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- Digital and FM radio
- Three independent alarms: wake to a tone, digital radio or FM and set different alarm times for weekdays and weekends
- Light sensor automatically adjusts the display brightness to suit the light levels in your room
- Intellitext for on-demand access to stored scrolling text from participating broadcasters
- TextSCAN to pause and control scrolling text
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Product Description
What Hi-Fi
What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision 5 Star Award - January 2008
Manufacturer's Description
From the world leaders in digital radio comes Siesta – an affordable and stylish way to wake up to the choice and quality of digital radio. Siesta is available in black or white and whatever finish you choose you can be sure it has been custom engineered with the environment in mind.
If you haven’t experienced digital radio yet, you’re in for a treat. Select stations by name; check out news, results, track titles and more on the scrolling text display; tune at the touch of a button; and listen in crisp, clear digital-quality sound. And there’s more listening choice on digital too, in many areas up to twice as many stations as are available on FM.
Siesta is a member of our EcoPlus product family, designed to minimize environmental impact, with standby power consumption of less than 1W, packaging and documentation printed on recycled materials, and careful attention paid to the sustainability of all components.
Siesta boasts a large auto-dimming display, multiple alarms, an easy-to-find snooze button and PURE’s Intellitext. It even includes FM with RDS for local stations and radio reception in remote areas.
Siesta is one of PURE’s EcoPlus products and is designed and manufactured to minimize environmental impact, with:
- Reduced power consumption in operation and standby
- Use of materials from recycled and sustainable sources
- The smallest possible packaging
- Components selected to minimize environmental impact
Siesta is Energy Saving Trust Recommended. Digital radios endorsed by the Energy Saving Trust are better for the environment and cheaper to run, consuming less than 1W power in standby and 3.5W while active.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
311 of 313 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
My Pure Siesta arrived yesterday and I'm very happy with it!
I recently bought a Pure ONE for the kitchen, which is excellent too. Pure seem to have taken the best bits of their more expensive, wood-cased models, and put them into plastic cases for those of us who want quality but don't want to pay quite so much. You don't get quite the same looks, but the sound from both units is pretty damn good, especially considering they're mono units. They're better with speech, with a nice, warm sound, but they don't disgrace themselves with music either.
The Siesta looks great, though the display is the one thing I'm not completely in love with: the clock is just slightly too small for peering at in the middle of the night, and being a backlit LCD it's less than readable when looking down on the unit from above. The scrolling text display is a bit "jumpy" too, though it can be set to display other things if it annoys you.
There's a headphone socket at back on the top, so if you want to fall asleep to Test Match Special without disturbing anyone else, you can!
Sensitivity seems to have improved a lot since my first DAB radio a couple of years back. Both the Siesta and the ONE pull in everything on the London multiplexes, even in our basement (in the ONE's case even with the aerial down!) at nearly 100% signal quality, whereas my old radio couldn't even do this with the aerial up... in the garden...
I read a review elsewhere from someone complaining that the alarms were tricky to set. The process is a bit "involved" but very logical, and the flipside is that you get a lot of versatility: four alarms, each of which can be daily, weekdays, weekends, Saturday, Sunday or once only to eiteher DAB, FM or the beeper.
I was a little disappointed that, given this flexibility, it's not possible to set which station you want to wake up with and are stuck with the one you last listened to. So, if you want to drift off to sleep with the Shipping Forecast on Radio 4 and wake up with Chris Moyles on Radio 1... you can't. Nor can you get up to one station and your partner have a lie-in and wake up to something else an hour later.
I'm sure this kind of thing can be changed later if enough people want it, and the Siesta, like most of Pure's new range, has upgradable software via a USB port using a PC (but not a Mac, unfortunately).
One small point: the DAB we currently have in the UK will eventually be superseded by DAB+ using a more efficient audio "codec" (HE-AAC v2 as opposed to MPEG1 Audio Layer 2, for those who are interested). Though most existing DAB radios aren't compatible with the new DAB+, DAB transmissions will continue for many years to come. The Siesta has been designed so that it can be upgraded to the new codec at the appropriate time (though sadly my ONE can't).
All in all this is a terrific radio for the bedroom and the worth every penny. It looks great, doesn't take up too much room and goes more than loud enough for most bedrooms.
I recently bought a Pure ONE for the kitchen, which is excellent too. Pure seem to have taken the best bits of their more expensive, wood-cased models, and put them into plastic cases for those of us who want quality but don't want to pay quite so much. You don't get quite the same looks, but the sound from both units is pretty damn good, especially considering they're mono units. They're better with speech, with a nice, warm sound, but they don't disgrace themselves with music either.
The Siesta looks great, though the display is the one thing I'm not completely in love with: the clock is just slightly too small for peering at in the middle of the night, and being a backlit LCD it's less than readable when looking down on the unit from above. The scrolling text display is a bit "jumpy" too, though it can be set to display other things if it annoys you.
There's a headphone socket at back on the top, so if you want to fall asleep to Test Match Special without disturbing anyone else, you can!
Sensitivity seems to have improved a lot since my first DAB radio a couple of years back. Both the Siesta and the ONE pull in everything on the London multiplexes, even in our basement (in the ONE's case even with the aerial down!) at nearly 100% signal quality, whereas my old radio couldn't even do this with the aerial up... in the garden...
I read a review elsewhere from someone complaining that the alarms were tricky to set. The process is a bit "involved" but very logical, and the flipside is that you get a lot of versatility: four alarms, each of which can be daily, weekdays, weekends, Saturday, Sunday or once only to eiteher DAB, FM or the beeper.
I was a little disappointed that, given this flexibility, it's not possible to set which station you want to wake up with and are stuck with the one you last listened to. So, if you want to drift off to sleep with the Shipping Forecast on Radio 4 and wake up with Chris Moyles on Radio 1... you can't. Nor can you get up to one station and your partner have a lie-in and wake up to something else an hour later.
I'm sure this kind of thing can be changed later if enough people want it, and the Siesta, like most of Pure's new range, has upgradable software via a USB port using a PC (but not a Mac, unfortunately).
One small point: the DAB we currently have in the UK will eventually be superseded by DAB+ using a more efficient audio "codec" (HE-AAC v2 as opposed to MPEG1 Audio Layer 2, for those who are interested). Though most existing DAB radios aren't compatible with the new DAB+, DAB transmissions will continue for many years to come. The Siesta has been designed so that it can be upgraded to the new codec at the appropriate time (though sadly my ONE can't).
All in all this is a terrific radio for the bedroom and the worth every penny. It looks great, doesn't take up too much room and goes more than loud enough for most bedrooms.
77 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
I was fedup when my favourite DJ on 6music was relegated to the grave-yard shift so decided I needed a DAB for the bedroom. I'd already got a Pure DAB in kitchen so know that quaity is good.
1st impression was, "It's so small!" [the Siesta was replacing a Multi-band Communications Receiver.] "it's gonna sound tinny"
Needn't have worried, sound is fab from such a little box.
Display is exactly right, I use reading glasses but this is easy to read at night without. Auto-dimming works fine.
3 alarm modes, weekdays[mon-fri],weekends and every day.
Time setting is automatic, from DAB.
The sleep setting is a doddle too, from 15 to 90mins in 15 minute sections.
Here's a clever trick though, if I go to sleep with Gideon Coe on DAB I wake up to Radio4 Today prog! You can asign either DAB or FM on the alarm so you don't have to wake up with same station.
All in all, a great little radio. I love it!
Update. nearly a year on and she's still performing beautifully. Get one for Xmas! And no, I don't work for pure, lol.
1st impression was, "It's so small!" [the Siesta was replacing a Multi-band Communications Receiver.] "it's gonna sound tinny"
Needn't have worried, sound is fab from such a little box.
Display is exactly right, I use reading glasses but this is easy to read at night without. Auto-dimming works fine.
3 alarm modes, weekdays[mon-fri],weekends and every day.
Time setting is automatic, from DAB.
The sleep setting is a doddle too, from 15 to 90mins in 15 minute sections.
Here's a clever trick though, if I go to sleep with Gideon Coe on DAB I wake up to Radio4 Today prog! You can asign either DAB or FM on the alarm so you don't have to wake up with same station.
All in all, a great little radio. I love it!
Update. nearly a year on and she's still performing beautifully. Get one for Xmas! And no, I don't work for pure, lol.
144 of 145 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
Clock radios tend to be quite personal devices - each buyer has their own particular list of must-have features. I already had a DAB radio for use in the house and I've been looking for a DAB clock radio for the bedroom. Until now I didn't like the price or features of the various offerings. The Pure Siesta is the first one that seemed to fit the bill.
The features I really like are:
- It's a DAB! That means nice clear reception for stations like 5-Live which are otherwise available only on MW. You can also listen to a much wider range of stations. It also means that you don't have to set the clock - it does it all automatically.
- Nice clear display. Pure's other clock radio uses their standard 2 line display which is OK for normal radios but not great for a clock radio. The Siesta's display is nice and large, contains lots of detail and its brightness adjusts automatically depending on the surrounding light so it doesn't keep you awake by being too bright. It's a backlit LCD type so the viewing angles won't please everyone but I think it's good.
- Lots of alarms - well 3 to be precise. Each one is very flexible and can wake you up to DAB, FM or a tone alarm.
- You can set the wake-up volume of the radio alarms. This was a key feature for me. This enables you to go to sleep to a low volume radio but wake up to a much louder volume.
- The buttons are well laid out and it's easy enough to navigate all of the functions in the dark. The number of functions means it's often necessary to press several buttons to access something, but it's all quite easy. The buttons are a bit clunky, which won't please everyone but you get used to their feel. My only slight criticism is that it doesn't have one-touch radio station presets, you have to access a menu of your preset stations.
- The reception on both FM and DAB is up to Pure's usual high standard.
- The Pure Siesta remembers all your settings and favourite stations if you unplug it or have a power cut.
There's not much to dislike. My only criticism, as mentioned by other reviewers, is that you can't set the radio station you wake up to (you can only set DAB or FM and it uses the last station that you tuned to). As others have also mentioned you can overcome this by waking up to FM and leaving the FM station set to the one you want to wake up to. Then just use the DAB side for normal radio listening.
I think this is an excellent device - I'm glad I waited for this model before buying one. I downloaded the user manual from Pure's website before buying it - that way you can find out exactly how each feature works before deciding if it's right for you.
I give it a solid recommendation.
The features I really like are:
- It's a DAB! That means nice clear reception for stations like 5-Live which are otherwise available only on MW. You can also listen to a much wider range of stations. It also means that you don't have to set the clock - it does it all automatically.
- Nice clear display. Pure's other clock radio uses their standard 2 line display which is OK for normal radios but not great for a clock radio. The Siesta's display is nice and large, contains lots of detail and its brightness adjusts automatically depending on the surrounding light so it doesn't keep you awake by being too bright. It's a backlit LCD type so the viewing angles won't please everyone but I think it's good.
- Lots of alarms - well 3 to be precise. Each one is very flexible and can wake you up to DAB, FM or a tone alarm.
- You can set the wake-up volume of the radio alarms. This was a key feature for me. This enables you to go to sleep to a low volume radio but wake up to a much louder volume.
- The buttons are well laid out and it's easy enough to navigate all of the functions in the dark. The number of functions means it's often necessary to press several buttons to access something, but it's all quite easy. The buttons are a bit clunky, which won't please everyone but you get used to their feel. My only slight criticism is that it doesn't have one-touch radio station presets, you have to access a menu of your preset stations.
- The reception on both FM and DAB is up to Pure's usual high standard.
- The Pure Siesta remembers all your settings and favourite stations if you unplug it or have a power cut.
There's not much to dislike. My only criticism, as mentioned by other reviewers, is that you can't set the radio station you wake up to (you can only set DAB or FM and it uses the last station that you tuned to). As others have also mentioned you can overcome this by waking up to FM and leaving the FM station set to the one you want to wake up to. Then just use the DAB side for normal radio listening.
I think this is an excellent device - I'm glad I waited for this model before buying one. I downloaded the user manual from Pure's website before buying it - that way you can find out exactly how each feature works before deciding if it's right for you.
I give it a solid recommendation.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
PURE Siesta DAB Clock Radio
Had mine for around 3 years, worked faultlessly until about 6 months ago, randomly stopped working, display dimmed/flickered and alarm not going off when set. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Paul
Great DAB alarm clock radio
I bought this to replace my previous version of Pure DAB which after many years has given up. The signal quality is second to none, picking up every digital station with excellent... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Pen Name
Made me look good!
I got this as a present for my other half after having read reviews on this site. He's a technical sort so I was concerned I'd get the "wrong" one. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Dizzy Lizzy
good quality, nice style....
I bought this to upgrade from my old FM/clock/alarm radio. I expected that being DAB the sound would be better, and of course I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Peter Radburn
Good Quality
I bought this DAB clock radio becuase I like to listen to the plays on Radio4 Extra at night.
It has the added bonus of a 'sleep' mode which let's you time the radio shut off... Read more
It has the added bonus of a 'sleep' mode which let's you time the radio shut off... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Shortie
shame about dimmer
This was a nice radio but I sent it back because I could not see the time at night. I bought it for the bedroom and whilst I appreciate it dimmed automatically in the dark, so it... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bow
Pure Siesta
Wanted to replace an ageing analogue bedside clock/radio with a DAB version. According to online information we live in an area of poor reception, but we needn't have worried. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Deadeye
Practically perfect
I did significant research before buying this product & it has certainly lived up to its reputation. Size, build & sound quality & ease of use are excellent. Read more
Published 2 months ago by C. Jeffs
Pure Siesta Clock Radio
Lots of great feature on this model, 8 DAB and 8 FM presets with a pretty good sound for its size. Great reception and crystal clear. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Funnell
Not for Apple Mac users.....
After a couple of weeks my radio developed a software fault which, their support desk informed me could be rectified with a software upgrade. Read more
Published 2 months ago by P. Hunt
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