Freecom Internet radio - €47 PC World

zod · 09-02-2009 12:30PM #1

In the PC world sales atm

http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=3593

€47 .. said €75 off ( doubt if that is true )

but not a bad bit of kit if you want to stream your mp3 files/radio to your stereo, or play on the unit itself .. acts as a clock radio also.

event · 09-02-2009 12:43PM

anyone know if this is good quality?

davehey79 · 09-02-2009 12:55PM

what store did you see this in??

fdevine · 09-02-2009 12:59PM

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h1458.htm

Only one review to be found. In general, not bad, but only mono sound and a small 3W speaker. Speaker not an issue if you're connecting to an amp/hi-fi.

Well worth the price IMO.

TM · 09-02-2009 01:01PM

I can find more than one review...

http://www.google.ie/search?q=freecom+musicpal+review

Aquos76 · 09-02-2009 01:04PM

None in Waterford Store, I just rang them up and they said they sold them off for €30 just after Christmas.

00sully · 09-02-2009 02:38PM

defo worth 50 blips - picked one up in PCWB (before it closed

) n' I can safely say they are worth that - they are not perfect BY A LONG WAY but...for the price you cant go wrong - stream all my music from my PC and tune into thousands of online radio stations.

I basically got it to hook to my hi-fi (might no be worth it otherwise) and the interface is crap but it does what I want

also, streams RSS news feeds on its crappy little screen which is nice!

cahirhennessy · 09-02-2009 04:14PM

I've had one about 6 months now (paid about E115), and I've found it to be a great little machine. The missus is french so very handy for her to tune into some french stations. I hast got last.fm to work with it but has mysteriously stopped working recently, although I've not looked into it too much. It's a steal for that price.

skearon · 09-02-2009 04:30PM

Rang Carrickmines store, was told sold out and didnt expect any more; also said while he was unable to check other stores' stock he thought they were all sold out

If anyone finds a store with stock please report !

wait4me · 09-02-2009 04:30PM

Hey zod: Was this online or in a brick'n'mortar store?

yoshytoshy · 09-02-2009 04:45PM

They had a couple in airside last week. And none in blachardstown.

Do-more · 09-02-2009 07:15PM

Mate of mine just rang to say he got the last one in Liffey Valley.

zod · 09-02-2009 07:28PM

wait4me wrote: »

Hey zod: Was this online or in a brick'n'mortar store?

in naas .. had 2 or 3 left

Santa Claus · 09-02-2009 11:29PM

Just to clarify, this isn't capable of receiving DAB stations is it ?

AlmightyCushion · 09-02-2009 11:35PM

Santa Claus wrote: »

Just to clarify, this isn't capable of receiving DAB stations is it ?

I seriously doubt it.

loyatemu · 10-02-2009 01:02AM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I seriously doubt it.

I'd imagine most stations available on DAB (sod all in Ireland at the moment) are also streamed over the internet. The RTE DAB stations (2XM, RTE Choice etc) are definitely streamed.

zod · 10-02-2009 01:02AM

for anyone interested in just using a shared folder on your pc/nas instead of running a media server for streaming music :

http://forum.freecompromo.com/viewtopic.php?t=9862

works well

v10 · 10-02-2009 01:14AM

zod wrote: »

for anyone interested in just using a shared folder on your pc/nas instead of running a media server for streaming music :

http://forum.freecompromo.com/viewtopic.php?t=9862

works well

It sure does !

Spunge · 10-02-2009 07:46AM

How exactly does this connect to the internet, do you need a wireless router for it to connect to ?

Do-more · 10-02-2009 09:10AM

Spunge wrote: »

How exactly does this connect to the internet, do you need a wireless router for it to connect to ?

It has an integrated wireless card so it can be used with a wireless router, but if you don't have one it also has an Ethernet port so you can use it with a standard router.

Basq · 10-02-2009 10:19AM

Hmmmm.. my father is looking for an Internet radio.

AlmightyCushion - any up in PC World there?

TM · 10-02-2009 11:52AM

Santa Claus wrote: »

Just to clarify, this isn't capable of receiving DAB stations is it ?

No.

yoshytoshy · 10-02-2009 02:44PM

got one today for my dad at airside ,they have none left there now though.
They are a super little radio ,live news feeds scroll the screen as you listen to any station. Only gripe with it is it doesn't broadcast bbc radio stations ,they are mostly uk only.

Cheers op.

stevenmu · 10-02-2009 02:58PM

IIRC there's a BIOS update for them that will let them recieve BBC stations (and others that use the same format)

edit:http://forum.freecompromo.com/viewtopic.php?t=4844

yoshytoshy · 10-02-2009 03:56PM

Nice one stevenmu ,the menu of this little thing is far superior to a radio I paid €200 for last week:(

Edit : That update is one I've done already ,some radio's don't actually play uk stations outside the uk.

Bill-e · 10-02-2009 06:10PM

My psp has this function.

Do-more · 10-02-2009 06:38PM

Bill-e wrote: »

My psp has this function.

Where can I get a PSP for €47?

10-02-2009 06:38PM

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Nice one stevenmu ,the menu of this little thing is far superior to a radio I paid €200 for last week:(

Edit : That update is one I've done already ,some radio's don't actually play uk stations outside the uk.

Can anyone else confirm that it can or can't play the BBC radio stations? This is a major point for me.

yoshytoshy · 10-02-2009 07:30PM

I've double checked ,the radio lists the stations as follows.

BBC RADIO1 UK ONLY
BBC RADIO1 1XTRA
BBC RADIO2 UK ONLY
BBC RADIO3 UK ONLY
BBC RADIO4 UK ONLY
BBC RADIO5Live International
BBC RADIO5Live UK ONLY
BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Radio 7
BBC World service
BBC World service entertainment.

Uk only go to a connecting display and hang at that. I have these stations working on my other radio ,so maybe this is a licence thing thats causing this.

Edit: Apart from that ,it's a great radio.

parsi · 10-02-2009 09:34PM

None in Mahon Point.

The Mahon Point store was fairly empty - none of the usual 1500 external hard drives or 5640 Belkin boxes - looked like a place that was on the way out.

lindtee · 10-02-2009 09:58PM

I can get all the bbc's on my internet radio. Just checked there and there seems to be at least 40 covering all areas of England, bbc sports, bbc russian...all sorts of stuff, its a morphy richards one which gets pretty bad reviews on amazon...but I'm happy with it, now the sound is not great at all and its not very pretty to look at but suits my needs in the kitchen. Have wi-fi at home and have had no problems with getting stations from anywhere at anytime, no matter what other wireless internet things are on! Never had a problem with it. You could add seperate speakers if the sound bothered you that much.

This is the one, cost me about €72 I think

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/electronics/portable-audio/radios/internet-radio-79724/review

http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/AvCommunications/AudioGadgets/morphyRadio.htm?SPMC=TGSAFFAW001

Freecom Internet radio - €47 PC World

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