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| Aluratek AIRMM01 Internet Radio Alarm Clock with built-in WiFi (Black) | 
 enlarge | List Price: $149.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 22 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1584
Category: CE
Publisher: Aluratek
Studio: Aluratek
Brand: Aluratek
Label: Aluratek
Language: English (Original Language)
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 4
MPN: AIRMM01
Model: AIRMM01
UPC: 890989001866
EAN: 0890989001866
ASIN: B00192VWVY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Wireless connection w/ WiFi 802.11b & 802.11g to stream internet radio via built-in vTuner with no monthly cost | | • | USB 2.0 connectivity with a USB fl ash drive | | • | Ethernet connection to stream internet radio | | • | FM Radio | | • | Great sound |
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 So Many Paths to Audio September 27, 2008
This device has a multitude of ways to pull audio: MP3, FM, wifi, Ethernet. The range of material you can access is astounding. I tried them all and, because its primary use is as a reliable clock radio, settled on good old FM. This device has better FM reception than my four year old FM radio. The Ethernet was the best, but the cable got in the way. the wifi dropped out too often, likely because I was a floor and 30 feet from the router. Setup is a snap with the large font screen and a host of options. The back light was too bright and only had on/off option. The clock alarm is very good with a ramp up volume function on the radio and a pleasant fail safe tone tune if the radio signal fails. It did not have a five day option. I would recommend it for those who want the extra options to access audio signals, but not for those who just want a clock radio.
This radio attracts me but ... September 24, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm interested on this product but after reading customers' reviews I learned that we cannot add another station. This is not nice because the purpose of getting the Aluratek Internet Radio is to listen Internet radio stations ANYWHERE, something hard to do with a PC and in certain ways, with a laptop.
I contacted Customer Support inquiring about this issue and waht I got was the following, "You need to go to www.Vtuner.com and suggest what station you need to be added. Also, Real Audio don't work for the wifi radio, so make sure the station is part of Vtuner".
Now we have ANOTHER downside, if one of your favorite stations is streamed through Real Audio, you cannot add it nor listen it at all.
On top of that, it has a USB 2.0 connectivity but NOT A LINE IN JACK. This means that you cannot plug your MP3 player, Portable CD player or any other device to the Aluratek Internet Radio.
The purpose of my comments is to let you know the downside of the device but if this is not important to you, the Aluratek is a real wonder.
Let me think about it a little more but I believe that I can live without this issues and just take it out from my Wish List and buy it.
A great Internet Radio September 23, 2008
It was very easy to set up, had it up and running in less than 15 minutes.
I was able to receive all the stations I wanted to listen to. Also able to
access the MP3 files on my computer via windows media player 11. All the radio functions worked as the manufactured indicated. I highly recommend
this Internet radio alarm clock with built-in WiFi.
Good alternative to more expensive models September 15, 2008
This product is user-friendly. Connecting it to your wireless network is easy just by following 3 or 4 steps. The audio quality is good enough and the choice of radio station is plentiful. This is for the good.
Now, for the bad, I have 2 problems to report:
1- It doesn't want to conect to my favorite station anymore. I don't know if it is because of my favorite station changing ip address or if its related to the radio itself. I have sent an email to the Aluratek technical support yesterday and have not heard from them as of now. I'm giving them 24 hours before I contact them again.
2- For a week now, the device has been losing signal and has asked me to re-enter at least once a day the settings to connect to my wireless network.
Other than those 2 issues, I am pretty happy with the Aluratek wireless internet radio but I only recommend it if you have a good to very good quality internet connection.
Very Happy September 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was very easy to set up and does the job.
Here are some issues I ran into:
1) If I encrypt my wireless network, the device had issues keeping the connection to the router (not sure if this was an issue with the router itself Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router)
2) I could not find a way to add other internet stations.
3) When I tried the FM radio it crashed the system (but I didn't purchase this for that reason)
4) If you choose to wake up to internet radio and the site is down, it doesn't default to beeping.
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