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Our Price - $194.99
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Grace Wifi Radio (ITC-IR1000B)
Now you can listen to streaming Internet radio via your wireless network using the Grace Wireless Internet Radio. The Grace radio supports MP3, WMA and Real Media streaming. The 4-line LCD displays the song and artist. The intuitive and easy-to-use controls let you browse over 10,000 global Internet radio stations with ease.You can browse by location or by genre. Have you ever wanted to hear what's going on in your home town, state or country? What about local sports scores or weather reports from other places? Well, now Grace makes it possible!The sleek and simple design makes it a fit in most living rooms as well as easy and intuitive to use. Get yours today!
Grace Wifi Radio (ITC-IR1000B) Accessories
Grace Wifi Radio (ITC-IR1000B) Reviews
I read great reviews for this internet radio on CNET and was very excited to find it for sale here on Amazon, even though it is a discontinued model. I ordered it and was dismayed to find that they shipped a different model, which was much more poorly reviewed. Apparently this model was the successor to the Grace ITC-IR1000B, but the sound quality is much worse. So I had to return this radio, go to the UPS store, pay for the return, and hope that the dishonest seller, Apex Suppliers, would refund me the money.
They did offer the refund, and when I alerted them to the dishonesty of what they are doing, they repeatedly contacted me, asking me to remove my negative feedback. I finally told them that I would remove the negative feedback if they would stop listing this item that is discontinued which they were pulling a bait and switch with. They agreed and removed the item, and when I checked back a month later, it was relisted. The seller, Apex Suppliers, is dishonest, manipulative, and a cheat. Do not order this item, because what you will receive is not what you ordered, and you will have a headache on your hands.
Looks great, sounds great. But it has t be close to the router on my computer which is annoying since I can already listen to satellite radio on my computer. Plus, it took me a very long service call to sync it up.
I'm disappointed. :(
I need an internet radio for listening late at night in bed. The main reason I returned this radio is that the buttons are so loud they wake my wife up. The rest of my comments probably apply to all internet radios. Having used radios for years I am used to pressing a button and getting instant play. Nor so with internet radio. Be prepared to wait a few seconds while it finds the network. Also be prepared to wait a few seconds while changing stations. OK, so I'm spoiled. i want these things to happen instantly. Also, don't be surprised when you tune to certain stations and get a prerecorded message each time before the programming starts. Also, too often the streaming is interrupted to buffer and I have a very fast internet connection but maybe my router isn't the best. I don't know. Sorry, internet radio you're not ready for prime time. PS- Amazon customer service is the best.
Setup instructions -worthless
wifi capablities -worthless
sound and usage -worthless
Grace support -worthless
Didn't last a year save your money, I didn't now its going to the dump and me less a C note.
Two years ago I bought a Receiva WiFi radio for the bedroom night stand and now I can't do without it. Ever since getting the first one I've wanted a second WiFi for the kitchen and/or bathroom, A Grace WiFi refurbished by the factory in San Diego, seemed like a great deal at $95. It only has five pre-sets, but that's about all I use, anyway.
I read all of the negative technical issues listed on Amazon's feedback evaluations by other users, but since the factory said these have been addressed and solved I decided to take a chance. About 1/2 hour was required to set it up because I was already familiar with the Receiva system and firmware, which Grace also uses. Anyone unfamiliar with the system will likely be flummoxed. This is definitely a geek's plaything, and I'm not a geek.
The instruction manual, if you can call it that, is one of the worst I've ever seen and was obviously written by an amateur. An old tech writing rule says, "Don't write so you can be understood; write so you can't be misunderstood." The text is tiny and hard to read. Phrases and words are used that can have more than one interpretation. There is just too much wrong with this confusing instruction manual to address here, but I will cite one example: Frequent reference is made to the "enter" key, but nowhere in the manual could I find its location. I finally spotted the word ENTER lightly cast into the big black scroll knob and found that pushing the knob entered the command. After that discovery things progressed better.
I was about to start packing the unit for returning to the seller because data would not be accepted. On a hunch I thought the problem might be that I was too close to the modem and tried moving further away, into the next room. That did the trick, no thanks to the instruction manual.
I tried to pre-select two talk-news stations (KNX, L.A. and WBAP, Dallas). They wouldn't load because Grace, in their zeal to have instant "ON" stations doesn't allow enough buffering time between trys. I get these stations on my Receiva radio so It wasn't a big deal. I just pre-selected two more music stations.
The Grace is nice looking. Even with its ported base the sound is only average, but good enough for me. Its weight suggests quality. Another nice thing is that it plugs directly into an outlet instead of going through an external "wall scab" power supply.
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