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Wired Or Wireless Connection; High Quality 2X 5W Full-Range Stereo Speakers; Large, Easy-To-Read 3-Line Display; Extra-Large Clock Display; Full Display Brightness Adjustment; Aux Input Socket For Ipod®, Mp3 Player, Etc.; Line Output Socket; Headphone Soc
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- Over 6,000 internet radio stations with 21,242 on-demand streams in 250 locations from 60 genres
- Supports MP3, WMA, AAC, AIFF, FLAC, Real Audio⢠and AU formats ; Dual high-quality 5", 5-watt full-range stereo speakers with wood cabinet frame
- Works with wireless internet connection (802.11b/g) or wired ethernet (10/100 Mbps, RJ-45)
- Stand alone radioâno PC required ; 12 radio station presets, built-in 12/24 hour clock, 4 alarm timers and sleep timer ; 3-line backlit LCD alphanumeric display
- Feartures auxilliary input jack, earphone output jack (mini, stereo), line output jack (mini, stereo) and RJ45 Ethernet jack ; Dimensions: 11 ½â W x 4 ½â H X 7 ½â D, weight: 6 lb. 1 oz ; Includes remote control and 10' network cable
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 "Be Careful!!!!" 2008-10-15
By TinkerMan (Georgia)
The radio pictured for this listing is a Sangean WFR-1 internet radio - but the description is of a lesser-quality Sangean WFR-20. You really can't be sure of what you'll get since the listing is titled "WiFi Internet Radio".... Someone from Amazon should clear up the confusion here... I wouldn't buy until this is clarified...



Addendum - I called Amazon and they said they would correct the listing ASAP. I'd still be wary...



Addendum #2 - Amazon has indeed changed the image to the correct one for this item.


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Listen to the World with Internet Radio, Enjoy Great Choice with More than 10,000 Radio Stations, No PC Required for Environmentally Conscious Operations, Ideal for Immigrants, Language Learners and Music Lovers, Save Up to 250 of Your Favorite Stations, Built-in Buffer function for Smoother Listening, User Attentive Design, Built-in Sleep Timer and Backlight, Wooden Speaker and Line-out.
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- Features
- -- Supports 10,000 Worldwide Broadcast Stations
- -- No PC Required for Environmentally Conscious Operations
- -- Save Up to 250 of Your Favorite Stations
- -- Built-in Buffer function for Smoother Listening
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 "Good Enough Is Fine" 2009-11-04
By Charles Yulish (Washington, DC)
The ASUS Air delivers a good set of features at a remarkably low price--the Amazon $89 price is the lowest one can find. Some vendors ask nearly double this price.

The English instructions are mostly clear. I ran into a problem at the enter-the-WEP stage. After entering the WEP security code when I pressed ENTER, instead of visually accepting it, the screen kept moving me back a step. I had to call ASUS to get help on this. I was promptly connected to a tech specialist who spent as much time as needed to figure this out. Outstanding service compared with other tech call experiences. Be prepared for dialing an (812) area code--it is not a toll free number.

The Air radio's sound is pleasantly balanced and good enough for casual listening.

The remote control is excellent, compared with the Grace and Sangean mini remotes--and it uses AAA batteries instead of buttons.



I also own the Sangean stereo (very nice sound) and Grace internet radio (comparable to the ASUS.) I have given a few of these ASUS radios as gifts and getting grateful and enthusiastic thanks......

Summary on the ASUS Air WiFi radio: Good enough is fine.



Charles Yulish

 "DOA and can't get support" 2009-02-11
By Matthew Lynn
Got this item for XMas and it is DOA. I can't return it because I have exceeded the return period. Unfortunately I am not able to get help via either phone or email support (multiple phone calls and support requests). I am EXTREMELY dissatisfied with the product and complete lack of service thus far. If anyone from Asus would like to help me through this process I might reconsider, but for now consider this to be an extremely upset customer.

 "Good Quality Radio " 2008-10-11
By Omar (Perth, Australia)
This radio offers you very good sound quality, excellent finish, and an easy access to loads of pre-set radio stations with the ability to save up to 250 favourite stations.

Out of the box set-up is straight forward once you manage to navigate through the alphabet to enter your wireless network WPA access key using the volume knob.

The radio has up to 8-sec buffer capacity which meant an almost uninterrupted listening experience for the majority of the stations.

I gave this radio only 3 stars because of the following:

1. The inability to integrate with Reciva Radio restricts you from using the extended search and management of your own station list over the web;

2. Adding a new station is not an easy task which requires manual entry of the station url using the volume knob; and

3. Inability to access PC Media files.

Overall a very good radio that would probably benefit from a firmware upgrade to include additional features.

 "Didn't work out of the box" 2008-09-04
By Allen Birchland (Riverview, FL)
I have a Verizon Actiontec wireless router for my high speed network that works for all of my laptops, printer, etc. This radio COULD NOT connect wirelessly. I contacted the manufacturer to attempt to rectify the problem, and they were no help whatsoever. Borderline rude as a matter of fact. I did hardwire it and it worked, but I found the station availability to be extremely lacking without Reciva access. And I've read that adding stations is "quite the chore" on this set.

The good news is I was able to return it (out the shipping cost, however)

and I received full credit.

Look elsewhere, IMO...

 "Highly recommend" 2008-04-21
By A. Godwin (NY)
Very stylish, and user friendly. Excellent idea, enormous number of stations to choose from. However it has a useless remote control, with a range of only 6cm.



Overall an excellent product.


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SonoWave is a small portable radio that connects to a computer wirelessly, providing access to any music on the PC or to thousands of internet radio stations. Via a wireless transmitter that connects to a PC, the system transmits MP3 music or Internet radio stations from a PC using RF to anywhere up to 30 meters away.
Now you can access the thousands of internet radio stations and audio streams from around the world, and enjoy your audio files and CD's on your PC all away from your PC. The idea of internet radio is great, but not the idea of sitting next to the computer to listen to the radio, with SonoWave you avoid having to sit at the PC to listen to MP3 music files or radio. This innovative device is designed to be used by people who want to listen to the thousands of free and subscription Internet Radio stations, without having to use a computer.
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- Portable - The Internet Radio is completely portable receiving all data and audio over a wireless link from the transmitter part connected to the PC USB port.
- Audio Sources 6 Internet Radio, MP3, CD, Terrestrial Radio, Auxiliary Input, text to speech for caller display and email.
- Radio - Radio presets 6 with station name display
- Terrestrial Tuner - Digital Tuner bands FM Stereo, Tuner presets 6 for each band, Antenna FM/MW FM internal whip, MW ferrite rod, Frequency Display yes, 4 digit
- LCD Display - 20 character 5 x 7 dot matrix display with icons, EL blue backlight.
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Phoenix Wifi Radio - White

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COM1 WiFi Internet Radio player used to listen to internet radio with out the need for a computer.
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 "AMAZON wake UP THIS IS JUNK" 2009-10-19
By Bob & RuthAnn (Manchester, CT USA)


THIS COMPANY HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS...NO SUPPORT...BOTH eMAIL AND PHONE HAVE BEEN REMOVED!!



BUY A LIVIO RADIO THAT WORKS AND IS VERY WELL SUPPORTED.



A WIFI RADIO IS REALLY THE WAY TO GO IF YOU LOVE TO LISTEN TO A RADIO.

 "Phoenix Com-One WiFi Radio--Lack of Support" 2009-09-18
By L. A. Loman (St. Louis, MO)
I am very experienced with networks, including wireless devices, and when I purchased a Phoenix Wifi Radio a few months ago, I had no problems getting it working and setting up my favorite stations and podcasts. It worked well in a rural river valley location where I have DSL but rather poor FM reception. Some negatives: Audio volume has limits and if you are a little hard of hearing you might find that you need to stay near the radio to hear things, even at maximum volume; the unit I have simply locks up occasionally and the only way to get it working again is to unplug the adapter and open the battery compartment (or do a mechanical reset); there is no limitation on the time of the alarm like most clock radios--usually one hour--and the com-one will run forever until you turn it off mechanically. I was willing to put up with this because the radio worked very well otherwise and was portable but then I ran into a problem in connecting to router at the rural location. I think this problem could be solved fairly quickly with the help of tech support person but my experience is that PHOENIX COM-ONE TECH SUPPORT IS NONEXISTENT. Do not buy this radio if you feel you might ever need help in setting it up or dealing with glitches and technical problems. I have received no response to messages left on their website and the tech support numbers in my manual has been disconnected. It is too late to send the radio back to Amazon but I think a label should be placed on each box that says: You are completely on your own. Enjoy! Phoenix Wifi Radio - White

 "buyer beware! radio has less functionality than listed!" 2009-08-14
By N. Black (cambridge, ma United States)
i would but this as a DO NOT BUY but its not bad out of the box. the main problem for me was that the omly way to change or add stations to the presets was to register on the website. that is fine but it appear the company has gone out of business and you can no longer get your device registered. so therefore you can not add any stations. this was a deal breaker for me.



but in the few days i did have it i explored what else it had to offer. the best feature is the amount of preset channels by region it had. you could select any US city and it would give you 5+ streams fromt that area. it also listed international stations and a hand full from each country. also had streams of audio books and ambient nature sounds and the like.



but besides the lack of website support the radio was not much of an alarm clock. some things like bog snooze button were missing and the display wasnt the clearest. also the batteries on mine died after a day and the wall plug didnt charge nor power the radio. i assume mine was just a rogue defect or maybe the chargeable batteries had gone because it worked with other batteries in it.



so i would not recommend buy this and especially not at this price. knowing what i do now after owning one for a few days, i would say this is worth closer to $20

 "broken web site, no support" 2009-05-31
By CA in PA
This radio is configured from an associated web site. Ever since web site maintenance in mid-April, the web site has not worked correctly. My preferences were lost. Some stations, such as BBC World Service, will not play. They do not reply to requests for customer support. I would definitely not recommend this radio.

 "Do NOT buy this radio!" 2009-04-25
By Mark F. Heil (West Haven, CT United States)
I liked the idea of this radio but I am horribly disappointed. I was initially able to set up streams and presets to listen to but I have had many problems since. The web interface is very poorly designed script and is just doesn't make alot of sense. Worse, you are held hostage to the website, if their database is down, you can't listen to any of your stations on the radio. If the company goes out of business it looks like the radio will be rendered nonfunctional. They supposedly did a database migration on April 18, 2009, had some problems and they have not fixed it yet, one week later.


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- Listen to your favorite radio station while you write, with the built-in tuner and ear bud.
- Use the shredding feature to keep your notes out of the wrong hands!
- It fits right inside the Password Journal (sold separately) for extra privacy!
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 "An Amasing Pen" 2005-11-11
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My girl has 5 years old and she was very excited when I give it to her as a birthday gift. I purchased it with the girl tech journal. She use it as his diary. The shredder is very easy to use and, based on her opinion, it is a very interesting toy.

 "The Longest Review You Will Ever Read About This Toy. Cheese=Mind" 2005-09-11
By carter hernandez (inglewood, ca United States)
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 "jam n shred pen is awesome" 2005-08-27
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I love to use the jam n shred pen on the bus. I also like to use it when my bffs pass me notes you can shred the note in seconds!!!! If you don't have one of these you should get one.

 "very pleased" 2005-07-19
By Frances Noyce (Houston Texas USA)
My daughter is 10 and received the password journal for her birthday. We saw the pen on the back of the box and decided to order it. She has played with the journal more because of the pen so we are pleased with our purchase!

 "pretty good" 2004-06-26
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- 11.000+ radio stations at your finger-tips, subscription free! OXX Digital brings the world of Wireless Internet Radio into your life. Introducing the TUBE Wifi Internet Radio offering you instant access to an extremely diverse range of radio stations from around the world, with subscription-free digital broadcasts from virtually every country on the planet! Featuring a unique Scandinavian design
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 "Internet Radio" 2009-10-27
By Melody A. Garber (Lakeland, FL)
Has a great clear sound to it. Real reliable. Looks great. We have three internet radio's and I would rate this one the best.


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- Stay in the loop with the most recent news and pop culture stories from The New York Times to Entertainment Tonight.
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- The easiest way to enjoy Pandora Internet Radio at home or at the office, without the need of a computer
- The first Internet Radio to feature the Thumb-up and Thumb-down controls right in the front of the unit
- Pandora is your personal DJ; Enter the name of an artist or song and start listening; Give songs a Thumb Up or Thumb Down and Pandora will instantly change the music selection to better match your tastes
- Includes a one-touch star button to store up to 40 of your favorite stations
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- Works with any wireless internet connection (802.11b & 802.11g compatible)
- 5 Programmable Alarms - Wake to your favorite music or alarm tone - Sleep timer settable in 30 second increments up to 24 hours.
- Sign into www.grace.reciva.com to create and download a My Stuff folder to your radio allowing for easy access to all your favorite stations
- Stream content over 20,000 radio stations, Pandora, Sirius premimum internet radio, Live365.com, and mp3tunes locker
- Wirelessly stream your music library from your PC or MAC (not compatible with copy-protected iTunes music downloads)
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 "This is a great Internet Radio that coordinates with the Reciva website." 2009-10-19
By Anthony C. Darienzo (Huntington, NY)
I original panned this radio in my first review because the radio could not receive WQXR 105.9 in New York City. I contacted Grace and they said that they could not obtain the url for the music stream from WQXR's website.



After doing a little research on the net I found out how to obtain the url for any streamed music ( a very simple process ) on the Internet. After programming this url on Reciva's website, which then electronically sent it to my radio, I can now receive WQXR's webstream on my Grace radio. By the way, by using the Reciva website you can program any number of stations onto your radio. All and all an excellent product.

Anthony Darienzo

 "Great radio" 2009-08-14
By Donkey Kong
I bought this radio a couple months ago and an thoroughly happy with it's audio quality and performance. The sleek design and top mounted speaker are also very unique. The ability to stream Pandora as well is awesome. It has a bunch of other features like Sirius Internet Radio, Live 365 and much more really makes this one of the premier internet radios in the market place today. Highly recommend this radio!

 "Super Loud! Kick butt sound" 2009-08-12
By Carrie L. (Portland OR)
This radio has superior sound. This is my 2nd radio from Grace Digital and I must say it keeps getting better. The Bravado is their best radio ever. We carry it outside on the Deck for parties. The wifi range has no problems in our yard.



You can't get good country music in Oregon. Check out 181 Kickin Country. My problems are solved. If I can only get this technology in my Truck!

 "Wow! Best radio ever!" 2009-08-12
By Jack Johnson (Portland)
I called their customer service department and was recommended to this new model. I bought a Logitech squeezebox from Best buy and find it to difficult to operate. I could never get it logged on to my home network. Took it back.



This radio has wonderful sound quality. It fills my whole kitchen with music.



The incredible part is the station selection. So many choices, you can spend hours experimenting with new stations around the world. There have been so many hours of personal enjoyment, its worth every penny!

 "Excellent sounding Internet Radio" 2009-07-31
By Gregory Fadul (San diego,ca)
Grace Digital has a complete line of award winning internet radios. The Bravado (GDI-IRD4400m) is the flagship model. It has two built in 3 inch top loaded speakers with a rear firing port and wood cabinet (very rare in radios these days) to create a warm sound. The radio has a built in Class D 16 watt digital amplifier ( the first internet radio to actually have a digital amplifier that I know of) to provide crystal clear highs and deep lows.



As with all Grace radio's (except the GDI-IRP600) the Bravado can access over 20,000 radio stations, Pandora, Live365 , Blogtalkradio and Sirius (if you have a Sirius Premium Internet radio subscription). The built in 4 line backlit display provides great view of the stations for you to search by genre or location and add the station to your 5 presets on the front of the unit, 10 presets on the remote or `my favorites' folder. If you prefer to use your computer to search for stations you can register your radio on the new Grace web site [...] . After it is registered you can search and save your favorites on your computer and your favorites will be saved directly on your radio.



The internet radio has a headset jack that can be connected to headsets for private listening or directly to a stereo to listen to any internet radio station directly through your home audio system.



There are less expense radios such as the GDI-IR1000 or 2000 but you would be hard pressed to find a better sounding unit for anything close to the price. Even Cnet which I believe to be the most unbiased and one of the top review sites on the web gave it a `very good' rating [...]




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It's never been safer to go back in the (air)waves - or more fun. To put it simply, radio SHARK 2 adds the enjoyment of AM/FM radio to your computer, both Mac and PC. But that's only the beginning. radio SHARK 2 can record AM and FM radio broadcasts in real time. You can record while you listen, or you can set up recordings to occur later, or according to a repeating schedule. You can record while you listen or you can set up recordings to occur later to a repeating schedule. You never have to miss a favorite show again. Recordings are saved to your hard disk and can be added automatically to your iTunes library for listening on your iPod. Griffin's Radio Shark software keeps track as you listen. You can pause the broadcast and come right back to where you left off, moments or even hours later. Radio Shark's on-screen radio tuner looks, feels and works just the way you expect a radio dial to work. There's nothing to learn and no monthly fees. Along with the usual fare of AM/FM talk shows, call-ins, top-forty and easy listening, you get to browse the ever-expanding world of Internet Radio. You get to sample great music and sounds from all over the world via Cyberspace. It's just like listening to Radio. Plug the radio Shark Fin into your computer's USB port, load the software and start tuning in. You can pick it up as you go.
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- 530 to 1710 kHz AM Tuning Range
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 "Nonexistent AM reception" 2009-09-28
By GarryW (Alameda, California USA)
Word on the street is that this unit and its predecessor (RadioShark "1", I guess) are essentially identical in terms of hardware, and that if you had problems with the old model, you'll have problems with this one too.



That said -



I bought a RadioShark "1" off of eBay for the purpose of recording AM sports broadcasts. However, as others have noted, the AM reception is essentially nonexistent, for both the "1" and the "2". The device might work if the radio station's commercial antenna were poking in your window and zapping this thing directly with a few thousand watts, maybe making it glow a bit. But not otherwise. I live next to a major city. I could partially pick up 1 station. I threw the thing away (without bothering to test the FM.)

 "been needing one of these for years!!" 2009-09-25
By of boxers and mutts (new orleans)
i live in new orleans, home of the famous WWOZ 90.7, and its on that station that ive heard some of the best music in my life. so needless to say im loving it. so for installation, i had to do it twice, but im terrible with manuels, reason i gave it a 5 is cause i was able to get it installed in less than 15 minutes. i love it, i can rewind and record, the music ive recorded so far was very easy to get in my windows player, very very cool. as far as reception goes,, yes it could have a better antenna, but as others mentioned, this thing wasnt described as a high power radio,, so if you need more reception, get yourself a fm indoor antenna,

the only bad thing i can say about it, and i knew it before i bought it, is you have to have your computer on to use it, i would love to have a portable player that records and you can transfer the music to you computer later(any suggestions?), until i find something to those specs this will have to do.

if you want to hear great music, check out wwoz in new orleans on saturday mornings!! they have a website and are heard all over the world, cause they rule. wwoz, new orleans saturday mornings from 7am till noon, and check out their schedule during the rest of the week, you will not be sorry.

 "Radio Shark" 2009-09-14
By Anthony C. Parker (Albuquerque, NM)
What a great idea! It works well except for lower NPR type frequencies where I can't seem to get good reception even with the unit 15 ft away from the computer.

 "The Shark 2 beastie" 2009-09-09
By P. Robinson (AU)
I finally managed to enable it's features but it took a lot of work.



The FM reception from the Shark works well where I live (Christchurch New Zealand). I haven't tried all the available FM stations but have tuned in ten of the twenty or so FM stations we have here. The AM is bad. All the frequencies I tried sounded horrible. Reminded me of MW searches when I was a kid. Crackles only with occasional voices and music drifting in then disappearing.



The radioShark software is crazy. It recognises the hardware but won't provide sound to the computer. So I can tune stations (and hear the tuned station by plugging headphones into the 3.5 which I thought was for external aerial?) but nothing to the computer via the USB. Very odd.



So I decided to install the supplied Snaptune One. Supposedly it was supplied on the install CD along with iFill for Mac/Windows and Proxi for Mac. I opened up the extras folder on the CD looking for Snaptune but no, no extra software, just the radioShark manual in pdf.

Strangely the manual mentioned the wonders of Snaptune. I think if Griffin can remove software from an install CD then surely they could update the manual, not to mention the packaging.



I then visited Griffin support. After a quick search for `Snaptune' the response

was:



"Unfortunately, our friends at Snaptune have had to call it quits. Because the Snaptune One application for radio SHARK 2 depended upon Snaptune's server, the application will no longer function. While we are as disappointed as anyone by Snaptune's demise, Griffin included this application as a freebie with no warranty." - Oh well - I've purchased a lemon.



I then did a search for any software that might enable the features of this thing and Snaptune kept being referenced. So I downloaded and installed and the Shark suddenly sprang to life.

Lovely sound through my PC speakers, time-shifting, scheduling, leave it running for a few hours and it even starts differentiating songs from dialog and ads. Nice touch.



Quite a ride.



So, my experience:



Hardware - 50% okay, FM is loud and clear, AM is really bad.



Supplied software - can't get it to fully work. It recognises the hardware but doesn't send sound to my PC.



Manual - inaccurate and outdated with its reference to software that isn't available.



Packaging - also inaccurate because it references the same software.



On-line support - also inaccurate "Snaptune One won't work because the SHARK 2 is dependent upon Snaptune's server, so the application will no longer function."



Well Snaptune does work and works very well.



I guess I'm happy(ish) with the Shark 2 because it's now doing the job I purchased it for. I just can't see the logic of my having to come up with a tailor-made solution to get it to run properly.



If you do purchase it, download Snaptune One.



Paul Robinson.

 "Great product" 2009-07-01
By A. Peck
Excellent product, would recommend to anyone looking to record radio or delay radio to sync up with sports cable broadcast.


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