Aluratek AIRMM01F Internet Radio Alarm Clock with built-in WiFi (Black) by Aluratek
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Digital camera reviews of Aluratek AIRMM01F Internet Radio Alarm Clock with built-in WiFi (Black)
Digital camera Review: Aluratek Internet Radio Alarm Clock with WIFI
Summary: 4 Stars
I love being able to tune in and listen to music or other entertainment from all of the different countries. It's does not do very well with FM stations in that after some period of time, it stops playing the FM station. It is slow to respond to the remote. It wasn't that difficult to setup and would be much easier if it had an interface to allow me to use my laptop to configure it. The price wasn't bad and all in all a pretty good radio.Digital camera Review: Aluratek Review
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought this radio alarm clock was the answer to all my prayers as far as music selection and convenience. However, the product was hard to program and the CS people were quite encouraging and helpful and as a result I sent the product back. I'm sure it's a good radio but it did not serve my purpose. This was no fault of the CS personnel or a quality issue of the radio. I'm somewhat old school and somewhat computer illiterate. This had some factor on my decision to return the product. Thank you. Rob Cowan, Deerfield, IL.Digital camera Review: Aluratek internet clock radio review
Summary: 1 Stars
Reading about this radio brought excitement, but problems were experienced. Simple wireless intructions would not connect this radio to my router signal, although it seemed to initially recognize my router. Several trys at entering my password and resetting were attempted without positive result. The radio would "lock-up". Web site information was not helpful. The radio appeared to be defective and I regretfully returned it and was leery of trying another one. I then purchased a different brand and it set up easily and is working perfectly. By the way, the Aluratek is the first product that I have ever had to return to Amazon, and I would like to compliment Amazon on their excellent service and the efficient handling of my return.Digital camera Review: Alurtek Radio Problematic for Wireless
Summary: 3 Stars
While I have not found a problem with the interface for this radio, it was impossible for me to get it to work on wireless.
After a lot of fiddling, I got as far as it finding the IP, but when it tried to connect it would sit there and finally come up with the message "failed to look up
DNS."
Alurtek's technical support wasn't much help either. They suggested upgrading the firmware, which I did to no avail. Finally they just told me that my router was "kinda old." Which should mean no problem in connecting, rather than having a problem in my mind.
At any rate, I finally just hooked it up with a wire and it works fine with that.
On fixya.com I found at least five other users with the same problem.
Buyer beware.
Jon FlandersAluratek AIRMM01 Internet Radio Alarm Clock with built-in WiFi (Black)
Digital camera Review: Amazing
Summary: 4 Stars
Just got it a day ago. Set up was a breeze. Within 20 minutes I was hooked. Spent several hours selecting favorite stations and listening to foreign ones. Fox, CNN, NPR, BBC, CBC, etc. along with news stations from around the country are there for us news junkies. Their oldies selection is really decent. There is no need for a short wave radio when foreign broadcasts come in loud and clear albeit in their native languages. The clock is really bright at night. It doesn't bother me however, if it poses a problem to someone just put a dark tint film over it to tone it down. The sound is surprisingly good coming from a tiny speaker. Plugging in noise cancelling Bose headphones reveals the audio is accented on the bass & the best audio comes with the equilizer on normal. Have not plugged it into a stereo system nor do I intend to, that was not the purpose of its purchase. It references all the audio files on my computer's hd which blows me away. The unit is 3 walls away and a good 50' from the router; there are no reception problems. Note, not every streaming radio station is on its list and one that is, kearth hd2 will not come in. Going to keep my fingers crossed when I try to contact tech support if they can help figure out why. It has frozen a few times but the off button in the back of the unit quickly resets it. This happened trying to access some odd listed station which I won't do again. I would give it a 5 if kearth hd2 came in and it didn't freeze. All in all, it's a neat unit.