Buy Low Price From Here Now
The new SANYO R227 WiFi internet radio is capable of delivering thousands of FREE internet radio stations and podcasts (sports, music, talk shows) from virtually every region of the world! As a stand-alone audio product which does not require a PC to operate or any subscription fees, the R227 provides listeners an easy way to access quality internet radio via a WiFi or broadband Ethernet connection. The R227 delivers exceptional sound performance through the use of high quality speaker drivers, dual tuned porting and matched amplifiers. Its distinctive design and styling makes it perfect complement in any home or office setting. The R227 makes it easy for sports fans, ex-patriots, and radio enthusiasts to enjoy their favorite local radio in non-local areas. Internet radio stations and podcasts can be easily searched by country or genre (MP3, WMA, AAC, AIFF, RM and WAV formats supported) with 8 Internet station presets. The device also boasts a FM stereo digital tuner with 8 station presets. Designed with the user in mind, the R227 offers simple, one-button on/off function viewing on easy to read backlit display. All features are easily accessible via the large rotary dial, front panel buttons or by using the full function remote control. The unit automatically updates internet radio stations and clock time setting from the internet. Additionally, the user can request new stations to be added to the station database. Clock and alarm functions allow users to wake up to Internet or FM radio programming as well as buzzer. High efficiency 90mm speaker drivers with dual tuned ports coupled with 4 watts RMS system amplifier power provide extended bass response resulting in a warm, rich sound which is virtually unmatched in tabletop audio.
Readmore
Technical Details
- Works wired ethernet or wireless broadband connections- FM PLL tuning radio
- Media Player to play wirelessly from your PC
- Stereo Aux Input for portable players
- Clock and Alarm function to wake to Internet radio or FM
See more technical details
By Andrew Sinclair (California USA)
This is a great little internet radio. I am no computer expert but had it up and running in no time. The sound quality is ok for a table top radio but if you are expecting high end audio you will be disapointed. The audio quality can only be as good as the source. The sound quality is probably as good as you can expect for this kind of device. Bass responce is improved by use of a bass reflex port in the back of the unit. The 8 presets are redundant as you can store as many stations as you want by logging into the website as described in the user manual. Once you have created your list of radio stations on the website they appear on your radio's display and you can scroll throgh them using the rotary dial. To do this you have to register your device but the instructions are clear and easy to follow. I am an expat living in the USA and bought the radio to listen to my beloved BBC Radio 4. My criticism would be that I would prefer a volume knob rather than the up / down buttons for volume. The display screen could be a little bigger, and the other buttons could be layed out better. My critisism for most devices these days is that they could be designed to be much more simple and user friendly. On the whole I would recommend this radio for kitchen or office use, or as a radio alarm.
By Robert Speziale (Howell, NJ USA)
This is a great new technology. I'll rate it up there
with the modem and the personal computer. That said,
I was nearly so frustrated in getting this set up that
I was close to returning it a couple of times. But once
it actually worked I was very pleased. I elected to use
a wired rather than wireless router, so I could run a 75 ft.
cat5 cable to my bedroom for the [...]
I'll give two gripes first.
FIRST GRIPE:
This radio won't work if my PC is running. Through trial and
error I learned I needed a router to run the radio and PC at the
same time. Or I could disconnect my PC from my cable modem, plug
in the radio, and reboot the modem every time I wanted to use the
radio.
I initially bought a 5 port switch to connect my PC, laptop and radio
to my cable modem. It saved me from disconnecting cables, but it still
only let me have one device connected to the internet at a time.
With the router connected to the cable modem, the switch connected
to the router; and the pc, laptop and radio connected to the switch
everything works at the same time. (I have the switch, so I may as
well use it to move the signal along - but it's not actually required).
I realize some will say that only getting a single dhcp internet
connection at a time out of my cable modem is the fault of my provider,
not the radio. However, since Optimum is my provider, I think my
experience is typical, and it would have been very helpful if the
Sanyo advertising and documention highlighted this fact prominently
as in.... NOTICE: YOU PROBABLY NEED A ROUTER TO HAVE THIS RADIO WORK
WHILE YOU ARE ACESSING THE INTERNET ON YOUR PC!
SECOND GRIPE:
This radio's navigation appears to be managed and updated by the
[...] website. The site provides categorization and lookup
of the thousands of stations you can get. Once it's working
properly, the radio accesses the same data as shown on the website
and loads it for you. You want stations from Uruguay, the radio
uploads all of them. You want US stations starting with W, the radio
uploads all of them. You then can quickly scroll alphabetically with
the radio dial to the one you want, and can save up to 8 stations
as instant access buttons.
The Sanyo R227 manual and the Sanyo website (which is a mirror of the
[...] website) refers you to the Reciva website for FAQ's, tips,
station and category listings, and for adding undocumented radio
stations to their database. The Sanyo R227 manual troubleshooting
section tells you to go to the Reciva website for additional tips.
And remember, the actual uploading of all the stations to the radio
is from the Reciva database.
When I first got the radio I went to the Reciva site to register.
The only problem was their website kept sending me an invalid URL
to complete my registration. I couldn't register. I sent several
days of emails to Reciva and even used their online contact form.
I tried registering with a different user name and email. The result
... no reply ... no info ... no phone number ... an email dead end.
When I requested help from Sanyo, they told me they couldn't help
with Reciva website registration problems, and I could use the radio
without the Reciva website. This was in total contradiction of all the
Reciva references in the Sanyo documentation and on the Sanyo website.
A real catch 22. Hence the 1 star for customer support.
The Sanyo R227 manual was no help with my problem. With the radio
plugged straight into the cable modem, I still couldn't get a connection.
After looking at error messages on the radio lcd and trying different
configurations (the default DHCP auto detect worked), I was about to pack
the radio up and send it back to Amazon, when out of the blue I saw a message
on the lcd that the Reciva database was uploading station info. How or why
it started working is a complete mystery.
THE PRAISE:
I love this radio. My Reciva website login finally just worked a week later
- no notification, I just tried it on a whim. The radio sound is great,
no static or interference, the navigation is very straightforward. If you know
your radio station call letters, there's minimal browsing required. The
stations load in less than a minute when you turn the radio on. It returns
to the last station you visited and the presets stay in place or are easily
changed. There are a few minor nits to pick like the volume not staying where
you left it. But I'm very happy with it, and so far I'm glad it started working
before I sent it back.
By NJcumVAguy (Midlothian, Virginia USA)
Got my Sanyo R227 Internet radio from Amazon within 4 business days and was ready to rock 'n' roll. Easy set up and no problems finding stations to listen to. The sound is super for a clock radio, although I would have liked to see a tone control since the radio is a bit heavy on the bass. Build quality is impressive too. Compact and heavy; not at all cheap looking.
The bad news is that my radio always lost the WiFi signal within 3 minutes of connecting, thus requiring a reboot every time. I called Sanyo service and was met by the most droll, uninterested, tech support man on the face of the earth. He volunteered no helpful info and answered every question that I asked in the most bored, brief, demeanor imaginable. SANYO, find this unhelpful guy and DUMP him! Concluding on my own that my radio was faulty, I decided to exchange the radio at Amazon and I'm now awaiting the new radio. Never one to put all my eggs in one basket, though, I also order an Aluratek radio. I'll keep whichever radio works best!
Got the replacement radio today (10/6) and everything works great. I'm very impressed with the R227 so far. I'll be returning the Aluratek to Staples tonight. It's much smaller than the R227 and doesn't have the quality feel, or appearance of the R227. It couldn't beat this Sanyo R227 as a bedside radio since it has only one speaker. The Aluratek unit also has a cheap plastic smell. The Sanyo has no odors to overcome.
Buyers of this great Sanyo radio need to be aware that the 8 presets are, thankfully, not the only way to save your favorite stations. To get many more favorites, you'll merely log on to the Reciva site, enter your radio registration number, and their massive list of Internet stations is quickly at your fingertips. At the Reciva web site you'll select your favorite stations and, then, when you turn on your radio you find them all listed under MY STUFF on your radio's menu. In other words, you can have dozens (hundreds?) of favorites. You may have to reboot your radio to see them. At the moment I have two dozen favorites.
My only complaint as of today (10/7) is the searchlight-bright display in the dark bedroom. I'll need to find some clingy tint film and put it over the screen. You can adjust the radio backlighting, but it doesn't help. I'll post more when I find a solution to the light problem.
(10/8 Update) - I went to a window tint store and got some free samples of their various tint films. Then I cut out a display screen-sized piece of the tint film and laid it on the display window. No need for any glue; the film clings nicely to the display window. You'll have to experiment with various degrees of tint to find your preferred one.
Oh, I do have one other problem. I want to carry this radio everywhere I go!!!!!!!! (and I have XM in the car)
By John (Mid-Atlantic State)
My opening statement may appear to be a thumbs down on this product,but please read on: I absolutely hate the cheap built in speakers. Manufacturers have been incorporating junk speakers in high quality electronic devices for ages. Fortunately,you can bypass the speakers. There are 3 options as describe in the manual. I connected my Tivoli radio by Henry Kloss to the Sanyo R227 via input/output mini-jacks resulting in superior audio from the one tiny Tivoli speaker.
I returned the R227 due to damage and requested a replacement. In other words I resisted an an opportunity for a refund,because the radio is worth keeping. I also have an internet radio built into my Nokia E63 smart phone that I connect to my Tivoli, or stereo home system. For some of you the Nokia E63 might be a better option when you consider price and all the extras you have with a smart phone, but I considered the shortened battery life and the risk of dropping my Nokia to be too risky for me. If you use the internet radio only occasionally, buy the Nokia E63 it's a bigger bang for the buck. I just love the Nokia E63.
One last thing the Sanyo manual is good, but you can figure out the radio functions without it. On the other hand the Nokia E63 manual stinks, but boy is the Nokia worth the extra mile.
P.S. I'm listing to the R227 right now. In my opinion it's worth the money. My only gripe is those cheap speakers.
By KS (Seattle, WA)
It didn't take me long to hate this unit. I unpacked the box to find a nice looking piano-black unit, well-packed and pretty small in size. So far, so good. Since I already have a Logitech Squeezebox, and am already fairly geeky, I knew setting this thing up should be pretty easy. I guess I should not have made that assumption because it was anything but easy to set up and use. Instead of spreading out the "pros" and "cons" before you. I'll just enumerate my findings.
1. The remote: Small. Unbelievably bad placement of controls. The cursor controls are not grouped together (lower left side) and the select buttong is WAY up top above a very large Sleep button (which should have been the Select button). Whoever thought up this design should return their pay for creating this contraption.
2. The display: Looks OK, until you start navigating it. It is fairly hard to read with the bluish backlight. I could actually read the display with the backlight off
3. Nagitation: Awful, simply awful. It seems that each time you start looking for a station it has to go out ro Reciva to grab the list. That takes time. In my case it took about a minute to retrieve 1850 stations. So, the list comes up and the fun begins. There are a handful of stations that I like and listen to on the Squeezebox. It took me less than 10 minutes to set them up on that box, and I can also use the web ui to configure them via a browser. That isn't the case with this machine. I had to scroll through the list looking for the stations I wanted. When I found them and attempting to listen to them, I could not connect. Trust me, this isn't a connection issue since my Squeebox works flawlessly on the same network. It is very rare that I have connection issues with the Squeezebox; very rare. When I finally was able to connect to a station at random, the quality was just OK and uninspiring. OK, I know, "what do you expect?". Well, I guess I was going to be as thrilled as other people who stated their love for this thing. Me? Not so much.
4. Network Performance: When you start up the device it goes out hunting for a connection and it typically takes two or three minutes to even know it's connected. Perhaps it is trying to connect to [...] and that site is slow; I don't know. But it's crappy. When I attempted to connect to a remote server where my MP3 files are it wanted me to enter a user name to the share (I was using Windows Shares, not Windows Media sharing). It left me on the screen where I enter the user name, but I had not clue how to move to the next step (like the password). There was nothing in the docs that tell you how. Silly me, for not using Windows Media.
5. Firmware Upgrade: I upgraded the firmware and that took about 10 minutes. The screen jumped around spasmotically with the update stats at 7% intervals.
6. General UI: The UI (display) wasn't well thought out. At one point I had two scrolling sentences on the SAME line. When the characters collided they washed each other out. Very buggy. Uncool.
7. On Radio Controls: Although a little easier to use than the remote, the on-radio controls are a cock-up as well. Back button, select buttons, a ring that contans some push buttons (but you can't really tell until you press on the plastic). Who thought this up? If like somebody just thrown the controls randomly and the box and that's where they stayed. Never mind about the logical placement ("let see, if they press the up arrow to make a menu selection, maybe we should put the select button close to the cursor so they don't have to move their fingers far or have to use two hands").
How long did I have the unit? About 1 hour. I figured if that this device is so frustrating at the start why saddle myself with this thing for 5 or 10 years?
I've noticed that often a company's website can be an indication of how well the company is run. Go try to find the on-line manual for this unit. It's there. But start at [...] and go on a little easter egg hunt to find the manual. Finding the manual was similar to trying to figure out how the unit worked; frustrating.
My 2 cents. Sorry Sanyo. Take a close, magnigied look at the unit. It looks stylish zoomed out, but zoom in and you will see what I mean about the user-interface. Simply maddening.
Images Product
Buy Sanyo R227 WiFi Internet Radio (Black) Now
0 ความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น