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Philips AE 6775 |
| Date: |
13/05/02 (4238 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: size, digital tuner
Disadvantages: no belt clip
I wanted a personal radio and I wanted a small and light one! Ideally, I also wanted a digital tuner.
Having looked around, the choice seemed limited; Sony do a couple, but their digital tuner model is 39.95 which is a little pricey, and someone here has given it a poor review, so that was out. Maplin have a really tiny thing for 10 quid, but I wanted more features than it offered.
I saw the Philips AE6775 mentioned a few times during my research, so popped down to Currys and picked one up for 29.95 It fits the bill perfectly, an excellent product!
As for size; it's 78x80x15mm which is small enough to go in your trouser pocket very comfortably. It has nice rounded edges so won't stab you in the leg when you sit down!
The unit is metal at the front/plastic at the back, the buttons are a nice size but discreet enough that they won't get pressed accidentally - although there is a lock button which stops anything like that anyway(except volume). The volume control is a regular rotary dial on the side.
The unit will pick up FM using the headphones wire as an aerial, or AM using a built-in aerial. It won't pick up LW. The reception is excellent, no problems getting my local FM station in perfect STEREO.
The headphones seem fine and come attached to an auto-winder for ease of use.
The sound is excellent, especially with the dynamic bass boost turned on. That feature isn't a gimmic, it really works! The unit is capable of producing an uncomfortably high volume level if you really want it.
It'll store 10 stations in its presets and has the standard auto-search feature.
It runs off of 2xAAA batteries which keep the weight to a minimum.
The auto-winder for the headphones has a belt clip but the radio itself doesn't.
I even has a 24hr clock whilst the radio isn't on!
A great little product. Well recommended.
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