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PURE Siesta DAB/FM Clock Radio - Black

4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 400 ratings
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Black
Brand Pure
Colour Black
Display type Digital
Special feature Snooze, Radio
Power source Corded Electric
Room type Bedroom, Living Room, Home Office
Shape Rectangular
Indoor/Outdoor usage Indoor
Material Plastic
Theme Plain

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  • Radio
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Pure Siesta, DAB/FM Clock Radio

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.

  • 3.5mm stereo headphone socket (headphones mute speaker)
  • 16 station presets (8 digital radio and 8 FM)
  • Add new features as they become available via USB

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Product details

  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 10 x 10 cm; 300 g
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ 1 Sept. 2007
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Pure
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000SO0846
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ VL-60907
  • Customer reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 400 ratings

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Customers appreciate the clock's sound quality, radio performance, and ease of use. They find the tone nice and clear, with no hissing or re-tuning. The instructions are clear, and the installation process is straightforward. Many customers are satisfied with the looks and reception. However, some have mixed opinions on brightness, alarm settings, and value for money.

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99 customers mention ‘Sound quality’90 positive9 negative

Customers like the sound quality of the clock. They say the reception is brilliant, the tone is nice, and they like the opportunity to listen via earphone during the night without hissing or retuning.

"...which day or days they apply to is a really neat feature, the sound quality is great and the radio front end seems to be nice and sensitive, so even..." Read more

"...make any pretensions to be so, it's 'only' a clock radio and the sound is as good if not better than any other clock radio I've had. 5...." Read more

"...The tone is excellent for a small piece of equipment, the speaker is mounted just under the top of the radio which is no problem at all...." Read more

"...For a small radio the sound is excellent...." Read more

95 customers mention ‘Radio performance’95 positive0 negative

Customers like the radio performance. They say it's a great DAB radio alarm with no problems. The design and performance are remarkably good.

"This is an excellent product, which does exactly what it promises. 1...." Read more

"...This is a really nice radio for a excellent price." Read more

"...All in all this is great radio and I'll be purchasing one for my side of the bed." Read more

"...It's a nice DAB radio/alarm clock." Read more

75 customers mention ‘Ease of use’69 positive6 negative

Customers find the radio easy to use and set up. They mention the instructions are clear, the process is logical, and it installs in minutes. The various functions are straightforward to operate without having to trawl through the manual.

"...get the menus and button operation in a couple of minutes, the manual is pretty good anyway if you have trouble...." Read more

"...1. Easy to set up - I only looked at the manual once to get me started, and again to see if I'd missed anything! 2...." Read more

"...it is not obvious how to program the radio, but the instruction booklet is extremely clear, and the 'logical process' involved in programming the..." Read more

"...Set-up was fairly simple, I'm fairly tech minded so was for me was simple anyway, I did however find a few of the menus a little frustrating but..." Read more

45 customers mention ‘Looks’45 positive0 negative

Customers like the clock's appearance. They find it neat and compact, designed for the bedroom. The display is easy to read at night with large digits. The radio front end seems good and sensitive, and the button arrangement is nice.

"...a really neat feature, the sound quality is great and the radio front end seems to be nice and sensitive, so even though the aerial is a bit of wire..." Read more

"...Good design. Great sound with plenty of volume. Useful display with large clock digits, it even shows real time signal strength for the..." Read more

"...My first impression was how good the casing design is. It's nice and compact, which is very important as it has to fit on a small bed-side table...." Read more

"I bought this as a Christmas gift for my mum. It looks super, and we were very impressed with the sound of the radio...." Read more

32 customers mention ‘Reception’27 positive5 negative

Customers like the reception of the clock radio. They say it's easy to install, has good reception and sound quality, and can pick up FM and DAB signals. The large digits on the clock display the real-time signal strength.

"...sensitive, so even though the aerial is a bit of wire it receives a good clean signal even inside the house with no nasty DAB burbling...." Read more

"...2. Choice of stations and quality of reception is excellent for me on both DAB and FM, although I realise this is location dependent 3...." Read more

"...Useful display with large clock digits, it even shows real time signal strength for the radio. 3 alarm functions...." Read more

"...With the wire aerial discreetly blu-tacked to the wall, the reception on this is so good that there's no problem with either, perfect reception on..." Read more

89 customers mention ‘Brightness’39 positive50 negative

Customers have different views on the brightness of the clock display. Some find it fine and never intrusive, with the display automatically dimming or brightening depending on ambient light. Others say the display is too dim and makes it impossible to read in the dark.

"...sound quality is great and the radio front end seems to be nice and sensitive, so even though the aerial is a bit of wire it receives a good clean..." Read more

"...enough to see but not so it would disturb, however, the time disappearing/dimming as you walked past the clock or placed your hand in front of it..." Read more

"...During the day the display is bright enough, and the viewing angle wide enough, to be seen across the room. 4...." Read more

"...of the display alters with the ambient light, so it dims when you turn the lights off. My previous clock lit up the whole corner of the room...." Read more

62 customers mention ‘Alarm setting’35 positive27 negative

Customers have different views on the alarm setting. Some appreciate the 3 alarm functions and the ability to set just weekdays. They also like the sleep timer and clear sound quality. However, others find it a bit fiddly to set up, with detailed instructions that are difficult to understand at first. The instructions are complex, and some customers report issues with the alarm failing to activate due to freezing or lines across the screen.

"...The 3 alarms and the flexibility to easily select which day or days they apply to is a really neat feature, the sound quality is great and the radio..." Read more

"...n't given it 5 Stars is that some people may find issues with the peculiarities of the alarm and the perceived dimness of the display...." Read more

"...3 alarm functions. Very low power consumption when in standby. Sleep timer. Minuses,..." Read more

"...The fact that it has both and that you can set the multi-alarm functions means I can wake up gently to Radio 4 on FM in the week and then blast into..." Read more

50 customers mention ‘Value for money’34 positive16 negative

Customers have mixed views on the clock's value for money. Some find it a good product for the price, with several alarm settings and a good sound quality. Others feel it's poorly thought-out and useless.

"...The siesta is cheap, does exactly what a clock radio should and is east to use...." Read more

"...On balance, though, this is a neat and good value machine." Read more

"...very happy with this product for the money, but it does lack a bit of finesse in some areas...." Read more

"...looks fantastic, and really solid. There's no sense of cheapness about this. (well, for £40 you wouldnt expect that would you?) -..." Read more

Good radio, terrible clock, awful brightness / visibility. SEE REVIEW FOR BRIGHTNESS FIX.
3 out of 5 stars
Good radio, terrible clock, awful brightness / visibility. SEE REVIEW FOR BRIGHTNESS FIX.
Overall a good radio, not bad sound quality. Brightness of the clock auto adjusts and is frankly broken as it is perfectly visible during the day but extremely poor at night as it dims way too low.Simple fix though, as I was going to return it but decided to crack it open and sort it myself. I'm not very tech minded, trust me, if I can do it so can you!Unscrew the 6 Philips head screws underneath then gently separate the two halves. You can unplug the cable holding the two halves together from the motherboard if you wish, makes life easier. Behind the light sensor on the front (little black circle left of the display) there is a small PCB with one screw. Unscrew this and gently pull the PCB out. You will see the light sensor (see picture two). Basically when there is a bright light, this causes a connection, so what we need to do is create a circuit between the two "legs" of the light sensor, I used copper speaker wire, I guess you could also solder but my method means if it needs warranty work I can remove it easily. I tightly wound the copper wire and wrapped it around both legs of the sensor so they were connected. Bam, job done, permanent full brightness!Reassemble everything in reverse. Hope this has helped someone. Shouldn't have needed to do this though. Should have been a menu to disable it. Pure said there was no menu option to keep things simple for the consumer - a ridiculous response.
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  • Alex Lakey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great DAB clock radio
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 February 2010
    Colour Name: BlackVerified Purchase
    As usual, Pure have created a well made product which does everything you expect. The 3 alarms and the flexibility to easily select which day or days they apply to is a really neat feature, the sound quality is great and the radio front end seems to be nice and sensitive, so even though the aerial is a bit of wire it receives a good clean signal even inside the house with no nasty DAB burbling. If you've ever used any other Pure radio you'll get the menus and button operation in a couple of minutes, the manual is pretty good anyway if you have trouble.

    One comment, and it isn't a show stopper: when you select the volume level for each alarm the current radio level does not track the level you are selecting (which would be nice as it would give you an idea of how loud it will be when it goes off) - this means you have to guess / use trial and error. It's not a big issue, everything else is so good I'm happy to give this 5 stars. A great replacement for my cheap analogue-tuned Sony clock radio that was forever de-tuning, had fuzzy reception and drifted a few minutes a month.
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  • Oldburtonian
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent clock radio
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2009
    Colour Name: BlackVerified Purchase
    This is an excellent product, which does exactly what it promises.

    1. Easy to set up - I only looked at the manual once to get me started, and again to see if I'd missed anything!

    2. Choice of stations and quality of reception is excellent for me on both DAB and FM, although I realise this is location dependent

    3. The clock is certainly dim at night, with quite a narrow viewing angle, but I have not found this a problem. If necessary a press of the sleep button brightens the display for a short time. During the day the display is bright enough, and the viewing angle wide enough, to be seen across the room.

    4. The radio sound may not be up to hi-fi standards, but it doesn't make any pretensions to be so, it's 'only' a clock radio and the sound is as good if not better than any other clock radio I've had.

    5. The radio alarm reverts to the last station tuned on the channel selected, so if you want to wake up to the same station every morning, then listen to and change stations on DAB in normal use, but set your alarm to an FM station and don't change it.

    6. The alarm turns off automatically after one hour, but only if you haven't pushed any buttons apart from the volume.

    I bought the PURE Siesta to replace an old AM/FM radio so I could listen to additional DAB stations and get automatic time updates. I already have a Roberts DAB radio and it came down to a choice between another Roberts and this. The PURE won because of it's shape (easier to fit at an angle on the bedside table) and the ability to upgrade the firmware. The only reason I haven't given it 5 Stars is that some people may find issues with the peculiarities of the alarm and the perceived dimness of the display. In my opinion these are very minor issues which one quickly becomes accustomed to - don't let criticisms put you off buying.
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  • A. Langdon
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a little gem
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2007
    Colour Name: BlackVerified Purchase
    I received this Radio last Friday and its an absolute gem. The reception i used to receive on my only fm/mw radio has got gradually worse over the last year or so to the point where stations like 5Live are impossible to listen to. I wonder if its anything to do with the homehubs sprouting up all over the place?

    As a solution i wanted a digital radio but the choice is so varied and expensive. The siesta is cheap, does exactly what a clock radio should and is east to use. When you first connect this radio it will do a little set up which scans for the radio stations and sets the time (nice little feature) and this took about 1 min or so. Being someone who loathes manuals i had a little play on the buttons on top and was surprised to be able to pretty much find all teh features i want and be able to change them to my desired settings without having to constantly consult a tomb of instructions.

    The alarm (there are 3 of them) can be set to wake you up only on weekdays and i like being able to specify the volume at which the alarm kicks in, there is a sleep timer as well. The display is not that bright so you will be able to get some sleep without your room being lit up, i personally have no problems viewing the clock timer at night.

    This is a really nice radio for a excellent price.
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  • B. R.
    3.0 out of 5 stars eigentlich ein gutes Gerät, aber...
    Reviewed in Germany on 9 August 2016
    Colour Name: BlackVerified Purchase
    das Gerät wird mit englischem Ladeadapter geliefert. Eine Ersatzlieferung änderte daran auch nichts.
    Ich verstehe auch nicht, dass plötzlich der Preis von 44,- Euro über knapp 60,-€ auf jetzt 97,-€ angestiegen ist.
    Für den Radiowecker habe ich mir einen Adapter von Englisch auf Deutsch bestellt.
    Jetzt funktioniert das Gerät einwandfrei. Es gibt 3 unabhängige Alarme, die mich sanft aus dem Schlaf holen.
    Empfang von DAB und FM ist einwandfrei.
    Wer noch ein paar Euro für den Netzadapter ausgeben will, kann den Radiowecker gerne kaufen.
    Am 22. Juli hat er allerdings noch 44,06€ gekostet.
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