As promised in my earlier post a few words about said DAB Radio. Well the good news is the sound is pretty impressive, quiet punchy bass with perhaps less detail at the higher frequencies. Still it’s probably reasonable by small radio standards. Reception seems more than adequate on DAB using the combined DAB/FM telescopic aerial . (I’ve my unit next to a window on the ground floor, probably the hardest place in the house so far as it’s on the ground floor.) Now the bad news, the radio is mains powered and uses a stonking 7W when in Standby! Imagine a 1 million of these just left plugged in. What an earth does it need 7W when it’s off (and hardly any more when on!) . Not good enough today I’d say. (Out of curiosity I measured a standard Sony FM Radio/Alarm clock: a much more sensible 2W) The other bad news it there’s slight mechanical transformer hum. But masked when the unit is playing. Not quiet bad enough to return? I bet others do the same.
Summary – Overall though I like it, good sound DAB for all those new stations. Just a shame I have to turn it off at the mains 
Best price around today is PC World , at £49.95 Beware I bought mine in Currys for £10 more but they kindly refunded.
A few other points, the radio is mono only, there’s no external aerial socket.
The USB socket on the front panel enables you to insert a memory stick with mp3 tracks on and play them. A reasonable substitute for a CD player I guess at minimal cost. You obviously need to ‘rip’ your CD’s first.
Update 20 October 2007
I’ve written to Currys and they’ve suggested to return to the store for checking. Well I’ve returned and have a second example . I must I didn’t get the impression that the store are going to examine in detail. Still the good news, the replacement has much less hum/noise. Maybe the first one was slightly out of spec? The unit consumes 6W as opposed to 7W but again it’s the same when ON or in Standby!
16 October, 2007 at 2:23 pm
How is it that design engineers are allowed to produce a product with a standby feature that when used makes no difference to the amount of power consumed? There should be an energy efficiency marking just as there is for white goods, so that those buyers who have a penchant for eco-friendly goods can choose wisely. I assume if Logik removed the redundant standby feature they could have made the product even cheaper!
3 December, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Hmm – I’m thinking of getting one of these – what does the ‘usb function’ actually do?
4 December, 2007 at 9:53 am
It enables you to insert a memory stick with mp3 tracks on and play them. A reasonable substitute for a CD player I guess at minimal cost. You obviously need to ‘rip’ your CD’s first. Hope that helps.
4 December, 2007 at 6:12 pm
would it allow me to attach an ipod or does it have to be a memory stick?
4 December, 2007 at 6:20 pm
It has to look like a standard usb memory stick, if an ipod does, then it may also work. There’s no specific mention of attaching Ipods etc, I think you may require a more sophisticated device. Note you can’t record on this port either.
4 December, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Well, I’ll have to wait and see – I have ordered one – I am guessing I can attach my I pod using the cable I use to charge it with and update it. It does say on the logitek description i can ‘attach an mp3 player’ so I can’t see why that wouldn’t include an ipod. IF not, I have a few memory sticks I can use instead.
Thanks for your replies.
23 February, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I plugged in my 20gb ipod and it not only plays music but appears to charge the ipod too. Very good
24 October, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Fantastic piece of Kit. Easy to use, excellent sound quality and has lots of nice features.
Does emit a humming sound but mines in the Kitchen and hardly noticeable.
Bought mine for £49.99 from PCWORLD.
24 January, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Luigi, I had same problem with buzzing sound so thought I’d have a quick look inside to see where it was from. As soon as I started unscrewing the back the humming stopped – the backplate was obviously touching against the internal transformer. Just unscrew the 3 r/hand screws 1 to 2 turns each and you should find this stops the humming.
Bought mine from a market stall for £10 but came with no manual so can anyone tell me how to set the alarm?