Product Description

From the world leaders in DAB comes a DAB and FM portable radio that looks good, sounds great and is unbelievably easy to use. With its stylish exterior, chrome controls, and great audio performance, ONE looks and sounds fantastic, wherever you listen. If you haven?t experienced DAB yet, you?re in for a treat: station selection by name, scrolling text display, all stations tuned-in at the touch of a button and crisp, clear, digital sound. And there?s more listening choice too; in many areas up to twice as many stations are available on DAB as are available on FM. ONE is a truly portable DAB radio. ChargePAK? ready as standard, ONE also offers class-leading battery life, with around 35 hours of DAB listening from six standard C size batteries. In addition to DAB usability, station choice and sound quality, ONE also features FM with RDS for areas where DAB is currently unavailable. Not to mention a host of other features including Intellitext®, textSCAN?, kitchen and sleep timers, a backlit display and USB upgradeability. All the benefits of DAB More station choice, station selection by name, scrolling text display, easy autotune, and crisp, clear sound. Portability Around 20 hours of portable DAB listening from the optional, rechargeable ChargePAK-C6X?; around 35 hours from six C size batteries; or connect to the mains for home listening. Ease of Use & Style We?ve used our expertise as world leaders in DAB to produce a radio that not only sounds great but is intuitive and easy to use toox EQ settings. Display shows volume level, battery life, time, signal strength, EQ setting and favourite station mode.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #563 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Pure
• Model: VL-60912
• Released on: 2006-05-25
• Dimensions: 11.02 pounds

Features

• DAB Digital and FM with RDS
• Colour: Black
• Mains and battery powered
• Takes 6 C batteries
• Up to 35 hours DAB battery life

The Independent
THE TEN BEST DIGITAL RADIOS - Number One, best buy award.

Manufacturer's Description
DAB/FM Portable Digital Radio.ONE is the easily affordable portable DAB/FM digital radio, bringing you the latest sports coverage and the widest choice of music while you're out and about. An ideal first digital radio, ONE has a winning combination of ease-of-use and great new features, plus all the benefits of DAB, including more stations, crystal-clear audio, station selection by name and broadcast scrolling text. And if you roam beyond digital coverage the listening doesn't stop because FM with RDS is included too.

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Customer Reviews

Li-on Battery
I was undecided on whether to give 5 or 4 stars since the performance, value and many factors are excellent. I have been waiting for DAB for ages and my area has just started receiving it - and Pure One was the radio I wanted after going through alternatives for some time.
I agree with virtually all the good reviews now using it - but also the few not so good. The Pure Li-on battery is excellent, though expensive - and I have found it does last far longer than some of the reviews state. Maybe they did not leave it's first charge for 24 hours, as recommended? The problem is that the indication of the charge level shows that it is full until it is virtually not - therefore the sound just stops when you think the battery has enough power in it! I think a properly working graduated indicator would be better, showing when it was half full when it was, etc.
I also agree with comments about changing stations being more awkward than hoped for. It would be nice if it just had one for going back to the last station used with only one press, for instance, instead of going through the playing about.
Anyway, despite being delighted with it, I must cut marking to 4 stars for these relatively minor points.

Brilliant and only slightly flawed
Having purchased two PURE products in the last year - first the Evoke-1 and now this, the PURE One - my experience has been similar on both occasions.

The PURE product deserves the majority opinion - quality build and performance with a typically great sound and resonance. The designs are boldly traditional and make the units easy to manipulate and enjoy straight out of the box.

Just one gripe...quality control. The Evoke-1 took three attempts at receiving a satisfactory unit that at first didn't work at all and then arrived scratched or pot-marked. The PURE One arrived with what is arguably a plastic casing vulnerable to scratches and unintentional markings.

So then, an unusual case of eminent value spoiled by the test and delivery.

Easy to use but poor sound
Far from the 'great sound' mentioned by other reviewers, I find the sound lacking totally in treble. It's a muddy sound with no real clarity.

This is a shame as the radio works extremely well.