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CTA DIGITAL MI-IRP1 Portable Internet Radio with 1GB Memory. The MI-IRP1 Portable Internet Radio from CTA Digital can replace all of your portable media devices. This slim stylish device weighs only 2 oz yet has 1GB of flash memory, plays audio files, FM radio, video files, picture files, Internet radio and even streams music from your computers media library. Add more media to your device with the Micro SD/MMC card slot. The mini USB port allows for data transfer and charges your portable radio while connected. The FM radio has presets, auto scan and the ability to instantly record WAV files of whatever you are tuned into.
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- 1GB Portable Internet Radio
- Supports MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, AAC, OGG, WAV, AIFF
- Streams Music from Windows Media Player
- FM Radio and Recorder with Presets and Autoscan
- Earphones/ USB Cable/ CD with MediaCoder SE/ Warranty Card
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 "Dont buy this product." 2009-03-13
By M. Johannessen
First radio broken glass and didn't start up. Second radio is connected to internet but cannot search for radio stations. Tried to get hold of support in NYC but noone available. A bad product even if the idea is good.



Where they have hidden the MMC card reader I don't know. Have sent several mails so CTA but no answer.

 "Great but no support" 2009-02-13
By Jon A. Hupp (Annapolis, MD USA)
This device is a fantastic, tiny, Wifi Internet Radio. It uses the vTuner database for stations. Unlike larger radios, you cannot add stations or streams online and have them uploaded to the radio. You can add stations, but via a very cumbersome process since the radio does not have a keyboard. There is no MicroSD card (as sometimes advertised). A German version of this radio is identical with the MicroSD card. Sound quality and Wifi strength are great. It does support WEP but not WPA. It isn't great for MP3s, Movies, or Photos but then there are better and cheaper devices for these. There is absolutely NO support from what I can tell. Websites referenced in the manual don't exist and CTA's site has very little information. Still, it is very small, good battery life and works well as an Internet Radio. BTW, you can charge it with most MiniUSB chargers (such as for a Blackberry).

 "Great product!" 2008-09-15
By Reporter (New York)
I'm giving this a 5 because it's the only one of its kind: very small and very light, with excellent sound through speakers or headphones. I'm listening to 24/7 comedy, opera from Rome, folk songs from Shanghai -- plus my local S.F. stations, which I could never get clearly because of poor reception in the neighborhood where I live. Thumbs up!

 "DOES NOT HAVE MICRO SD SLOT!!!" 2008-08-14
By W. H. Hoyt IV (rural missouri)
I'm not sure how this product is listed as having a micro SD slot. If it has one, it is very well hidden and is not mentioned in the instruction manual. Also, I haven't been able to figure out the recording function (I don't think it exists either). Further, the support website listed on the device is not functional (just a random South Korean public relations site...zero support). It does have a seemingly endless list of internet radio stations and the interface is relatively intuitive. I can't think of much more nice to say. In short, I wouldn't buy this again. If they made it with a real record function, external memory support, and with a TIVO like program, it would be what I actually had hoped for (and wouldn't stink).

 "Capable Internet Radio and Really Small" 2008-08-01
By Phillip Wheeler (Los Angeles area)
This radio works well as an internet radio. Manual says 10 hrs on battery when in internet radio mode and I have no reason to question that (but no life tests as yet). And, if you have a USB AC supply (as from an iPhone or iPod) you can power it from that. It is also an FM radio, but I've yet to try that mode.



Construction is fine for the purpose and size (it is really tiny -- thinner than my iPhone, a bit narrower and about 2/3 as big in the longest dimension).



However the description is a bit misleading. It says "Add more media to your device with the Micro SD/MMC card slot". I can find no such slot in the unit (it's so small it would be hard to hide such a slot); nor is one mentioned in the manual. You can load MP3s, images and video into the 1 GB internal memory, but it will not accommodate a Micro SD card as I had hoped. This is why I gave it 4 stars instead of five.



The lack of the promised slot is a bit disappointing. But my reason for buying this unit was to have a small internet radio for travel (already have a large one next the bed) and it is that. And I have several other MP3 players.



Phil


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- Accesses The Variety Of Internet Radio Programming Available
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 "cross between computer and radio" 2009-02-09
By listener (Lafayette, CA)
This radio works great at times, but just like a computer it will lock up and have trouble getting the feed. I would definately recommend not trying to use it wireless - a wired connection will give far fewer problems. Sometimes it works great and sometimes it does not work at all. Reminds me of computers, frustrating at times, great other times.

It has trouble connecting to the network at times. Large selection of stations. I live in an area of poor radio reception - everything is much clearer of this radio.

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By 1goodengineer
I had made this purchase not having any great expectations; this approach may have contributed to my overall favorable impressions of this item.

I am not an audiophile and do nto pretend to be one - this radio does not compare with the sound quality of comparatively similar items offered by Bose and B&O; however, for the price and considering what the radio is intended to do, I do not foresee that anyone will be dissappointed with purchasing it.

The sound quality is excellent (although not "outstanding"); thae packaging was high-quality and the radio with the remote function flawlessly. The photos of this item do not represent the amount of light emitted by the LCD display...it is not an unpleasant blue-coloured hue; however, it would be nice if this had a variation of a rheostat to control it, because if you have the radio in a darkened room, and, if you are bothered by any sort of brightly illuminated display, then I sense that you will want to rely on the remote and keep the radio at some other location so that this will not bother you...of course, relocating the radio subsequently compromises on the audio quality as you will have probably also moved the speaker away from a favorable listening location. Other than this, I think that you can purchase this product and become, as I was, pleasantly surprised. It is certainly not a "rip-off" and I have enjoyed listening to all varities of music from literally all parts of the globe...have fun with it!

 "Internet Radio in a relatively simple box" 2008-08-02
By David C. Mcnabb
Though the software+PC solution is more coherent than it used to be, I feel that it's simpler to use dedicated devices like those that make use of Reciva and vTuner solutions. Radios like this one, the ASUS and the Grace are all under $200, making them much less expensive than the previous generation of Wi-Fi radios.



I've had this device for about 3 days. The radio works fine with MP3, Real, OGG, AAC and WMA streams. I haven't tried UPNP yet. Playing files from a USB Mass Storage device works, but pulling the power plug seems to be the only way to force it to re-scan UMS devices. The same goes for updating the radio after making first entries in My Streams, My Podcasts etc. at the Reciva website. Subsequent entries don't require any plug-pulling.



Podcast listening is easy, though there's no way to pause, rewind or fast forward. Having a remote is nice. Using the Reciva website is also nice, especially since I prefer to do text entry with a keyboard instead of using the knob and buttons on the radio. Entering a key for a Wi-Fi network still requires that. Some categories with hundreds of entries should be broken into subcategories.



The are so many different streams and podcasts out there that anybody looking for alternatives should have a ball with this radio.



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UPNP works. It can pause and stop, but doesn't fast forward or rewind. FLAC files will play, too.

 "A Great Global Adventure at an Attractive Price" 2008-04-27
By Douglas C. Rennie (Portland, OR)
This is my first Internet radio, and I seem to have made a good choice----very nice sound at a reasonable price, and a handsome little unit to boot. I have an iMac G5 and a Linksys WRT54G wifi router and the radio pulls in all the stations both upstairs in my study (where the router sits) and downstairs and around several corners in the master bedroom. This is a compact little unit with a single speaker, and the sound is, to me, impressive. Not base heavy at all, so voices come through cleanly, but music also has a rich, full sound to it. Most impressive for such a small speaker, and the sound through headphones is excellent.



This is a reciva-based unit, so you can save any station not already programmed into the radio (damn few, I'd say, since something like 10,000 are already on board when you do your initial turn-on) by using the My Stuff link on the reciva site. Just click "Save this Station" and in a few minutes it's right there on your radio and ready to use. Within 15 minutes after setting it up I was listening to live evening prayers from some huge mosque in Tehran via Radio Iran International, half a dozen stations in Ireland broadcasting Irish/Celtic music, about 95% of which I had never heard before, audiobooks (a reading of a Robert Frost poem), 3 SUPERB classical music stations (you have about 200 to choose from!), the oddball Whole Wheat Radio from somewhere in Alaska, Radio Netherlands, Radio Prague, Beach Radio (Spain), and on and on. The list is virtually endless (nearly 2,000 choices in the UK alone). Even Papua New Guinea and the Maldives are here. There are only 3 preset buttons on the face plate, but using the remote you can add 96 more (99 total), which should do the job.



The manual is NOT very clear about how to do the programming and later recalling of the stations that you program with the remote. Once you get into double digits, you need to hit the Store key, then hold down the "-/--" key for about 3 or 4 seconds until a horizontal line appears at which point you hold down (again for a good 3 or so seconds) the first number, then the second and the station is stored as 10, 11, 78, whatever. When you want to play these stations, same thing, only using the Recall button but still holding for 3 seconds. With single digits, you skip the "-/--" key and just hit Store or Recall and then 4, 6, etc. This took me about half a day to figure out, so you don't have to. This radio is just flat out amazing. 10,000 stations with ZERO static and good to excellent clarity/sound. You can also use a USB stick to listen to your own music, but I've not done this and don't intend to so you're on your own here.



BTW, this radio is EXACTLY the same as the Intempo GX-01 sold in the UK and Europe, so if you want more info (there is next to nothing on the CTA via Google), use GX-01 for your search; a ton of stuff on it, including a good 2 minute demo video (by Shiny Shiny) on YouTube. It does cut out from time to time and has to rebuffer, but I think this inevitable whe you are streaming audio. So what you get here is the cool retro look of a 1950s tabletop radio but with access to the entire planet. It's quite an adventure.


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