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- Perfect digital signal every time
- DAB+/DAB/FM tuner with 20 preset stations
- Large LCD clock display
- Sleep timer, Extendable snooze and 4 Alarm settings
- Stylish compact design
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Wake up to your favourite digital radio station every morning with the Sony XDRC706DBP DAB+/DAB digital clock radio. Explore a huge choice of digital radio stations, plus 20 presets to start you off, all interference-free as a result of the perfect digital signal every time along with an option of sleep timer, extendable snooze and 4 alarm settings. All within the stylish compacy design makes this the perfect choice for every bedroom.
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Sony XDR-C706DBP Digital Clock Radio Explore a huge choice of digital radio stations, plus 20 presets to start you off, all interference-free as a result of the perfect digital signal every time along with an option of sleep timer, extendable snooze and 4 alarm settings. All within the stylish compacy design makes this the perfect choice for every bedroom.
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109 of 111 people found the following review helpful
This is probably the most stylish clock radio you can get at the moment. It looks a bit retro, quite minimalist, and is very nicely made. The unusual design means it's also easy to get hold of if you need to move it.
Its predecessor, the 705, had a bad reputation for waking you up at midnight. Fingers crossed, the 706 doesn't share this trait!
The main difference (if the styling around the display looks different in the photo - it isn't in reality) otherwise from the 705 is somewhat academic in the UK: the 706 can receive DAB+ transmissions. This potentially future-proofs your clock radio, but it's looking pretty unlikely that the UK will ever switch to the superior DAB+ format, even though the rest of the world is adopting it.
Never mind. That's not going to affect clock-radio users much.
This Sony does radio perfectly well. The sound is entirely adequate for a bedside radio: it's clear and crisp, which is the most you can ask from a small speaker. Setup was automatic and extremely quick. Reception has been fine until the recent humid weather when I had to fiddle with the wire aerial to get clear sound (oddly, the aerial needed to be below the radio rather than above it). You can use FM radio too, if you want, but there's no RDS, surprisingly.
I found the controls very simple and logical, and only had to refer to the instructions to see how to set radio presets. Setting the alarms means running through a sequence each time, which could be annoying if you wanted to change settings often. But in practice, you probably set the alarms once and forget them, especially when you can set four different alarms to come on every day, just weekdays, just weekends, or on one specific date (this is the advantage of DAB radios and extremely useful).
The display has three brightness settings. If you're like Goldilocks, and me, you'll probably choose the middle setting. The dimmest is almost too dim to actually see unless it's pitch black, but the brightest makes a great night light.
It's a nice clear, big display. Scrolling text doesn't blur, though as usual on DAB radios, it scrolls far too slowly.
The power supply is separate, in the plug, but for once it's small and neat, not a huge brick.
The Sony 706 isn't perfect though. If you're in bed you can't see the buttons on top of the machine because they're angled away from you. So you either have to get half out of bed or learn to do things by touch alone (there is a tactile dot next to the volume up button but otherwise the buttons all feel the same). And although you can (very usefully) set the volume of the radio for each alarm setting, you can't choose which radio station comes on - it defaults to the last used station.
These are small points though. The bottom line is that this is a very attractive clock radio with clear sound, many useful functions, and an excellent display.
Its predecessor, the 705, had a bad reputation for waking you up at midnight. Fingers crossed, the 706 doesn't share this trait!
The main difference (if the styling around the display looks different in the photo - it isn't in reality) otherwise from the 705 is somewhat academic in the UK: the 706 can receive DAB+ transmissions. This potentially future-proofs your clock radio, but it's looking pretty unlikely that the UK will ever switch to the superior DAB+ format, even though the rest of the world is adopting it.
Never mind. That's not going to affect clock-radio users much.
This Sony does radio perfectly well. The sound is entirely adequate for a bedside radio: it's clear and crisp, which is the most you can ask from a small speaker. Setup was automatic and extremely quick. Reception has been fine until the recent humid weather when I had to fiddle with the wire aerial to get clear sound (oddly, the aerial needed to be below the radio rather than above it). You can use FM radio too, if you want, but there's no RDS, surprisingly.
I found the controls very simple and logical, and only had to refer to the instructions to see how to set radio presets. Setting the alarms means running through a sequence each time, which could be annoying if you wanted to change settings often. But in practice, you probably set the alarms once and forget them, especially when you can set four different alarms to come on every day, just weekdays, just weekends, or on one specific date (this is the advantage of DAB radios and extremely useful).
The display has three brightness settings. If you're like Goldilocks, and me, you'll probably choose the middle setting. The dimmest is almost too dim to actually see unless it's pitch black, but the brightest makes a great night light.
It's a nice clear, big display. Scrolling text doesn't blur, though as usual on DAB radios, it scrolls far too slowly.
The power supply is separate, in the plug, but for once it's small and neat, not a huge brick.
The Sony 706 isn't perfect though. If you're in bed you can't see the buttons on top of the machine because they're angled away from you. So you either have to get half out of bed or learn to do things by touch alone (there is a tactile dot next to the volume up button but otherwise the buttons all feel the same). And although you can (very usefully) set the volume of the radio for each alarm setting, you can't choose which radio station comes on - it defaults to the last used station.
These are small points though. The bottom line is that this is a very attractive clock radio with clear sound, many useful functions, and an excellent display.
47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Very happy with this radio. I had a little panic when I first turned it on as I could only get 10 DAB stations, none of them BBC which I listen to when I wake up. But after a full autoscan they all appeared. Now I get clear radio in the morning - bliss. It used to be so frustrating on some days to get poor intermittent sound just when someone said something crucial.
The unit is quite light and it is clear that there is little inside the base which is why the unit is slightly angled - all the innards are in the front and needed to be tilted slightly to prevent top heavy toppling. This does mean the buttons aren't visible, especially if you are lying in bed. But you don't need many controls when grappling for the on off or volume when lying flat in bed and they are relatively easy to locate once you know which one is which. The plus side of the buttons not being visible is a clean looking radio.
It's smaller than I expected (my last one had a built in CD player so was much larger), but pleasantly so.
The brightness controls are great - 3 levels (no dim, some and alot!). The lowest dim setting is almost completely off which is great for those who need virtual darkness.
The 4 alarm settings are great too. Finally I can have a different alarm for the weekend (settings are: weekdays, weekend, daily and...I think 'once').
The only thing I would have liked is an AUX-in socket, but I wanted DAB over a dock/aux so the DAB won when comparing the choices I had narrowed it to.
All in all, thumbs up. I would have given it 4 stars but have made it 5 becaue of one thing - the fact that the brightness is very dimmable - something so many manufacturers seem to ignore or take seriously.
[UPDATE: You can turn this unit off during the day and turn it back on in the evening and it remembers the alarm settings. I'm sure many wouldn't think of doing this but as that's an saving of over half its annual power consumption it's worth bearing in mind if you are watching your kilowats].
The unit is quite light and it is clear that there is little inside the base which is why the unit is slightly angled - all the innards are in the front and needed to be tilted slightly to prevent top heavy toppling. This does mean the buttons aren't visible, especially if you are lying in bed. But you don't need many controls when grappling for the on off or volume when lying flat in bed and they are relatively easy to locate once you know which one is which. The plus side of the buttons not being visible is a clean looking radio.
It's smaller than I expected (my last one had a built in CD player so was much larger), but pleasantly so.
The brightness controls are great - 3 levels (no dim, some and alot!). The lowest dim setting is almost completely off which is great for those who need virtual darkness.
The 4 alarm settings are great too. Finally I can have a different alarm for the weekend (settings are: weekdays, weekend, daily and...I think 'once').
The only thing I would have liked is an AUX-in socket, but I wanted DAB over a dock/aux so the DAB won when comparing the choices I had narrowed it to.
All in all, thumbs up. I would have given it 4 stars but have made it 5 becaue of one thing - the fact that the brightness is very dimmable - something so many manufacturers seem to ignore or take seriously.
[UPDATE: You can turn this unit off during the day and turn it back on in the evening and it remembers the alarm settings. I'm sure many wouldn't think of doing this but as that's an saving of over half its annual power consumption it's worth bearing in mind if you are watching your kilowats].
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
This is a great little clock radio, and the sound quality is quite good. It does however have some annoying aspects which make it less than perfect:
1. The display is too dim to see during the day, and too bright at night even on the dimmest setting. I had to put some dark window film across the display to stop it from illuminating the room at night.
2. The time and date are automatically updated from the DAB signal. If your DAB signal is poor like mine, the time updates can result in incorrect time setting. I have had the time set wrongly and the date updated to November 1948. I believe this problem can be worked around by setting the time and date manually to prevent automatic time updates.
3. The buttons are quite small, and difficult to find in the dark. The large snooze button and the volume control button do have tactile dots to help.
1. The display is too dim to see during the day, and too bright at night even on the dimmest setting. I had to put some dark window film across the display to stop it from illuminating the room at night.
2. The time and date are automatically updated from the DAB signal. If your DAB signal is poor like mine, the time updates can result in incorrect time setting. I have had the time set wrongly and the date updated to November 1948. I believe this problem can be worked around by setting the time and date manually to prevent automatic time updates.
3. The buttons are quite small, and difficult to find in the dark. The large snooze button and the volume control button do have tactile dots to help.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I've yet to set the alarm.
I have no problems with the DAB radio or the setting of the clock including the brightness etc but I've yet to set the alarm. It seems way too complicated. Read more
Published 26 days ago by Geoboy
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Quite small and neat. Digital display smaller than imagined - brightness either too low or a bit high - getting used to the display backlight lighting up the bedroom. Read more
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