Aluratek AIRMM01 Internet Radio Alarm Clock with built-in WiFi
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Is your home WiFi ready? Add more radio channels for your listening pleasure. Aluratek's new Internet Radio Alarm Clock with Built in Wifi allows you to easily access more than 11,000 radio stations in over 150 countries around the world with no monthly fees. Yes, with no monthly fees! Simply turn the unit on and it will automatically connect to a wireless network and you have a world of entertainment available. You… Product details and pricing info |
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27 Customer Reviews Posted
- Wonderful product
- I normally don't leave reviews for products but i found this product to be so good I had to leave 5 stars for it. What I like about it - its internet radio feature. Setting up wireless with my wireless router was a snap - simply enter SSID and WEP key and you are good to go. The internet radio saerch feature is truly simple - a child could navigate it. Navigation by country is superb. Once a good radio channel is found simply mark it as a favorite. The best part is that it is all free - no need for monthly fees. Other great pluses - you can catch FM radio over the air, there is a ethernet port if you have no wireless. The wireless reception is good, my router is at the other end of the house. All in all a wonderful product. I am buying one more for my father.
- 2008-11-27, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Aluratek internet clock radio review
- Reading about this radio brought excitement, but problems were experienced. Simple wireless intructions would not connect this radio to my router signal, although it seemed to initially recognize my router. Several trys at entering my password and resetting were attempted without positive result. The radio would "lock-up". Web site information was not helpful. The radio appeared to be defective and I regretfully returned it and was leery of trying another one. I then purchased a different brand and it set up easily and is working perfectly. By the way, the Aluratek is the first product that I have ever had to return to Amazon, and I would like to compliment Amazon on their excellent service and the efficient handling of my return.
- 2008-11-26, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Aluratek Internet Radio
- I bought the radio when the local Air America station went off the air and I wanted to be able to get it from another streaming source. I got the radio set up without much trouble - if your wireless router is password protected you do need to know the password. Once set Radio is easy to use and has good sound for a small radio.
- 2008-10-30, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Very stisdfied
- A little hard to get used to the controls and screens but once learned, it is easy to program. Had no trouble getting on the wifi once I found the wifi code. That could be a problem if you didn't save it. Great receiver for "news hounds."
- 2008-10-24, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Good sound, lousy interface, impossible to add stations yourself
- It has good sound that is punchy and decent. It's better than my clock radio. The hardware is superb and very functional for a bedside nighttable. The problem is the software. This excellent radio could be so much better if it weren't for the odd user interface mistakes and amazingly bad Vtuner software.
First for the interface. The backlight is extremely bright--a firmware update allows it to automatically turn off in 1, 3, or 5 minutes--each of which is too long. The remote control often stops working when you're punching buttons quickly, like the older TiVos. The interface doesn't make it clear that the system is busy downloading something and does not respond for a time (sometimes the hourglass appears, sometimes it doesn't). Takes a few too many 'clicks' to get to what you want. When you hit the 'power' button it doesn't start playing music automatically--you have to drill down through the menus again.
It is impossible to add stations yourself!! I am not kidding. You really can't. This is a major, horrible flaw that I didn't appreciate. There is no user customizable feature on [...] or at [...] to add a station, just a "suggestion" that it be added to the public Vtuner list. If you subscribe to premium audio services like DI.FM and SKY.FM, it is utterly impossible to sign in to those services, even though the service is completely standards-based and works on just about every player imaginable. It is not possible to input a URL into this unit. I am flabbergasted at this glaring mistake.
Oddly enough, I had to download the updated firmware from [...] to get the radio to work at all on a completely standard 802.11g secured network.
The sound is very good and I really like it. The software needs to be replaced with something better. It seems the software was designed to play your local media on your local network through the uPnP media center arrangement and the radio feature was grafted on later.
I tolerate the commercials on DI.FM and SKY.FM but wish I could log into my premium account. I'm getting a Reciva-based receiver to replace this one. This Vtuner-based receiver is just bad news for premium radio subscribers. - 2008-10-24, 4 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
