Wavefinder interactive digital radio

I recently purchased the Psion Wavefinder for just short of £40.00 (r.r.p of around £100) via promotional codes posted in the alt.radio.digital newsgroup. What is the Psion Wavefinder? Basically the Wavefinder is a digital radio tuner that can be used on your PC. In order to be able to use the Wavefinder you will require a moderately fast computer and also a free USB port. You have the ability to listen to digital crystal clear quality radio broadcasts (at usually 128kbps or 192kbps) and also have the ability to record the radio broadcasts in both MP3 and MP2 format. Before purchasing the Wavefinder I recommend a visit to the official ...

James Cridland's entry is so exhaustive that I have little to add! I have been trying to get one of these beasts to work for 2 weeks now, my next step in getting "Cyclops" to work is to get an outside aerial installed (or should that be outstalled?) A few points, though. Although you can record direct from the application in, as you say, MP2 pr MP3, there is no reason why you shouldn't use whatever recorder you normally use and so end up with an editable .WAV file. Both MP2 and MP3 are encoded at 192kbps which, in MP3 terms, makes them a bit big - represents a compression ratio of about 7:1. Regarding the software, there are 2 ...

Love music? Love radio? You'll love the Wavefinder, then. Generally, when I do opinions for dooyoo, I don't go through what the product does. I kind of feel that you probably don't want 400 reviews, all with "This product does this" stuff in them, and little review. This time, though, I'll give you the low-down on the product first, because it's a little complicated to explain. WHAT'S DIGITAL RADIO? A new way of broadcasting radio stations. Totally incompatible with existing radio. If your favourite station's on FM or MW, it MIGHT be on digital radio too, but it might not. You'll need to check. It ...