With the new Pure Chronos DAB Radio the man would have dreamed of a Quality Street Green Triangle and woke up to find his radio missing as the Pure Chronos DAB Radio looks like a giant chocolate triangle in silver!

Don't get me wrong, it looks good. It looks like a radio that belongs in your bedroom. Unlike most other Digital Radios designed as a bedroom alarm clock it's not so big you need a new bedside table to fit it on. My first
impression was a good looking radio alarm clock that I would like to have on my bedside table.

On switching it on the radio will set the time and set-up all the stations with ease, I really like the time being set by the radio so you know the alarm is correct! I was a little disappointed with the sound quality
compared to other digital radios. It lacks the warmth in the sound, however compared to the standard bedside FM radio this is a much better quality sound. Plus you get all the benefits of DAB with text information like news headlines or sports results, or maybe just the current track that is playing.

The instruction manual remains unopened in the box as the functions are obvious and easy to set-up. Rather than just 4 buttons and trying to workout the combination you need to press each function has a separate button to make it easy.

It has the best range of features I have seen on a bedside radio, you can set the alarm to only work during the week and leave you alone at the weekend so you can set-up the alarm and just leave it alone forever, or you can set-up an alarm for just one day or everyday the same. The 4 independent alarms allow you to switch your wake up patterns without having to constantly reprogrammed the Chronos, so ideal for shift workers.

If you like to have the radio on to fall asleep to you can set the snooze feature to almost any duration you like. If the bright light of the front is annoying you then with one click it can be softened.

In summary If you have an FM radio alarm clock and would have the choice that digital radio brings for your bedroom radio alarm clock then this is a good buy. The  Pure Chronos DAB Radio is small and looks like a radio alarm clock with all the great features of digital radio. On sale for around £80 this may be the Rolls Royce of bedside radios but with the range of radio stations available and the modern styling its well worth the money.

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Review by - Rev. Deans of Hunstanton

Published - 29/01/2006

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