Difficulty in setting up | Roku SoundBridge R1000 Radio Network Music System

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	• Roku SoundBridge R1000 Radio Network Music System Roku Roku average customer review:based on 45 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Unbelieveable !

PRO
A friend of mine told me about a radio and its quality. I advised him that I really don't listen to radios. He introduced me to the Roku R1000. The sound quality was incredible. This radio was far superior to the BOSE radio. One of the abilities was allowing me to add an SD card with selected music. It came with an attachment to connect to our phone system (Music on Hold). Another nice feature is the 18 pre-sets where my friend has a Sangean with only 12 pre-sets and his is more difficult to operate where the Ruko is much easier. Software on the Ruko was also a plus verses the Sangean Internet Radio.
CON
I ordered 6 radios and out of the 6 one would not lock on to the signal. However, I must say, Amazon made the return hastle free and painless.
The only other thing is that the Roku does not deliver the dynamic sound at a low volume as it does at 50% and higher. Over all the radio is great and I love to listen to the radio now! One in the motor home, one in the bedroom, one at my office and I have the smaller one hooked up in the living room to the lifestyle BOSE System. The other two were birthday gifts. If Amazon ever brings the price down to $149.00 again, I will be buying more radios... they make great gifts.
Richard Ayoub

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Difficulty in setting up

This product took much longer than necessary to setup.
1) Your router must broadcast in Wireless B which is not explained in instructions manual. I had to change my settings on my router to broadcast both in g and b.
2) The manual instructs to access Windows Media Connect through control panel or through system tray. On my computer, the windows media connect does not show up in either of these places. I had to go through Windows Media Player. Go to tools menu, select options, then select library tab, then select configure sharing, and then select sharing for the Soundbridge (none of this explained in manual).

Some other notes: 1) Interface is somewhat difficult; 2) Can not use Jango or Pandora websites; 3) the sound is very good for a small appliance but is not comparable to a a-v receiver system; 4) pretty much does what it advertises to do.

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Ready for the Mass Market?

I've had this radio for a week now, and i'm almost done configuring it.

The sound is fine, but the Bose is much better.

I bought it to be able to listen to internet radio stations, and it seems to work pretty well for that (although i was surprised to learn that several of the BBC channels -- the main thing i wanted it for -- are limited to within England (i wonder how they can do that on the internet)

setup is a pain; it complicated and tecky -- you need, for example, a PC with an SD card reader. And, as another review noted, some functions are available on the radio, some on the web interface, and some on the remote, but none on all three -- i find the whole setup pretty confusing.

the snooze button and the preset buttons seem pretty flimsy to me, but otherwise the thing seems pretty well made and is definiately more attractive then your average clock radio

Its pretty complicated (or i'm just old). You might want to look at the Manual on line and see if you can figure it out.

Update: it died a month after i got it. tech support didn't return my e mails and phone support is completely non existent.

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Are you still listening to FM? Why?

This is not a technical review -- it's about my experience with the Roku. I've had my Roku Soundbridge Radio (
http://www.roku.com/products_soundbridgeradio.php ) for about a month and I absolutely love it. Imagine: 10,000 or so stations, all digital and hi-fi, and free! My current favorite is www.solopianoradio.com which I leave on, tinkling quietly in the background, almost all day long. You can get it on a PC too but it sounds much better on the Soundbridge. Sirius, which has two channels of NPR, can't even come close -- the Roku gives you over a hundred public radio stations, including all my favorites from LA, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Albany! The radio has 36 presets, but in order to choose which stations you want to preset in the first place you have to WiFi network it because the "catalog" ( http://www.radioroku.com/index.php ) runs on a PC on your network. I have it running on the laptop I keep on the kitchen counter; there, I can pick which of the many many available stations I want to assign to the 36 presets on the Soundbridge in the living room, which I can then choose with its remote. Obviously the presets can be changed at any time, but once you have picked your favorites you no longer need the PC -- until you want to change again. This is a VERY neat product, and easy to set up and use. I have not read the manual but if you like that sort of stuff it has a nice one, 80 pages of Arial 10, so there's lots of information available but you don't need it to have alot of fun with this thing. I have a Sirius radio at home as well as in the car, but I will no longer need the one at home; don't listen to my Bose Wave much anymore, either. The Soundbridge Radio SOUNDS great, and gives you tons more variety. I haven't even begun to get into all the international stuff available -- maybe after I retire. Well worth the price.

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SoundBridge Radio R1000 is a complete Wi-Fi Music System that brings the world of Internet radio to every room of the house in rich, clear, stereo sound. Combining all of SoundBridge's advanced digital music streaming functionality with incredible-sounding stereo speakers, subwoofer, AM/FM radio and alarm clock, SoundBridge Radio takes today's tabletop radio to the next level in audio power and ease of use. Access all your music using simple and familiar radio controls. A few buttons for presets, scan, and source select make digital music easily accessible.

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