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Pure One DAB/FM Portable Radio - Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pure
Category: CE
Buy New: £43.89
New (3) Refurbished (1) from £24.99
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 276
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 7.4 x 3.9
MPN: VL-60912
Model: VL-60912
UPC: 888011441766
EAN: 0759454807894
ASIN: B000FVQX6O
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | DAB Digital and FM with RDS | | • | Colour: Black | | • | Mains and battery powered | | • | Takes 6 C batteries | | • | Up to 35 hours DAB battery life |
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Product Description
From the world leaders in DAB comes a DAB and FM portable radio that looks good, sounds great and is unbelievably easy to use. With its stylish exterior, chrome controls, and great audio performance, ONE looks and sounds fantastic, wherever you listen. If you haven?t experienced DAB yet, you?re in for a treat: station selection by name, scrolling text display, all stations tuned-in at the touch of a button and crisp, clear, digital sound. And there?s more listening choice too; in many areas up to twice as many stations are available on DAB as are available on FM. ONE is a truly portable DAB radio. ChargePAK? ready as standard, ONE also offers class-leading battery life, with around 35 hours of DAB listening from six standard C size batteries. In addition to DAB usability, station choice and sound quality, ONE also features FM with RDS for areas where DAB is currently unavailable. Not to mention a host of other features including Intellitext , textSCAN?, kitchen and sleep timers, a backlit display and USB upgradeability. All the benefits of DAB More station choice, station selection by name, scrolling text display, easy autotune, and crisp, clear sound. Portability Around 20 hours of portable DAB listening from the optional, rechargeable ChargePAK-C6X?; around 35 hours from six C size batteries; or connect to the mains for home listening. Ease of Use & Style We?ve used our expertise as world leaders in DAB to produce a radio that not only sounds great but is intuitive and easy to use toox EQ settings. Display shows volume level, battery life, time, signal strength, EQ setting and favourite station mode.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Great radio, poor shelf life October 3, 2008
Mr. T. Williams (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Both my parents and I have bought this radio. A DAB radio, from Pure, for 50? Brilliant. And it was for the first 6 months. Slowly but surely the sound quality disappeared. It's like when the power cable is touching the ariel and the sound is a little bubbly, and odd. Hell, we listen to alot of Radio 5 Live, so we're used to Alan Green sounding a little distant... Right now, the radio can't even scan for stations. The same happened for my folks. It's a real shame, because it's an awesome radio, especially for the price. I'd keep your receipt if I were you. (it's worth pointing out that I have two other Pure DAB radios that have been, for the past 3 years, utterly excellent. It's just worth spending a little bit more on it)...
 Good value for money, excellent reception in a digitally-challenged environment October 3, 2008
SH757 (London, UK)
Reliable DAB reception at last! And, no, I don't live in the Outer Hebrides, just north-west London, in a first-floor flat in a three-storey Victorian semi surrounded by tall trees, all of which has been enough to challenge FM reception on my old Aiwa boombox, and digital reception on my first DAB purchase, a Ministry of Sound radio/CD combo. The Pure One occasionally requires a quick retune (just press the 'station' button and wait a few seconds), but easily receives all the BBC channels, major local stations and a few novelty items (the 'Birdsong' channel is curiously diverting). The sound is significantly improved by connection to speakers; I can recommend Creative GigaWorks T10, which also support my laptop and a standalone CD player just by swapping the cable between their respective output connections. I agree with other reviewers that the user interface on Pure One is somewhat awkward -- you need to be a bit nippy to change channels or arrange the pre-set buttons without initiating the automated tuning routine, so the first half-hour was frustrating (and not enhanced by a manual from the IKEA school of over-simplified diagrams unsupported by text). However, it's been easy listening since: recommended.
 Brilliant September 17, 2008
MJ Clarke (East Anglia, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Would someone from Pure please contact Microsoft to show them how to produce a product that does what it says "on the tin", does it reliably and well, works first time, and does'nt keep locking-up, crashing etc.
Well done Pure, a great product.
Excellent August 24, 2008
David C. Clark
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had a Pure One for over a year now and continue to be very impressed by its performance. Everything works as you would want. Both DAB and FM reception are excellent. The display, although small, is easy to read from all angles and shows everything you'd expect. The sound is clear and quite loud enough- for me at least. I've recently bought a Pure Evoke 3, which is three times the price, but in some ways- e.g. FM reception- is not as good as the 'One'.
Just a couple of niggles. I think that the shiny plastic knob looks cheap- something in brushed aluminium would have been better. And having the push buttons on the front face rather than the top, means that you often have to hold the radio to stop pushing it backwards when you make a selection.
But these don't really detract from what is probably the best radio of its type on the market today. Excellent.
Li-on Battery August 10, 2008
Mr. D. Abram (England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was undecided on whether to give 5 or 4 stars since the performance, value and many factors are excellent. I have been waiting for DAB for ages and my area has just started receiving it - and Pure One was the radio I wanted after going through alternatives for some time.
I agree with virtually all the good reviews now using it - but also the few not so good. The Pure Li-on battery is excellent, though expensive - and I have found it does last far longer than some of the reviews state. Maybe they did not leave it's first charge for 24 hours, as recommended? The problem is that the indication of the charge level shows that it is full until it is virtually not - therefore the sound just stops when you think the battery has enough power in it! I think a properly working graduated indicator would be better, showing when it was half full when it was, etc.
I also agree with comments about changing stations being more awkward than hoped for. It would be nice if it just had one for going back to the last station used with only one press, for instance, instead of going through the playing about.
Anyway, despite being delighted with it, I must cut marking to 4 stars for these relatively minor points.
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