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Martin Brown

On 16/11/2012 00:51, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:58:58 +0000, Martin Brown
wrote:

On 15/11/2012 20:46, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:37 +0000, Martin Brown
wrote:

Most that are capable of that are also capable of DAB and FM.
Digital radios eat batteries quickly so it is a bad idea!

Some of the Pure or Revo ranges have rechargeable batteries .The Revo
I have runs for about 7 to 8 hours on a charge.
Seems a bit limiting to tie oneself to a mains socket if you are using
a WIFI radio.

And a decent FM radio will run for about ten times longer.

Battery time of 8 hours on a charge is more than adequate, I've no
need to spend 80 hours in the bath or down the garden before plugging
it in again and I doubt many others need to , If the set used U2's at
the rate of four a day it might be something to worry about.

It almost does... having to recharge one daily isn't my idea of useful.

I'm not sure it would last ten times longer anyway , have used the set
on FM a few times as it was a convenient thing to do ,can't say I
noticed it lasted that much more. Internet radio is more efficient
than DAB.
G.Harman

A set with the DAB decoder in is quite likely to consume power at a
prodigious rate whether the thing is working or not. You need a
classically designed FM/AM radio to avoid battery trashing.

In the event of a national emergency digital DAB radios will be worse
than useless since their battery life is so pathetic.

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Regards,
Martin Brown