adamslim;500844 Wrote: > Took advantage of the Amazon deal so got the SB Radio for £118 (I have > got over my mild disappointment about no longer being on the beta > programme!). Ordered 26/12 evening, despatched 28/12, arrived 31/12, > via Super Saver delivery. > > First impressions: > - Excellent packaging > - Great feel to the product - nice and weighty > - Nice screen - like the way that it's just like the Controller in look > and feel now > - Setup was a doddle: wifi fine, straight onto mysb.com (not sure why, > as I have a server on 24/7, but...), firmware update, then onto server, > another firmware update, sorted. > - Nice that pressing button 4 brought up Radio 4 straight away, as it > is programmed so for my Booms. > - Separate volume control, thank you! > > Second impressions: > - Screen is not too configurable yet, but the plugins for weather etc > will no doubt come > - Duh backlight! It's dark in my bedroom at night, why make it hard > for me to find the buttons? > > I had intended to use this in the bedroom as a clock radio, moving the > Boom currently there into the TV room to act as a radio. However, the > lack of weather and backlit buttons means I have changed my mind, and > will have the Radio in the TV room. This may reverse again once the > Radio is more configurable and I know the buttons off by heart! > > Overall - good start, nice product. It does, however, make both Boom > and Controller look expensive!
It took me about 2 days to learn the buttons by feel in the dark. No big deal. Most alarm clocks do not have any backlit buttons. You learn by feel. -- eap ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73270
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