FabSwingers.com forum: Need Help On Choosing A Digital Radio. What is yours like.

By *itSam OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Hi there,

Someone I look after is totally bad when if comes to technology.

If you can think of someone you know who is the worst at technology then they will look like a technical genius.

He has a digital radio at the moment that I need to change for an easier one.

Currently he will have Radio WM on analogue and when a certain sport is playing on digital they will transmit a separate show on the digital channel.

The problem we have is switching from Analogue to DAB. Whilst the button is right next to the presets no matter what we tell him he keeps pressing buttons and now has 5 presets in analogue set as WM. He can not grasp the idea of changing to digital. He could just about manage a radio with a volume and a tuner dial.

So my question is. Have any of you got a radio that you can program.... let's say...

Preset 1 - WM Analogue

Preset 2 - WM Digital

Preset 3 - etc etc etc

So he just knows to press a button.

He is dislexic and also has very bad eyesight so can not see the screen.

The more simple the better.

In an ideal world it will be

POWER

PRESETS

VOLUME

and that is it....

I have to admit I do not know if there are any radios that will switch between analogue and digital automatically.

If there are then please chuck a few model numbers at me which may save me a lot of time going to loads of radio shops attempting to locate one.

Thanks fab friends.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I have one in the kitchen. I have solved all of the problems by just leaving it tuned to the Home Service.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I have a Technika DR1302 Wooden Tower DAB Radio which like Tina is permanently left on Planet Rock. It is quite simple to change though.

No need to visit every shop in a 20 mile radius, Google is your friend

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By *itSam OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Has to be very easy. No good being left on one Chanel as changed between favourites.

Simple is the key word here

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By *itSam OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I have a Technika DR1302 Wooden Tower DAB Radio which like Tina is permanently left on Planet Rock. It is quite simple to change though.

No need to visit every shop in a 20 mile radius, Google is your friend

Google does not tell me how simple it is to change tho

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pure radios are probably the best bet for, they are about as simple as a DAB can get. Perhaps if you colour the preset buttons that might help.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I learnt to tune ours x I dont it much time to listen but I had to go with the price x

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By *itSam OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Pure radios are probably the best bet for, they are about as simple as a DAB can get. Perhaps if you colour the preset buttons that might help."

The main problem is the switching between dab and fm

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

It's generally a quite clearly marked button/switch that changes between the two. How simple do you need it to be ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I got a cheapy one from Asda to have in the kitchen. Easy to switch and quite a good sound for the price.

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By *itSam OP Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"It's generally a quite clearly marked button/switch that changes between the two. How simple do you need it to be ? "

Very. The person has learning difficulties. Does not understand the concept of digital and analogue.

Would be great to have 5 preset buttons as described above and you program what station per button and not have to explain if you want digital switch to digital then press one etc...

The one we have is nice and simple. 5 presets and a switch that goes between analogue and digital. They do not understand how the buttons change, we even tried programming 1 on analogue and 2 on digital but they do not get the idea of why they need to switch over rather then just press a button to choose station.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If he has freeview TV there's probably digital radio on that already.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The only one I can think of is the Duet 2 - FM/DAB Visually impaired...but you'll still have the issue of the FM/dab switching...unless you put a hard cover over that button...

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Crumpet Castle

It's oblong with knobs and speakers. The ariel is stuck on with sellotape. Bit dusty ... gets a lick and a spit now n then.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Crumpet Castle

oh .....it's a roberts.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Crumpet Castle

It's about ten years old tho .... I paid a lot for it back then ..

Here's a pic

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/9284151/-/Product.html

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