the 3 bars & thats even just for half an hour of use then down to one! With the Maplin rechargables I use and based on c90 minutes a day I will get a reliable 3 days from it but rarely more.

I use my own B&O earphones in it and this works just fine as an ariel (the instructions say that only the headphones supplied will work)My only gripe is really a general DAB grumble and that is that it takes almost half a minute from switching on until you get the full strength programme through your earphones. The volume also resets at a lower level after the batteries are replaced and then needs to be fished out of my pocket and boosted with the toggle.Overall though – very pleased with it, easy to use – self tunes and BBC 6 & 7 are great if there is nothing I like on 4!!

Portable Dab Radio

Posted by on February 9, 2012 No comments

A portable radio is one that is a radio that is usually something that has a small handle and can be carried with that handle. It would be having a band of radio stations and you could listen to all your favorite radio programs.

Most importantly, you could carry the Portable Dab Radio, to any place you wish to especially at times like when you have just returned from your office and wish to go to the nearby stadium or tennis court (to see the match and wish to keep track of your favorite radio program or the latest news as well).

This could also hold good if you wish to relax on a holiday, or go to a golf course to watch a game. There could be a multitude of reasons how a Portable Dab radio can be of use to you and will serve you with all the programmes from the Radio stations of your choice with a digital quality and broacast mode reception.

Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format. DAB may offer more radio programmes over a specific spectrum than analogue FM radio.

Tune into DAB and FM radio to enjoy a myriad of radio stations in crystal clear digital sound. The Radio models on offer have precise tuning through 20 preset stations with a handy joystick – all packaged in a sleek, portable design.

DAB is more robust with regard to noise and multipath fading for mobile listening, since DAB reception quality first degrades rapidly when the signal strength falls below a critical threshold, whereas FM reception quality degrades slowly with the decreasing signal.

DAB receivers have been available in many countries since the end of the nineties.

Portable DAB Radio DA1000 (Philips) indicates that:

The radio is of great quality; intuitive menus, fabulous reception (in and around all main cities), great clarity. When Phillips earphones, were swapped for Sony MDR-EX71SLs and were found to be ok. Infact, they seemed to enable good reception for longer periods (probably because they are physically long enough).

Customers, who have bought one of these pocket DAB radios found it to be working well. Very neat and easy to use. Good reception in all main cities and towns.

Excellent, FM reception as well and agreed that it fits inside coat pocket and that the battery life is good. Mains charger light was found to be working well and so the unit was good for use while travelling.

Customers increasingly, feel that it could be used in the Car as well, as the car has a Aux socket and it works well as a good reception area for all prospective radio stations and bands and therefore the same could be recommended to everybody.