Philips AE5900/05 - DAB Clock Radio

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Philips EAN: 8712581346843 Label: Philips Manufacturer: Philips Model: AE5900/05 Publisher: Philips Release Date: 2007-08-08 Studio: Philips
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Good quality DAB if you can put up with some minor annoyances Comment: I pretty much agree with many of the other reviewers; this is a fab little DAB radio, looks really nice, is sturdy, and the sound quality is pretty damn impressive. For the price, this is pretty near perfect, if not for 2 rather annoying features: The backlight is bright. Very bright. I have a large bedroom and it pretty much lights it up at night, I have to cover the display. The dim option just turns the light off completely, but for some odd reason, you can only do this when the radio is on, when you kind of want to be able to see the display! The alarm function for me, on a radio, is essential, I use it to wake me up in the mornings, however I want to be able to choose what volume the radio that wakes me up is, with this you can't. The designers obviously think that people like to be scared half to death in the mornings, as the radio comes on loud and then promptly gets louder until you leap out of bed to turn the thing down. But I can live with these annoyances - everything else about this radio is perfection! Customer Rating: Summary: where's FM? Comment: We bought this radio to replace our Evoke Pure 2 which has a very annoying fault on the volume knob (it needs to be warmed up for ages before you can run it below shouting level). On plugging the Philips in, it pulled in 16 local DAB stations but none of the mainstream BBC stations (1,2, 4, 5, 6 or 7) which our Pure seemed to get no problem. Anybody know why? A check on the DAB section of the BBC website shows these mainstream stations in a separate box - does that mean they're not actually DAB stations, and our Evoke was just getting the FM stations (you can't tell the source on the display panel)? More seriously, the Philips' FM reception is feeble, I can only just scrape onto Radio 2 and 4 by manual tuning with the aerial fully out and walking around the room in hopes of improving the signal. Even the normally omnipresent Radio 1 is (thankfully) invisible. The Philips preset mechanism is also very poor. This is all a massive shame as the sound quality is excellent but as it is I am on the point of sending it back and going back to the Evoke. Customer Rating: Summary: it's good Comment: bought this because of the the low price and am very happy with it. manages to pick up a good signal although i live in an area with only mediocre digital reception, my walls are 3 feet thick and i live in a valley. i don't know if this would be any different with any other make/model but i can say this has a great sound for it's size; it's easy to use (apart from the mistake in the instructions regarding preset stations detailed in other reviews) and i reckon it looks nicer than most other digital radios on the market. if my house burned down and i got a big pile of insurance money i'd get exactly the same again. Customer Rating: Summary: Quality radio, pity about a couple of irritants. Comment: I bought a Philips AE5900 because of the reviews here. In spite of some negative comments, everyone was very pleased with the sound and design. After living with it for a few weeks, I emailed Philips to express my dismay that, when I switch to standby (it's in the bedroom), I can't activate the dimmer (more like blackout!), so I have to leave the radio switched on, activate the dimmer, turn the volume down to 00, and basically leave the radio powered on all night. This solution works okay, but it's a pity that it's necessary. Also, I can't get the snooze function to work and I asked Philips for advice, and asked what the snooze button on top of the unit is for because there is no mention of it in the manual instructions. They replied, but gave no answer to either problem. They just said my radio had a fault and I should return it to the supplier. Since the problems don't affect the quality of the output and I can live with them, I shall keep the radio, mainly because from the various reviews here I can't see a replacement of the same model would be any different. Customer Rating: Summary: good sound Comment: 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. More Reviews