Product Description

PocketDAB® 2000 is the worlds most advanced handheld DAB/FM radio and combined MP3 player/recorder. Seamlessly blending style and ease of use with leading-edge technology PocketDAB 2000 takes mobile audio to new levels. Jog to your favourite radio station. Relax to your MP3 collection on the train. Listen to pre-recorded news & travel on the way to work. Record favourite tracks to add to your MP3 collection. Record whole radio programmes to listen to at your convenience. Even pause and rewind live DAB radio if you're interrupted. PocketDAB 2000 can give you all this and lots more. PocketDAB 2000 comes with a free SD memory card so you're up and running straight out of the box along with high-performance in-unit rechargeable NiMH batteries carry case desktop cradle and a USB cable to transfer files to and from your PC. With support for FM as well as all DAB frequencies PocketDAB 2000 is your perfect mobile audio companion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25109 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: PURE Digital
• Model: VL-60709
• Released on: 2005-11-18
• Dimensions: 2.20 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
PocketDAB® 2000 is the world's most advanced handheld DAB/FM radio and combined MP3 player/recorder. Seamlessly blending style and ease of use with leading-edge technology, PocketDAB 2000 takes mobile audio to new levels.

Jog to your favourite radio station. Relax to your MP3 collection on the train. Listen to pre-recorded news & travel on the way to work. Record favourite tracks to add to your MP3 collection. Record whole radio programmes to listen to at your convenience. Even pause and rewind live DAB radio if you're interrupted. PocketDAB 2000 can give you all this and lots more.

PocketDAB 2000 comes with a free SD memory card so you're up and running straight out of the box, along with high-performance in-unit rechargeable NiMH batteries, carry case, desktop cradle, and a USB cable to transfer files to and from your PC.

With support for FM as well as all DAB frequencies, PocketDAB 2000 is your perfect mobile audio companion.

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Customer Reviews

Don't believe the hype
*** okay, since writing the original review in July 06, update is that the product doesn't work at all now. I put it on charge and it overheated, melted the batteries and half the unit. I've returned it for a full refund and will not be replacing it. The unit kept freezing prior to melting and you had to take the batteries out to get it to refresh itsself. In general a rubbish product. I've since learned that the manufacturer has discontinued this product. Jan 07. Can't change the stars to 1, which is what i would give it.

I waited two years for this product to come out, and my impression? Well, if i'd been waiting to exhale, i'd be dead by now.
The 'official reviews' from retailers are not to be believed. Remember these people get a FREE product to review. I wouldn't be too harsh in my review if i got it free.
Firstly, size wise, its no i-pod. Its huge. It fits in my palm, probably 3inches by 6inches and an inch deep. Okay acceptable considering its a dab player as well as mp3 and you can record and rewind live radio.
Onto the dab player part. I'm not sure if it's a fault of the product, but i listen to 5live, bbc london, bbcworld service and choiceFM. Reception for 5 live is okay, except in islington. I cycle to work from haringey to westminster, and for some reason, as soon as i enter Islington, the reception is patchy to poor. Funny thing is I had the phillips dab player and didn't have this problem, although i used a different route, but i still passed Islington and the reception was fine. Once i'm in Westminster its okay again. BBC London - well its patchy reception again, especially in haringey. You get the burbling sound, like what you get on satellite when it rains. Choice and world service, again patchy, but i've had problems with Choice FM with other DAB players, so i can't attribute the reception to the product. It's great that you can record on this product, but if you have poor reception then there's no point. I don't think you can pre-record on this product, at least the instructions don't say you can.
Onto the MP3 element. You get 64mb free memory card, which is about 15 songs. Not very good. I put in a 512mb card, but remember when you format, not to format to FAT32, but to FAT file structure, otherwise, you'll waste time transferring tracks as i did, only to find that the card was formatting to the wrong file structure. With a better memory card it performs fine. The only problem is that you have to create your play lists before copying. otherwise you just get random play of tracks.
The instructions supplied are rubbish. A lot of things about this product are trail and error or go to the website to find your answers. The software supplied to enable you to copy tracks is not user friendly. I gave up on it.
The battery life is appalling. You'll be lucky to get 3 hours out of it. I have to charge it everyday as my journey is 1.30 -2 hours in total.
You do get a carry case which clips on to your belt, or i just clip it into my shorts or leggings. It does allow me to jog and doesn't fall off. You also get a desk cradle.
You get 3 different chargers, one for if you're in england, europe or the states, so its tri band which is great. I haven't taken it to either places so will see if it works as it suggests.
for some reason, the fm mode doesn't give information on what station i'm listening to, it just tells me the frequency, so there's no automatic tuning with FM as there is with DAB .
The earphones are okay - no complaints really. It has a simple in line volume control.
Overall, i gave it 3 stars, because at least if i get no reception i can switch to mp3. If it had been cheaper, say £100 i think that would have been acceptable considering that it's quite a poor product. I paid £170. But hey, at least the MP3 player works.

Every feature but the most important one
I was pretty excited when I bought this to replace my previous pocket DAB. This was a mistake. Despite being packed with all sorts of exciting features I haven't been able to use any of them because of the reception which is apalling.

It can't be because the reception is bad in my area. My previous radio provided excellent reception 90% of the time, this one is more like 15%.

It doesn't like moving which is a real problem for a pocket radio. You can have a clear signal for a minute then turn in another direction and it burbles and often goes dead.

Recording would be fine if I could get a decent signal for long enough to record, but are you going to want to listen to ten seconds of music followed by thirty seconds of static.?

You really need to test this before you buy it, though that might be difficult. I've tried four sets of headphones ranging from cheapo to expensive and none of them produces a stable signal for long.

The question is why could my previous unit, cheaper produce great reception whilst this which should be by far the best on the market struggles?

Good quality in build and sound
I have had this for two months now and love it. It is a personal radio, which uses ear phones (supplied) with an inline volume control. The quality of sound is good and I enjoy both music and the spoken word programmes. The EQ adjustments make listening a treat.

The radio was easy to set up and the prospect of future upgrades via the internet is also appealing.

One small draw back is that the earphones are also the aerial, so reception depends upon the position of the wire. But I have had only a little "burbling" and it is easy to correct. The rechargable batteries (supplied) do not last very long before needing another recharge, but they are a bonus. As is the SD card which is supplied (albeit only a small capacity one). This memory card effectively turns the radio into an MP3 player, which I think is great as I did not have one , and appreciate having the two products in one as I travel a lot! I transfer MP3s from my PC and play them through the radio. And,of course, one can record radio programmes!

The Pure Dab 200 is sturdy and well-built. It is easy to operate and, though I would have loved it to be £50 cheaper, I still think that, because it is such good quality, it represents good value.