DAB digital radio clock with iPod dock?

Erinnire

Hiya, as the title I am after one of these contraptions but I don't know where to start looking! I am after something decent but not costing the earth. I would say around £100 is my budget.

*I have googled but am getting confused!

jenniewb

I have a Pure DAB radio, I got mine on Amazon as they were cheapest, it was below £100, I got the Chronos Idock and it works well. It's not for the newer Ipods though (they take a different type of connection- though you can spend an additional £25 on a new connection thing which means new ipods and iphones can work on old docks).

Does what it says on the box, plays DAB radio, plays stuff from my ipod and also plays stuff from internet radio if I choose to connect it and also FM radio as well. I can also set up an alarm, it has a sleep function and a remote control (though I'd not bother with the remote control as it's a tad too basic!).
The only bad points I'd say is the aerial which is a bit pathetic- but as long as you fix it into a decent position you shouldn't have an issue, it just looks a bit rubbish (a black wire thing) would have far rather they put on one of those metal telescopic things.

Roberts and Yamaha also make DAB dock radios but were a bit more expensive. There are no doubt some deals going around in the sales right now so a good time to look at quite a few retailers besides Amazon. (Currys, John Lewis...ebay...)

I do think that it does pay off to get a decent brand, I did a bit of research before buying and reviews seemed to be reflective of price, the lower the price, the more likely you are to lose the signal and need to retune or to find the reception is pretty bad. If you can, try to test things out first as what you need from the machine could be very different to what I or anyone else needs.