Sangean WFR-20 WiFi Internet Radio & Media Player
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Manufacturer: SangeanModel: WFR-20
Color: High-gloss piano black
Product features:
- Wired or wireless connection
- Infrared remote control
- Large, easy to read 3 line display
- High quality full-range stereo speakers
- Play your music collection from your computer
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Customer Review: Good sound, buggy network connectivity
Summary: 3 Stars
I have owned my Sangean WFR-20 for a little over a month. I appreciate the sound and ease of navigation on the menu wheel and the remote. The speakers sound very good at low, mid and high volumes. The selection of stations is large (though a bit cumbersome to find on the radio itself - I highly recommend registering the radio and using the Reciva portal to identify "My Stations").
My biggest complaint is the unreliability of the connection. My radio is only about 3 feet (through a wall, though) from my router and the radio issues will occur at times when my other devices or computers do not have a problem. The issue is that the radio will disconnect and go back to "Initializing Network" status. Once the connection is resolved, it goes right back to the menu and sits on the "Stations" menu item. The backlight doesn't go off and the radio doesn't play. This is highly annoying for me as I use the radio to assist in sleep. It is too frequent that the lack of sound wakes me and I find myself messing with my radio in the middle of the night. I have downloaded firmware updates, but the issue remains. I have searched for solutions but the only reliable solution is to "unplug, plug back in, try again." I am hoping that future firmware updates can identify better network connection testing, redundancy or quick reconnect and "resume" functionality to go back to the station that was playing before. I haven't tried moving my router and trying a wired connection (after all, this is a wireless internet radio!).
The other minor annoyance is that one cannot see the time when a station is playing. I know what station I selected, so don't need it to be what is displayed the entire time the radio is on. Since it has a nice clock feature, I would rather see the time displayed unless I am using the menu. And given the fact I have to unplug the radio several times a week, it would be ideal if the radio could just connect to the internet to identify the real date/time and use a saved "Time Zone" setting to auto-set the clock. As it is, I have to manually reset the date and time each time.
Other than these issues, the radio is solid, good-looking, great-sounding and a decent value. I do think that the Squeezebox Boom (though pricier) is a better overall internet radio. Plus, it has an easier interface to control from your desk/laptop. The Sangean can be controlled remotely, but it isn't elegant.
Description of Sangean WFR-20 WiFi Internet Radio & Media Player
Listen to over 10,000 Internet Radio Stations and stored media, wireless or wired, fulll range stereo spkrs.,The Sangean WFR-20 Wi-Fi Internet Radio offers direct access to over 6,000 internet radio stations and 21,242 on-demand streams in 250 locations from 60 genres. This allows you to drill down your search quickly and conveniently from your radio. You can also use your favorite web browser and a computer to search for specific stations and upload those stations to your radios. The "MY Stations" folder allows quick and easy access to your most desired stations. Don't find your favorite internet station on the list? Just submit the station to the website and it will be researched and added to the list, available for all of the current 14,000+ subscribers. Don't have a computer? Not a problem with the WFR-20. It still provides you access to the same internet radio stations and is designed to work as a completely independent stand alone unit anywhere in your home, office or dorm. All you need is a broadband internet connection and a wired or wireless router. Used in conjunction with your wired/wireless networked computer and Windows Media Player you have full access to your digital media library using the UPnP Server, or simply your Microsoft Shared File Folder function in MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Real Media, and AIFF formats.
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