Roberts R 9917

Description: Portable MW/LW/FM radio with RDS

Newest Review: ... radios and your buying into the pre-Dimplex production quality based in South Yorkshire, UK. Buy from the Roberts ... more

... "Worldband" range (and most of the "Lifetime" range) and you're buying a badged Sangean, made in the Far East. This shouldn't really matter of course (most would indeed argue to the contrary)...except that it does. I have had two replacements for my R9917, made necessary on both occasion because of substandard casing and button controls. Whether my third R9917 goes the same way, it remains to be seen. It seems worthwhile to report, also, that the timer electronics of a friend's Roberts have no...more

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Roberts R 9917: A Sorry Sangean (245 words)
by - written on 15/04/02 (Useful, 1078 readings)
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When is a Roberts’s radio not a Roberts’s radio? The answer is, when it's a Sangean product badged as a Roberts, or a Morphy Richards, or any one of the number of brand names owned by the Glen Dimplex group. Got a Goblin Kettle? Or an AquaVax? Maybe a New World cooker? You've got a Glen Dimplex. Buy one of Roberts' "Classic" or "Revival" range radios and your buying into the pre-Dimplex production quality based in South Yorkshire, UK. Buy from the Roberts "Worldband" range (and most of the "Lifetime" range) and you're buying a badged Sangean, made in the Far East. This shouldn't really ... Read the complete review

Pocket-sized, feature-packed radio (546 words)
by - written on 16/03/01 (Very useful, 1238 readings)
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The Roberts R9917 is a radio thats small enough to fit in a pocket (100 x 80 x 25 mm and weighs 85g). It has a small speaker as well as ear pieces which wind back into the case. Its nice to have both. Ear pieces are nice to have, but they are quite fiddly and not good if more than one person wants to listen. Likewise the speaker isn't great if you don't want to bother other people. There is a socket for plugging in a seperate pair of headphones too. The plus points are that it has RDS (Radio Data System), for FM stations. This means that when you tune into a station, you get the station name instead of the frequency on which its broadcasting, although ... Read the complete review