Cost in U.S. dollars is around $450
Size? Well its about the size of all the other Snagean Tabletops I've
seen, the display in the middle of the two speakers and the slot loading
CD tray above all that on the front.
The aerial is removable meaning that the radio can be attached to an
outdoor FM/DAB aerial if you have such an installation, the radio has a
F connector which the telescopic aerial attaches to but to get to this
you have to remove a small screwed on cover which covers the socket.
No idea why Sangean did things this way but there we are.
As for the App not owrking on my IOS devices? Well I'm not sure what's
going on there, just won't find any of the radio sets I have which are
compatible with it and I've not had this issue before though there was a
good 18 or so months when I was without an IOS device and I do know that
during that time the iSangean remote App was updated a few times so
perhaps that's something to do with it.
As I say, the Android iSangean App works perfectly as it should.
regarding recording? You can record from most of the sources this radio
handles, only one you can't record from is your iPod in the dock. You
can record Internet Radio, FM, DAB and from CD, default bit rate for MP3
recordings is 128K.
This radio does not as far as I know support time shifting for DAB+ radio.
On 11/04/2016 4:36 PM, Peter Scanlon wrote:
What is the size and cost?
And let us know if you get the IPhone ap to work
From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 4:13 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: A Near Perfect Tabletop Radio?
I believe I've found to be a near perfect tabletop radio, the DDr-63
which comes from our good friends at Sangean
The bad parts first, this radio has a touch screen however one can
either use the Remote control or the Sangean Remote App if one has an
iPhone or Android devce.
On my system I can't get the Sangean App to work on my iPhone for
whatever reason but it works fine on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Android phone.
The DDR63 is literally packed with features and here are a few.
USB port for playback of music from a memory stick.
CD Player equipped with MP3 playback function.
Digital DAB/DAB+ for models in Australia and Europe.
Pandora connectivity
IOS dock
DLNA compatibility for playing music from a Mac, Windows machine or NAS
storage
Recording of a source to SD card or USB device.
The radio even sounds quite nice thanks to its wooden cabinet and the
sound can be further tweaked by the use of the EQ settings or you can
customise the bass and treble controls to your liking.
Unfortunately there's no way for a person without vision to set either
of the two alarms but I do know that the display is very clear - I have
this on good authority from those who can see it - so if you're part of
a couple then this unit would certainly be a great bedside companion for
the two of you.
Other nice stuff include both an analog and digital line-out, aux-in and
headphone socket.
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