Roberts Play20 Radio

I bought this to be able to receive DAB+, which my previous DAB radio doesn't. I couldn't be more pleased. I bought the grey and white version and it looks very smart. The grey section is rubberised and gives the radio a very nice feel. The build quality is just superb. In the box you get the radio, the power supply/charger and instructions. The charger connects to the radio with a proper power plug - not a flimsy USB like some. DAB reception in my area isn't the best, but this radio works really well for me. Tuning is easy, as is storing presets. FM reception works brilliantly too! Pairing with my iPhone was very straight forward and bluetooth streaming works well. The sound is very good for such a small speaker. The colour info screen is very clear. I did wonder if this would drain batteries quickly, but battery life is excellent. You can also listen with headphones via the 3.5mm headphone jack. This is in stereo, which is great! The thing that swayed me more to this radio was the ability to charge rechargeable batteries in situ with the included power supply. A fabulous feature. There is a little switch in the battery compartment which you set depending on whether you have non-rechargeable or rechargeable batteries installed. Obviously you wouldn't want to try charging non-rechargeable batteries! The charging works well when the radio is off and is indicated by the light on the front plus the screen says battery full when charged. The standard USB socket on the side of the radio is a bit of future proofing from Roberts. It's for future firmware updates. But isn't really used at the moment. This radio exudes quality. Yes, it's a bit more expensive than some, but it feels like it will last! I'm so pleased I bought this!

This small, versatile and durable radio is handy for listening outdoors (garden, beach, park etc. pp.) or on a journey in a hotel room - no alarm function though, but everyones got a smartphone, eh :) The reception on FM and DAB+ is outstanding. Except from the fiddle presets 5-10 it is very easy to operate. The sound for its size is very good in my ears. I would have liked rotary dials for volume and tuning, but on the other hand, like it is now the design is very clear. The display is razor-sharp, dimmable and can be turned off completly. The best thing is: you can recharge batteries (NiMh AA) inside the radio. No external device needed. When the batteries wear out after some time - you can replace them by new ones. This is a lot better as an built in Li-Ion accumulator, which mostly can not be replaced or only by qualified personnel. Operational time on batteries is very good - something between 20 and 30 hours - havent stopped the time yet! The bluetooth function (aac) is quite nice, but in the end, this is a RADIO and not a JBL/Anker flip out of the box bluetooth speaker. This one runs on 4 AA-Batteries - keep that in mind! Price: Well, as I said, in the end this is a small portable radio and for the price of 85 GBP / 100 EUR this quite expensive for what it is, but the product is very well-thought-out and durable. In my opinion it is worth it. If you do not set the value on the ROBERTS brand name, there is an almost identical product by sangean (Traveller 760 / DPR 76) without bluetooth, which you may get a little cheaper.

A really nice little radio. Works on Mains, or Battery. If using NiMH you can charge them in the radio at a switch of a small button inside the back. It looks good, is extremely well made and the sound is better than anticipated for something of this size. It is really easy to get up and running although I struggled to get more than 4 presets to work as there is no documentation with the radio. I found them online at the Roberts site and all is fine now, though including them would have been preferable and why I marked it 4 star and not 5 star.

Despite DAB being a terrible radio format with all stations being compressed in audio and in bit-rate to save money, the radio sounds good - just not great. Like all DAB radios, you can't change the way it sounds, no equaliser settings, many stations play out muffled (doesn't matter which DAB radio you buy). Setting the stations to memory is easy enough, and like most DAB radios, if you accidentally do a full rescan for stations, it also blanks the stations you saved, so you have to spend ages re-adding your favourites. The FM past of the radio is good, sounds better for stations like Classic FM, and also, FM have all the stations in stereo, where 98% of stations on DAB / DAB+ are in mono (even the ones in stereo on FM). Not tested the Bluetooth streaming. Best bit is the radio is powered by 4 AA batteries, so you can use regular or rechargeable (I recommend rechargeables), so your down time is the time it takes to hange the batteries, unlike other radios with built in batteries, which you'd have to put on recharge and not listen at the same time. Is it worth the cost, that's up to you.

Bonne radio, conforme aux attentes. Attention toutefois, ce produit étant expédié par Amazon UK, la prise secteur est une prise anglaise non compatible avec nos prises françaises... J'ai failli le renvoyer à cause de ça car ne n'était pas précisé dans la description... Heureusement que j'ai trouvé un vieux câble compatible à la maison. J'ai enlevé deux étoiles pour ce problème, au vu du prix c'est quand même un comble de vendre un produit en France sans le bon adaptateur secteur...

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