A Great Radio Experience - My Own Personal Experience Of Using It (Intempo PG-01 DAB Digital Radio)

Member Name: andrew_dav

Product:	Intempo PG-01 DAB Digital Radio
Date:	09/10/09 (35 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks Great, Sounds Great, Easy To Use

Disadvantages: Huge Plug And A Bit Big For What It Does

I purchased one of these just over a year ago and its become the background noise anthem of the house. At the moment it sits in the kitchen and keeps us entertained while cooking.

It costed about £50 and is very easy to set up. Better still, its easier to use: you simply turn it on and its good to go. When on standby it simply shows the time and date, which you don't have to worry about setting because it obtains it from the local radio transmitter. It has four presets and can let you listen to DAB digital radio, or FM frequency radio. There's an alarm and sleep function on there as well, so it's able to be used as an alarm clock should you so desire.

There are a number of big benefits to owning one of these. Firstly as I mentioned it's easy to set up but I won't repeat myself. Next is the range of stations. There are absolutely dozens to listen to and a wide variety of taste to suit everyone. I always thought you needed a strong signal for DAB but thats not the case and it seems to work in a majority of places that I go.

That brings me onto the sound quality. It is like nothing i've ever heard before and really is crystal clear. I understand that this is partly to do with digital but the speakers on it really do make a difference. Intempo really have put a lot of thought into this and with the two speakers on the front appearing to be of such high quality, you do get a great audio output from it.

Finally, it looks beautiful and is aesthetically pleasing. It's bright in colour and the display is easy to read when it's switched on. It looks really nice in the home.

Only a couple of downsides that I've experienced. I do think its a little bit bog for what it does. For something that only does radio I've seen similar items for a lot smaller size. Don't get me wrong, it is really nice but for something portable, you would think it would be just a little bit smaller.

The second is again down to size. It's the size of the plug. For the device it's powering it really does seem a little big and I do wonder what goes on in there I'd estimate it at being about a fifth the size of the radio and really, it could afford to be a lot smaller. Weighs a lot too.

Overall though it's great, looks nice, had great sound and does the job incredibly well. Plug aside, it's highly reccomended.

Summary: A Great Radio

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