Fab!

Very good sound, good radio which comes with 5 preset buttons and a really handy mini remote. The speakers are really easy to use, look attractive, and I would certainly recommend them to anyone!

Great!

Fantastic little clock, can set a buzzer or radio to start as an alarm
and it even remembers the time through a powercut so no need to worry about that
good clear display and great signal and very easy to

an fantastic clock
if your looking for a radio alarm clock get this its great quality for the price

Functionality is limited

I'll agree that the sound is decent, and it's a perfectly good clock radio, but I am disappointed in much of its functionality. I am a big gadget freak but found this difficult to set up, and I have yet to figure out how to make the alarm play either my iPhone or iPod -- I can see the alarm icon begin to flash at the appropriate time, but the iPod does not play. I suppose I will eventually figure it out, but jeez. When I use the iPhone cradle I can get the iPhone charging but the speakers are not connected, although it works ok when I don't use the cradle. No similar problem with using the iPod.

Other things I don't like:
It overrides the sleep function on my iPhone (not my iPod) so I cannot use it fall asleep to my iPhone.
I wish there was a one-time only alarm function. The only choices are 5 days and every day -- you have to manually disable the alarm function if you only need the alarm on a single day, and the process is fiddly, plus I have to remember to do it.

Works perfectly with iPhone 4 and iOS 4 despite what others say.

Just received this item today and it works perfectly out of the box. I connected my iPhone 4 (running iOS 4.02) and it recognised it without issue. It was able to play tracks and control the iPhone without needing to enter aeroplane mode. I suspect others having problems with this have not followed the instructions for resetting their phone correctly. You must press and hold the home and power buttons for 10 or so seconds. Do not let go of them when the power off screen appears and do not swipe the red slider when it shows. Keep holding the buttons until the screen goes completely black. Once you let go the Apple logo should appear very quickly, if it doesn't then you haven't done it correctly turn it back on and start again. Once restarted it should work OK. If it still doesn't work then you need to reset your phone settings. You can do that in the settings application. Select General then scroll to the bottom and choose Reset. I would think 'Reset all settings' should suffice.

The build quality of the device is pretty good and it feels solid, the only slight let down is the speaker grill on the front which gives slightly if pushed. If you've not seen the device it's the part with the Philips name written on it. As for the buttons and their placement I didn't fine much of an issue with them. They are small but easy to use, even without looking at them. After about 30 seconds of getting used to the device I was able to work all controls without even looking at the machine. If you are the kind of person that has to read every button every time you use something then it may be an issue for you, but then again I would imagine that an iPhone would terrify you so this device wouldn't be for you either.

All in all it's a great little device and readers should ignore the reviews that say it doesn't work with iPhone 3GS or iOS 4. It works perfectly with this item when they're setup correctly. I was nearly put off by the other reviews but decided to give it a go anyway. I'm very glad I did.

Problem with remote control

I bought this for a birthday present, unfortunately the remote control did not work properly with the volume sticking at min or max. Amazon sent a replacement the next day but it had exactly the same problem. Switched to a Pure model. Shame, otherwise it looked quite a good product.

Eyeshades required!

After replacing my trustworthy Sony radio clock (after 15 years) with this model, I must say I have been quite disappointed with its performance.

+ it does what it's supposed to do

- its display is far far too bright, even at the lowest setting. To the point where I have to turn it at an angle... which means that I can no longer see the time. A very silly design fault!

- the FM radio tuner is very average... and unfortunately my favourite station is barely audible (whereas the 15 year old model was performing far better from the same spot)

- overall its design is a little flimsy, especially the iPod tray

- controls are not well thought out: when changing the time for the alarm, you need to go through the whole cycles of hours, minutes, days of the week, station, etc. etc. A functional design should allow me to change just the time without having to go through the whole cycle.

So overall a disappointment, and I must say that I am seriously considering replacing this unit with the 15-old model...

Good radio/alarm

Easy to use, with good quality radio. The only problem so far is that to set the alarm, you have to switch the radio on. Once I've set the alarm and I switch the radio off, the alarm setting gets switched off as well. I've got around this by turning the volume down to silent. When the alarm goes off, the volume stiil gradually builds until switched off. I will contact tech services to see if it's me or a problem with the radio.

purely love it!

Bought this as a replacement to a Philips idock radio alarm(faulty, had to go back) and as a present for husbands birthday. When we first plugged it in we could not receive DAB radio so reverted to FM....oh dear through FM the time had a life of its own would skip hours, not wake us up at the appointed time! Total nightmare. Rang up Pure and was just about to return it when I thought lets put it on MY side of the bed and......it worked on DAB! Thrilled, so I am now in charge of Husbands present!! Sound is very good quality, primarily bought it because of idock, its such a clever thing re alarm weekdays and weekend settings brilliant. Far better than the Philips one we had. Highly recommended.

clock radio

was bought as a present but it looks neat and tidy and it does what it says on the box

Sony DAB Radio

Was well impressed with this product..the quality of sound is amazing and, I would highly recommend this radio for anyone looking to upgrade to a DAB! Delivery was to a high standard as usual too!

Alarm clock radio

I bought this for one of my sons and it is exactly what he wanted, his old alarm clock was too bright at night and he was having difficulty getting to sleep. This Roberts CR9971 dims enough for him to see what time it is and he is really pleased.

DAB Bedside Clock Radio

I find this clock/radio perfect for the bedside. It is easy to set up, easy to use, the sound quality is good and it looks pretty stylish too.

interesting technology poor FM rubbish clock

I bought this clock radio as a contented Pure customer of many years, This radio looked as though it had everything but the FM aerial is as others have said is a naff bit of wire which sucks in a useless signal not nearly as good as my Roberts FM radio which has an effective telescopic one. The scrolling on the menu needs handling with care to avoid frustration but the DAB reception was good and the WIFI worked well . For two weeks all looked more than adequate to good until I noticed that in standby the clock advanced by one hour making the alarm function unreliable so regretably I gave up and returned it. Looks too clever by half and ignores the core function of a clock radio

Excellent radio

Great sound and really strong reception of all DAB stations even though we live in a rural area and reception can be poor on other DAB radios.
Usual Sony quality and ease of operation; as other reviewers have noted, the battery life isn't great (althougth it's acceptable), this is a problem common to DAB radios not just this one, so it's just a question of coping with it!
A great choice if you want a high quality portable DAB radio.

Junk

I got this today and was at first surprised by its compact shape and good quality sound from the radio. However, thats the plus side, the down side you cannot turn off the alarm! Its eitheir on or the radio is on but the function for tuning it off completely doesn't work

I've bought a few Philips products in the last few years as I bought a tv and felt the other items ould be of the same high quality...I was wrong, cheap tosh.

Handy!

Nothing to complain about here. The display is easy to read, but not too bright. The sound quality is good, but as you'd expect from the design, you can't play it loudly enough to be heard clearly in other rooms. Great options for the alarm.

Sony iphone clock radio

Bought for my 14yr old son - fantastic now he gets out of bed himself in the morning - has a nature noise mode for the alarm which gently wakes you from your sleep and not some horrible buzzer. Not sussed if it charges yet though.

best alarm clock radio

I bought this clock radio three years ago as it was the best looking model available - and also because I've always found Sony to be the most reliable and long lasting brand. This radio has proved to be as good as any I have owned, with good tone and no distortion at high or low volume.

I was a little anxious when I read the reviews but I've always assumed that the random alarms mentioned by other reviewers were due to them not reading or following the instruction booklet. My alarm has never gone off unexpectedly. You really do need to read the instructions thoroughly though, as it is quite complicated to use until you get the hang of it.

I like the fact that there are four alarm settings available. This means that I can set it to come on for particular programmes in addition to my normal wake-up call.

Reception is not always good on FM in our area and I keep hoping that manufacturers will produce better aerials (or provide an external socket) so that I do not have to attach my wire to something to get a better signal.

batteries for sony radio

The link on this page for batteries are the wrong ones!! I have just unpacked the Radio and the batteries and they are too big.
IT TAKES AAA size batteries
SO warning dont order the ones they are linked to on this page... like I did...
However I have tested the radio as luckly I found some batteries in a remote control...
The radio works a treat its sturdy and robust .

Pure Tempus-1 SW upgrade a nightmare

Yesterday using Pure website downloaded instructions and software Tempus v1.4. Attempted software upgrade from v1.3 to v1.4. Followed instructions exact, connected DAB Radio using short USB cable and in turn used three separate desktop pc's. The desktop pc's environment and hardware variable from XP, Vista Ultimate and Windows 7. All three pc's failed to install the"Frontier Silicon FS1010 device driver". Checked USB hardware types and here USB2 and USB1 connections failed. Eventually I gave up trying.. PS The DAB radio crackles a lot whenever positioned anywhere near other home wireless device