What is the wifi radio?

Making the world a smaller place

The retro-styled, portable Phoenix Wi-Fi Radio will let you pick up Internet radio stations or podcasts from anywhere with a WiFi signal, as well as play MP3s or WMAs from an attached USB drive or MP3 player.

All you need to enjoy the Phoenix Wi-Fi Radio is a broadband connection, a wireless gateway like a Wi-Fi router, and the desire to experience unlimited radio choices.

What’s a wifi radio?

Imagine listening to more than 5,000 radio stations from all over the world in a radio in your home, office or hotel.

Internet radio stations offer an endless audio entertainment. Some of it is a simultaneous broadcast from NPR, ESPN, the BBC and so on. Others are Internet-only stations that serve both mainstream and niche tastes. The variety is staggering, all of it is free, and it is largely uncluttered by ads.

You tune into radio shows just like you have for decades, but the antennas of the radios are internal Wi-Fi that connect to a wireless home network. The reception is excellent: the wi-fi radio can pull in thousands of Internet radio stations from all over the world, without a single pop of static. It can also play podcasts, a copious source of free, generally ad-free prerecorded audio programs. The radio comes with several Internet stations already listed in the menus, sorted either by genre (Comedy, Kids, Latin, Hip-hop and so on) or by geographical location. At the service platform - wifi-radio.biz- you can easily add new stations of your choosing.

The fun details

Phoenix Wi-Fi Radio is small (8.5 inch by 4.8 inch), lightweight (less then 2 pounds), portable and comes with rechargeable AA batteries (4 hours life). It showcases all the functions of a traditional alarm clock radio, such as preset station buttons, snooze and sleep modes.

• A backlit display keeps track of all song and artist information, while also showing the strength of your wireless connection.
• Built-in Wi-Fi automatically scans and connects to any open wireless network.
• Eight preset keys let you save your favorite Internet stations for quick access.
• The unit has two stereo speakers (1,5" each), and a built in 2 x 2 watt amplifier. The improved the digital sound quality uses Bass Boost and spatialization enhancer technology.
• To blast your tracks, an audio output allows you to hook up radio to your any home stereo system, via the 1/8" stereo headphone jack, or by Bluetooth transmitter and adapter.