![]() ![]() Strong enough to turn up the volume and listen from across a big open area without distortion. Quite good enough for listening to spoken voice podcasts and talk radio. Unfortunately not possible to play Random/Shuffle. Pressing “Detail” button during song playback cycles between display of: Current Time, Current Date, Filename, File Path. USB slot : Tested with 8GB usb drive completely full with MP3’s. ![]() Shared Folder MP3’s from home network: Easy smooth navigation around subfolders using the large select Knob and “Back button”.However you can’t pause a podcast once started eg: if you get a phone call. Pauses for a while as it downloads the specific podcast episode you want to listen to. WiFi Podcasts streaming: Worldwide podcast list navigation is easy. After that it worked fine and it was easy to use the tuner knob to navigate the countless (1000’s?) of different streaming radio stations worldwide from big broadcasters like BBC, NPR etc as well as the independent music and other online radio stations. WiFi Radio streaming: Took a few minutes to setup because I had to enter my WiFi network SSID, WPA2 key etc. Once you switch modes to iPod the Phone displays “this accessory is not made to work with iPhone”, but you can ignore that because it worked fine and music started playing automatically even before I pressed the screen to turn off the warning Starts charging as soon as phone is docked. IPod/iPhone dock: Tested with iPhone 3Gs. To be honest I can’t tell any sound difference between FM analog radio and digital radio, the main benefit of digital radio is new stations like ABC Grandstand Sports, NovaNation, SBS6 (BBC World Service), TheEdgeDigital etc. The “Info” button is useful because it cycles between Signal Strength, Bitrate, scrolling datastream (news updates, current song) etc.ĭAB+ Radio: Picked up all the Sydney stations and displayed the digital radio station datastream eg: current song name, weather forecast, news headlines etc. Large enough and well spaced so it’s easy to differentiate between them with fingers in the dark. However, it can be initially be set to different brightness levels during the manufacture stage so leave a comment here if you think its too bright and they might change the next batch sold.īuttons: Do the job but not styled very much. In my opinion it’s too bright for night time use as an alarmclock unless you put something in front of the screen to block the bright blue glow.ĮDITOR: Kogan tells me that the the screen brightness is not adjustable in the user menu. Styling: Black case and front with silver Volume and Tuner/Select Knobs.Īntenna: Slightly longer when fully extended (5-10cm) than the other units I’ve tested to date which may help you if your area has a weak digital radio signalĭisplay: 2 lines. Some say the Kogan radio lacks style but I think it looks alright and offers an unbeatable combination of features at a sharp price of $169+shipping ($187.43 total) You can use the remote to access the function and skip stations according to the order you memorized them in.The Kogan Digital Radio tries to pack as many different features as possible into 1 low cost device including: DAB+ broadcast digital radio, FM analog radio, WiFi streaming radio & podcasts, iPod Dock, USB slot and streaming music directly from your PC via shared network folders/drives.ĭigital radio has just started broadcasting in Australia so I’m testing some of the units on offer including Kogan, PURE and OXX Digital. There are 20 presets available for use, not that you’ll need so many. It took awhile scanning for the stations, but once you memorize them (9 in total) you’re good to go. But it’s only a one time thing so no worries. Oddly though, I noticed that the clarity was a lot better by switching it off, even if the station is in Stereo. The remote also has a Stereo/Mono switcher so if stations are available in stereo you can opt to select that. If placed appropriately reception is not bad at all. It boosts reception and gives the dock a certain j'nais se quois, nostalgic feel of an old tabletop radio. What really adds to the design form is the antenna aerial for the FM radio. At the top on the opposite side is a 3.5mm socket for the Line In. At the rear, at the bottom on the side is the DC socket for the 12V adapter. ![]()
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