PURE Chronos CD Series II, DAB/FM/CD Stereo Clock Radio - White

Initial impressions were good - a nice solid feel to the unit and decent quality plastics.Lots of useful functions, including the ability to 'trim' stations which appear in the on-screen listings, but for which you can't get good reception. Also, you can set up 'presets' for your favourite stations, so station-hunting isn't really a problem.You can also set the alarm (of which there are 4 available) to wake you with any one of these preset stations, CD, MP3, alarm tone or the last used radio station. Sound quality is much better than expected from a system of this size - at normal or high volumes.I didn't find the volume too loud to fall asleep to, 2 or 3 bars on the volume slider is fine. But I did find that sound quality is a little 'woolly' or muffled at low volume - partly overcome by tweaking the treble and bass settings.Although they look good, the buttons were a let down. As others have said, poor feedback/response, a bit bit fiddly, especially in the dark. With the buttons being on the front of the unit, we end up pushing the system backwards across the bedside table just changing channel or adjusting volume!The remote control is a bit on the small side, but isn't practical in the dark (unless you learn the locations of all buttons).Lastly, there is a good manual - clear, illustrated and legible - so often manufacturers supply these in about ten languages, using miscroscopic type to save on paper and print costs.I'd have given it 3.5 stars if possible, but went for 4 as I realise that I do actually like it - despite its quirks - and wouldn't want to change it for anything else on the market in that price range.

I bought this unit for my kitchen. I already had a Pure One DAB radio but wanted a CD player as well, and this was the smallest CD player with built-in DAB radio I could find anywhere. I'm very pleased with the size, it sits unobtrusively on my dresser, and produces very good quality sound for its size.The CD player is completely silent, there are some reviewers saying otherwise so perhaps they have ironed out the earlier problems. The DAB reception is very reliable, picking up the full range of stations with perfect reception from the small wire aerial.The green backlit display is very easy to read and yet unobtrusive. If I wanted to read the text on my old Pure One (for example to find out the name of the piece of music playing) it involved a lot of peering at the small display with pastry-covered hands; this one requires no more than a quick glance. (The Pure One is a superb unit though and is now in the sitting room).It also has a useful Aux in port on the front so any other items can be easily connected, and it has a USB on the top which is useful for charging things like the camera or the Kindle, no need to hunt around for chargers. It really does have the feel of being a well thought out and well designed unit.It'd be a nice item for a bedroom with its alarm and snooze functions but is superb in a kitchen as well. It does exactly what I wanted and needed and more. Very pleased.

This product seems to fit the bill. It is a stereo radio/alarm with the added bonus of DAB and a CD player. Additionally I will be able to connect a MP3 player to it.The real pleasure was when I plugged it in; not only did it tune itself - to more DAB stations than I knew existed, it set the clock and the date itself! Brilliant.On top of this, you can set up to four alarm times, so that when you just want a one off for getting up at silly o clock to go on holiday, you don't need to mess up your going to work time. Also you can set it just for weekdays, or weekends etc, etc.Additionally, it also does a 12 hour clock, which is great as I have an aversion to 24 hour clocks. This all comes with a remote control.I haven't had a power cut yet, but expect when I do, the whole thing will not need totally resetting up afterwards as my old one did. That drove me to exasperation.Once registered with Pure, they send an email to tell you when the software is upgraded, which you download onto a USB and then transfer to the unit.

fed up with listening to a ginger pillock in the mornings l thought l could wake up to a CD.so l brought this.at first l found loads more stations on DAB,really good DJs but then found someone kept trying to sell me a photo copier or settee,whilst l am still half asleep,So try a CD,found drive slightly noisy oh dear, but then l found l can wake up to the news,then turn on my mp3 player.BLISS! sounds/speakers are good. 4 modes of alarms,ie set the alarm for weekdays only then forget about it.Time sets itself,so if a power loss it will set itself up again,loads of features.l would recomend this unit,it has a lot going for it,but CD drive could be better(perhaps it will bed in?)

I love this player which is the most perfect size for my bedside table. However it developed a hum on both CD and radio. Was told to reset to factory condition which worked for a while but then the same thing happened. It was exchanged as faulty no problem. I have sourced another elsewhere.

Neat and compact unit that is fairly easy to set up and does everything it is supposed to.Instructions on setting alarms are poor but I worked it out eventually and like the multiple alarm pre-sets that are possible.Only disappointment is the lack of bass which is almost non-existent. It's not Bose price, but it does not stand comparison with the Panasonic micro unit with two small remote speakers that it has replaced after the CD player failed. It also has less bass than the little Pure One Classic that we have owned for the last year or two.

excellent little product, very good for the bedroom as display dims automatically in darkness, but still bright enough to read whilst lying in bed. Great sound, great DAB radio reception.

I particularly like the way the alarm comes on from a whisper to full sound, this wakes you gently no fright! I would recommend it.