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Hi! Just to be clear about this, the radio is not designed to be mounted on a wall, what you’re probably referring to here are the acoustic bass reflex ports for both speakers so again be mindful to put the radio on a table and leave around a foot of space between the rear of the radio and a wall so the bass can radiate. Regarding the AC mains power lead? A standard figure 8 lead was deliberately chosen for this radio and the whole ac Mains Power thing is clever. Inside the DDR66 radio is a Universal mains Switchmode power supply that can take any input voltage from around 90 to 500 V AC so the standard AC input to the radio made perfect sense, no matter where you are on the planet a lead to allow connection from the radio to a mains AC outlet is readily available. > On 17 Jan 2017, at 4:08 am, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everybody > > Dane has commented on this radio and now that I have one, I would like too > also. So if you will forgive my meandering ramblings, I shall do so now. > > Be mindful, however, that I have only had this device for a few short hours. > But here are a few of my initial findings: > > • A little disappointed that setup is not as intuitive as setting up the > Amazon Echo, echo Dot or Google Home was. All of those devices are extremely > easy to set up, and all totally accessible right out of the box. > • Build quality is excellent! I like the idea of the removable speaker > covers, so that one can view the drivers. There’s probably a good reason for > that which I have not yet discovered. I regret that my life is so > up-side-down that I don’t recall all of Dane’s comments to the group. But as > I said, these are mine based on my own personal experiences. > • Very nice control layout. Nothing cluttered, nothing too small. > • Audio quality using default settings is utterly excellent. I have managed > to tune into my own local BBC station on FM, just using the internal antenna. > Worked fine, no noise once the signal was found. > • Scanning up/down the frequency ranges is very strait-forward. Hold down one > of the directional buttons for about 2 seconds makes the unit scan the > currently selected band for the next available strong signal. Once located > the device can be fine tuned if necessary but it seems to be sensitive > enough. I didn’t expect miracles using a telescopic antenna indoors. But not > at all bad, and better than many tuners I’ve tried. > • CD player is a little basic, although that’s not really a concern to me. > The low profile front-loading media slot is easy to find, and I’m sure that > the audio from digital media will be excellent also. > • Enough media support to satisfy even the most enthusiastic user. Although I > have not yet established whether the SD card reader is HC or XC. The > definition here is vital! Any self-respecting media device today should be > clear on this point. By that, I mean that the manufacturers aught to make it > clear in the specs list. I haven’t seen it yet but that doesn’t mean it isn’t > listed. It just mean that I haven’t come across that specific item yet. > • I was very much surprised, and most pleasantly so, to discover that the > device sports wired as well as wireless networking. In the latter case, we > are having compatibility issues for some odd reason with my network. But I’m > not overly worried, as I’m having a new client system installed on Wednesday > anyway, so I will wait and get that set up when the new broadband goes live. > There are, however, two omissions in the hardware spec, however, which do > worry me a little. Although there seem to be inserts for wall-mounting > brackets on the rear of the unit, which is good. My slight concern relates to > the telescopic signal antenna, and to the rubberised WiFi antenna. There are > no rear clips to securely lock these antennas in place when they are > distended and folded to the rear panel of the device. I have noticed that, > over time, most of these antennas with knuckle-joints become a little flimsy > as time goes on. Having no locking mechanism does seem a little odd to me. > But I’m sure the designers have a good reason for that. It just eludes me at > present. > • A more discrete AC power input would have been nice. Like most portable > devices in its class it makes use of the standard two-pin AC jack. I’m quite > surprised about that to be honest. I would have expected something a little > more sophisticated on a device of this kind. I need to locate one of the > right-angle connectors I have kicking around the place really, just to ensure > that it’s as discrete as possible when in its default location in my > listening room. > • The InfraRed remote control is nicely populated and laid out. Not too > small, with reasonably-sized buttons, and the actual remote unit is just > about the right size. > > • That’s about as far as I’ve got as yet. I must do more digging before > commenting further. It would be grossly unfair of me to leap to conclusions > based on guesswork. So I shall leave it there for the moment. > > but not too cumbersome either. > > ======================================== > > My compliments and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist. > Mobile/SMS: > +44 (0)7907 823971 > > ———————————————————— > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
