Pure support have now agreed to look at the radio under warrenty and replace it if needed. Will update if and when this happens. If the brand you buy is important to you, our best advice is to spend some time writing up your own list of ideal brands. That way when you come to the point where you’re comparing product options you can filter to only show the products from brands in your list. Although you won’t be able to turn the sound up loud enough to disturb your neighbours with the Evoke H3, you can rest assured that even if you turn the device up to the max, you won’t experience much by way of distortion. Pure Evoke H3 review: Verdict Volume can be boosted without too much distortion though with only a simple mono speaker on board, the audio is a bit weak compared to more highly priced units. A decent basic option if you’re after a durable little DAB that can be moved around at will.

Some days later, I disconnected the internal flexi for several hours and some other connectors and power The Pure Evoke H3 is all about giving consumers the perfect combination of sound quality, easy-to-use features, and sensational style. We found the practical user interface very intuitive, which is nice if you’re looking for a radio that’s going to be suitable for a range of users. DAB digital radio brings you a diverse range of great content in highly-detailed, digital-quality sound much of which is only available on digital radio. Digital radios automatically find all your available stations and let you select them by name, and there’s also FM for any station that have not yet gone digital. Basically it's a small Winflash type program that will rewrite the radios operating system to the radio's EPROM - removing any corruption and starting the radio from afresh. It takes about 5 mins to complete.

The dial is really easy to operate with your thumb if you’re holding the radio in one hand and sits alongside a small selection of polished metal buttons, which are all pretty intuitive to use. Interesting set of posts - My Evoke-3 also died last week with exactly the same issue - ie no screen, no response to keys, reset does not work - this unit was bought 2.5 years ago so also out of warranty

However, it’s worth noting that this rather compact device is a little small when it comes to volume too. If you’re looking for something that will get your furniture vibrating – then this isn’t it. The Pure Evoke H3 can get loud enough – but it’s limited in volume. Pure support have been useless. They first of all suggested I do a reset even though I'd explained that I can't get the thing to even turn on. Use Evoke H3 as a wireless speaker with your laptop, smartphone or tablet devices. Simple to connect and control, Evoke H3 will allow you to enjoy your favourite TV shows, movies and music apps in great, full range sound. ccb talks about a "wi-fi upgrade" and "Pure Evoke Flow logo", but describes their radio only as a "Pure Evoke", not Evoke-3. Is it actually an Evoke Flow? There's already a thread on problems with Flows on firmware v1.7 http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/352359.aspx While all the others radios found a DAB signal straight away, the Uno needed some repositioning before it would search for stations, so you may need a little flexibility when it comes to positioning the radio and aerial. Once connected, the audio is more perfectly respectable for a radio of this size. A cute classic that’s hard to resist.The next step was to try and narrow down our search even more. So we’ve already looked the prices of products in the Radios category. Then we’ve also looked at the prices of products from Pure. So this step combines the two and looks specifically at the price you’d expect to pay for Pure branded products in the Radios category. In terms of design, the Pure Evoke H3 is sleek and compact. It is designed to fit well in any space, whether it is a bedroom, kitchen, or office. The radio also features an easy-to-read display, ensuring that you can navigate through stations and settings effortlessly. Evoke H3 allows digital radio and wireless music streaming to be enjoyed around the home. With an impressively vivid screen, radio station artwork is now displayed in full colour. The practical user interface and large scroll wheel makes using digital radio much easier than ever before. Evoke H3 is a compact design and available in oak or walnut finishes, making it the perfect radio for kitchen, bedroom or office.

Transmitted using radio waves, analogue radio — which includes FM and AM — was the default for broadcasts before digital radio came along. AM was the most widely used radio format in the UK until it was overtaken by FM in the mid ‘80s. The vast majority of analogue radio stations are broadcast on FM and while some of these are simulcast in AM, very few are AM-only. The next step for us was to look at all of the products that fall within the Radios category, of which we found 57 products at Argos. So we pulled together all of the prices of these products to analyse the average prices as well as finding the cheapest and most expensive options.Like all our products, Evoke H3 was designed and engineered in the UK by our expert engineering teams, ensuring great sound and impressive build quality. What's in the box? A couple of weeks ago I returned home after weekend away & reconnected my 3year old Evoke 3 radio to mains. Screen showed, 'waiting for upgrade' message.Radio keys all dead. I have never upgraded this radio or connected to computer. DAB Radio is a great system that automatically finds any stations available in your area and will let you select them by name, without having to search through frequencies. Browsing these stations has been made incredibly easy thanks to the 2.4" full colour display, there is also a large scroll wheel on the top of the radio for anything from selecting radio stations, to moving through menus.

As you can imagine, pricing is one of the most important factors of any purchasing decision. We can find the perfect product for our needs, that fits the brief in every single way. But if it doesn’t fit our budgets, we simply can’t (or at least shouldn’t) buy it. One of the more affordable radios in our roundup, this is the successor to the original Spectrum Duo from John Lewis and brings a 2.8-inch colour LCD, Bluetooth and NFC to the party. It's what we call a 'USB loader' screen and it's the same message you'll see if you're attempting to update the radio manually (maybe to a later version of software), or if the radio has suffered a software problem it can't get itself out of and requires recovery.

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The unit sports a dual speaker, which is decent enough for a radio of this price, though the sound is little flat. If you’re after a bright and cheerful DAB that won’t cost the earth, this is an excellent choice. More information on quality can be found in this old but still very helpful article from Harvard Business Review. Does my radio have Bluetooth? Lots of radios now offer Bluetooth streaming. This means that you can send music directly from your phone and play it through the radio's speakers. It's will save you from splashing out on a separate Bluetooth speaker.