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Bush PSDAB2004 Personal DAB Radio | 
 enlarge | Brand: Bush
Category: CE
Buy New: £47.27
New (3) Used (2) from £24.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 1422
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5 x 1.5
MPN: PSDAB2004
Model: PSDAB2004
EAN: 5018309266947
ASIN: B000A6OD16
Release Date: March 8, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Really pleased October 26, 2008
I bought the Bush radio largely for listening in bed without annoying others. It has proved to be a first class buy offering a huge range of stations, tremendous quality and good battery life. It is also very easy to operate, even straight from the box.
I agree with comments that the headphone socket should be on the top in order that it might fit in a pocket, and a carrying case would be useful. I use Bang and Olufsen headphones and it works really well with these. I also use 2700Ma rechargable cells and find they give me about a weeks average listening.
Appearance is a bit weird and decoration slightly zany but who cares. Lettering on the control buttons should be a lot larger especially for older people who need glasses for reading. Otherwise a really great little radio.
 Don't go there unless its cheap October 18, 2008
It comes with woeful headphones, you will have to buy better ones immediately. And you need rechargeable batteries. Reception is perfectly OK. Sound - I didn't try it with good quality headphones, but it seemed alright with my own cheap ones. However, you need to go into the menu screens to toggle loudness (bass) on and off. You really need the bass on for music and off for speech. That's a pain because the menus are slightly slow and the joystick isn't very precise. Also, on the unit I had, the loudness option used to disappear from the menu 50% of the time. (I returned it due to this fault.) For all these issues, the real biggie for me was that the Bush is slow. Slow to boot up, slow between stations. This matters a lot. If you can afford the extra cash, and remember you won't be using the headphones it is supplied with so that's an added expense, Roberts RD-14 feels Rolls Royce in comparison and Pure gets good reviews too. The Bush does a job, but you can do much better. Unless this was at a giveaway price - I just wouldn't consider it.
 You're Never Alone With A... Personal DAB Radio September 23, 2008
I became hooked on DAB Radio about 4 years ago and now have 6 radios. I was initially cautious about buying any personal DAB radio because of the reviews. However, I bought this device a couple of years ago and used it to for my hour long journey to and from work via train, tram/bus. This reasonably priced device worked great and made the long journey bearable.
My only criticism is reserved for the design such as: the colour (white), having headphones sockets on the side rather than the top (or bottom), not being able to attach a carrying strap (though I think there are two very small holes provided for this purpose) and the headphones that came with the radio. However as other have confirmed, generic ones work fine and will still act as the aerial.
To keep the radio clean and scratch free I invested a few quid for a perfectly fitting TUCANO Rapida XS camera case which also has a neck/shoulder strap. The case is made of Neoprene and accommodates the headphone jack on the side of the radio. I would always recommend the purchase of 4 * highest rating Ni-MH rechargeable batteries (2 for use and 2 for spare).
In summary, a great sounding and reliable DAB radio with a few minor design flaws.
Useful radio........ July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I paid less than 20 pounds for this, from a large branch of a well known supermarket who were obviously trying to get rid of them.
I like the rubberised case, but like others would prefer the headphone socket at the top, so can put in a shirt pocket. Lack of power adaptor not such a problem. It says 4 volts, but will work fine on 3 volts. I paid 8 pounds for a suitable mains adaptor from a certain High St electrical retailer. It takes the same sized 'tip' as my Sony radio, but plug is at a different polarity. The annoying thing is that when used with a mains adaptor, the backlight stays on all the time, there is no option to turn it off.
I use rechargable batteries for everything. I put in 2 fully charged 2000mA 'AA's and got 5 hours of them before the radio died: not too bad. Shame there is no facility to recharge batteries using the mains adaptor like on some other pocket radios, as annoying to keep having to take them out every day or so to recharge. In my locality, there are a few 'dead' spots where DAB fails completely....no FM available as a backup!
I use my own earphones rather than the bundled ones as more comfortable. More than adequate sound quality and plenty of volume when needed (to drown out overloud inane mobile 'phone 'calls').
Given the lack of FM and rechargeable battery capability, I would not pay 60 pounds for this radio, but given what I did pay it is a bargain for what it is.
This radio is similar to those branded Grundig, Mikomi and Wharfedale. The latter 2 named have FM and rechargable batteries, but the radio's display are all the same.
 Anti-Climax June 4, 2008
Was great for a while and then one day decided to stop picking up ANY BBC stations at all. The main reason I bought it was for Radio 5Live and Radio 5Live Sports Extra. So without being able to get any BBC stations the radio is basically useless to me
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