Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20391 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: AE5900/05
• Released on: 2007-08-08

Manufacturer's Description
DAB digital radio is a new way of broadcasting radio via a network of terrestrial transmitters. It provides listeners with more choice and information delivered in crystal clear, crackle-free sound quality. - The technology allows the receiver to lock on to the strongest signal it can find. - With DAB digital stations, there are no frequencies to remember, and sets are tuned by station name, so there is no re-tuning on the move.

The Philips AE5900/05 uses Dynamic Range Control which adds or removes a degree of compensation for the differences in the dynamic range between radio stations. For example, a station broadcasting popular music may have a high level of compensation applied since the emphasis is on a constant high listening level, whereas a station broadcasting classical music will have little or no compensation as the listener requires all of the highs and lows in the music to define the detail.

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Customer Reviews

Could Have been 5 stars....
I have used my clock radio over a week now, but I still keep my old AM set on the bedside cabinet also.... why?
The day I got my new radio I was pleased as punch, it's a lovely box, and although I see it's starting to creep up in price now, it's still worth it. Anyhow, it is real easy to set up, plug it in and it autoscans and gets all the stations with no problem and in fact, cleaner and better than my Grundig DAB in exactly the same position. Next, presetting the stations, what a carry on, the instructions are totally wrong in this and I was beginning to think I had bought a lemon and was getting the boxes together to send it back when I read the fix for this in these reviews (phew) The sound from the radio is pure quality, like a Bose or a Bang and Olufsen and the finish of the cabinet is excellent also. The setting up of the alarms/sleep/snooze etc is pretty straight forward too, a couple of runs at it and you could do it in the dark ok. Now apart from the silly mistakes on the presetting instruction, I have another couple of things that are bugging me also. The digits on the clock are far too small to see without fumbling about for my glasses, the "dim" function is in fact a complete blackout, you cannot set the volume for the radio alarm, I could waken up quite comfortably to a talk radio station at level 7, but no, I get near blown out of bed with a blast of lvl 20 - silly imo. it should retain the level you turned it off at. Apart from that, I do really like it, I listen to a lot of radio, from Planet Rock to 5Live and they all sound great from this box - even in mono! however, I still keep my trusty old sony by the bed with its big orange digits shining in the dark - much needed for a myopic old git like me :)

good sound
Nice crystal clear balanced sound.

Weirdly, however, I found that the sound degraded when the aerial was raised. Possibly something to do with noise in my area - difficult to say.

A negative point is the very bright light on the display. I have to cover it up with a book sometimes when i sleep. Buttons are a little small and fiddly, and could do with more presets. Would have gotten 4 or 5 stars if not for these points.

Otherwise a very good digital radio, and seems like an excellent price especially when compared to people like Pure.

phenomenal
my bro got a dab radio and was singing their praises, so i decided to relegate my little raggy 10 year old sony fm thing to my office and took the plunge to buy this, for £29.99.

wow - what a bargain. this radio has seemingly excellent build quality and a really nice style. the carry handle makes it look really neat. the display is nice enough and i'm blown away by the range of stations and quality of the sound, straight out of the box. no mucking about - just switched it on, it scanned for channels and then i'm away.

i reckon i'll probably spend as much time listening to my radio now as i will watching sky!

as for astronaut's review, if he/she checks the packaging he/she may find the uk power cable tucked under the eggbox packaging - it isn't visible at first sight.

as other reviewers have stated, it has uk and european cables as well as a 3.5mm to 3.5mm lead for connecting mp3 players.

all in all, i'd say this is possibly my best purchase of the year and an utter bargain!!!