Roberts Radio REV-ISTREAM3MB Retro DAB/DAB+ FM Wireless Portable Digital Bluetooth Radio Alexa Voice Controlled Smart Speaker Revival iStream 3 - Midnight Blue

I must first start out by stating that as soon as unboxed the radio, I was smitten, however, a little smaller than I imagined, maybe just basing that on the model for which the design was created, back in the day.Then, I switched on the radio and was immediately blown away how good the sound was, once I'd adjusted the EQ to my preference. The main speaker delivers some great bass, even when I lowered that to "-2" and the additional tweeter to the right of the main speaker delivers the right highs to match. At first listen, you could be surprised that this is a mono radio, with the sound quality and the cabinet for the right acoustic quality, it has surely been engineered well in that department.I was able to set-up the internet radio easily via the initial set-up at 1st switch on and registered to my mobile hotspot easy over Wi-fi reception. I hope you don't have to lengthy a password on your Wi-Fi or you'll be scrolling for a while via the display & Tuning/Select knob.I had a Frontier Nuvola Smart Radio account for a Revo radio, I had purchased then returned, so once I accessed the radio for the code, I was instantly ready with a batch of my Favourite stations I had already stored on the account. The Roberts Radio accepted them easy-peasy! I thought to christen the radio, based on it's classic design, I should play one or two Oldies stations on the radio first, seems only fair.The DAB radio also receives stations well (as I expected, being a Roberts!) I live in an area where I'm too far away from my City's transmitter and not near enough to town adjacent, but the Roberts pulls them in, just struggling on rough weather days (like the 10th & 11th March 21) But receives the stations better than a Majority radio I tried before I returned it that one! FM Radio on the Roberts performs well, with the option to omit or allow weaker signals, etc in the settings.Bluetooth: Connects well, no fuss there, but not sure why if that is a fault or if it is part of the Radio's default set-up, but when a device (my mobile) is connected to the iStream 3, it sets the volume up to Max (30) by default, even if I was using another function previously at say Volume 7 or 8, etc. So, make sure that when connected you turn the volume control to the desired setting before playing music, or you'll get a bit of a nasty surprise!! **Update 12/03/21: I don't know if it's the fact that I received phone update to Android 11 or that I decided to re-pair my phone to the Bluetooth, but phone settings have a feature called "Absolute Volume", so the radio doesn't jump to Max volume anymore, sorted!I have recently purchased some rechargeable batteries for the radio. I decided to purchase some 2800mah (only 1.2v) AA batteries and seem to be lasting for as long as other reviewers have mentioned. So-far from the 1 full charge, I had the radio on for about an hour before it showed 2nd level of battery indicator, then about another half-hour before it got down to the last level (but I had been fiddling around with all the options on the radio), had a couple of flickers from the low-battery level (this was generally on the power hungry ol' DAB), but still working well, I'd say it's been about 5/6 hours in total so far at the time I write this and will attempt to see how much the last level goes on for.All-in-all, I'm glad a decided to buy one, it's a design classic! Just wished I hadn't dithered about buying all this time, because about 5/6 months ago the Roberts Radio website included a Roberts Ortus Clock Radio free, never mind, this'll do for me!

I really like this a lot! The sound quality is really quite good, especially if you are just using it in a small/medium sized room and not trying to fill the whole house with music. The bass is really great/deep. The actual radio looks great and is super stylish and built with quality. I tested the DAB vs internet radio, and the internet radio is far superior and well worth the money. It also means you don't have to worry about reception and using the aerial. I am actually also using it as an alarm and was REALLY happy that when the radio wakes you up, it starts on a low volume and gradually gets louder, making it a much nicer experience to wake up to. The alarm was also a lot easier to set than expected, and alows you to set 2 alarms for daily, once, weekdays or weekends! I think you can set at least 10 radio station pre-sets. For some reason when I searched for the radio stations (really well known ones) they wouldn't come up, so I had to search for them all manually which took a while. However once you get them in, it's great. I'm good with technology and even so, on initial set up I struggled to get it connected to my wi-fi, I think the instructions could be better. Initially I tried to do it through the WPS push button on my router, which didn't work. If you want to connect it by entering the password (as you would when connecting to your phone or laptop), you have to search for the router through the wizard where it finds it for you, and then select the option to enter the password, but it's called something else which wasn't immediately obvious and took a while to find by going through all the options. However once I got it set up and updated the software, I've not had any connection issues. Using it with spotify is amazing and works a charm. If your phone is connected to the same wi-fi network then it will automatically sync up with the radio. Even with the radio off, if you press play on your phone, it will play through the radio, which sounds so much better (compared to my iphone). There is a slight 3 second delay between pressing play and hearing the audio, but really not a big issue. I love how album covers will display on the screen! Another great feature is that you can dim the brightness of the screen so that even when the radio is off, the backlight stays off which won't keep you awake at night if you have it in your bedroom or using it as an alarm. Don't know what the battery life is like as I keep it plugged in through the mains. Also really like that you can plug a USB cable in it to charge your phone if you want. My *only* slight niggle is that the shade of blue is ever so slightly darker than what I expected, I expected it to be a more pastel blue however I would say the colour is very true to the picture and more of a dusky mid tone blue/grey. However that is my fault and I should have seen it in person, I probably would go for the white colour next time as I think that looks prettier. This is my first Roberts radio so not sure how it compares with older models.

A very nice stylish retro high quality DAB / internet / FM radio ..with bluetooth connectivity to computer, phone or ipad .. and there is also Alexa voice controlIt has excellent sound quality .. and is easy to use and set up ..The ' Old Brit ' styling is a paradox .. you expect the crackle of the Light Programme playing..The Billy Cotton Band-show .. in 1956 ... but instead it delivers flawless digital hi-fidelity sound ..that can fill a room effortlessly with deep rich tonalityThe internet radio is an amazing feature .. thousands of crystal clear stations from around the globe easily found... you drill down by genre and national location .. so easy ..Also included on the menu are an array streaming Apps such as Spotify , Deezer etc ..there are even pre-sets for ease of operation .. and two timer /alarm functions.. a windows media player, USB input and phone charger .. also a nice helper App for phone / tablet .. and a headphone portSix AA good quality rechargeable batteries are needed (not included so you need to purchase them separately ) ..and then the radio has mains free portable functionality .. for about an afternoon ..There are lots of great colours to chose from .. which look fabWe chose the midnight blue which sets off the gold grill , controls and trim beautifully ..this compliments our interior colour scheme perfectlyThe radio is not just .. " Made in England " .. it is ..... "Made in Yorkshire " ... So you cannot get better than that ...Without any exaggeration we do'nt just like this radio here ..We absolutely love it ...