Grace ITC-IR1000B Wireless Internet Radio (black)
Manufacturer: Grace Digital Inc. Part number: ITC-IR1000B
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- A few minor flaws notwithstanding, the Grace Wireless Internet Radio is a great Wi-Fi radio at a relatively affordable price.
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User reviews
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Nice to be able to get your interent radio stations in any room
by samamori on December 19, 2007
Pros: I now listen to my internet radio stations in my kitchen
Cons: wish it had more presets
Summary: Pretty cool stand alone internet radio - a bit pricey but the least expensive one I have seen in the market. Its worked great since I bought it last month....
Summary: Pretty cool stand alone internet radio - a bit pricey but the least expensive one I have seen in the market. Its worked great since I bought it last month.
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I have had my radio for a few months now and love it. I just upgraded the firmware via their firwmare download in the menu. Since I am a Pandora user I was able to put my pandora name and passord into the www.reciva.com web site and now I am able to stream my pandora radio stations on my Grace radio. Pretty cool. I can even thumbs up or down and bookmark the songs to buy them later on itunes of amazon ...5 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Exceptional Wi-fi Radio
by atunis5804 on March 24, 2008
Pros: Appearance, easy setup,range of stations available, speaker quality
Cons: none worthy of note
Summary: What an exceptional radio! Was very easy to set up once you program the radios serial # and code into the Receiva website...The speaker quality is exceptional..The range of ...
Summary: What an exceptional radio! Was very easy to set up once you program the radios serial # and code into the Receiva website...The speaker quality is exceptional..The range of stations available is remarkable - more than 15,000 worldwide..I couldn't be happier with this radio and wouldn't hesitate to buy another..
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Perfect for my needs
by jsheaffer on February 28, 2009
Pros: easy to use, fantastic selection of stations, very good sound quality
Cons: For me, there are no significant minuses to this product
Summary: I've listened to the radio while falling asleep since I was a child. I've never lived in an area where there were a lot of stations to pick ...
Summary: I've listened to the radio while falling asleep since I was a child. I've never lived in an area where there were a lot of stations to pick up, however. My last radio was a CCRadio from C Crane Co. - an excellent radio with state-of-the-art reception capability... but there were still a very limited number of stations that I cared to listen to that could be picked up reliably.
Enter the internet radio... I'd wished there was such a product, and only found out about 6 months ago that this genre had appeared! For me, it's perfect. I now have no reception concerns, and have a choice of thousands of stations to listen to (chosen at the Reciva site on the internet - just register your radio, pick your stations, and you're set). I like news/talk, so I've programmed in the stations I used to listen to growing up in Pennsylvania. I've had the radio for about 3 months and I love it...1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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I love this thing!
by bmn_1213 on January 31, 2009
Pros: Beautiful piece of gear -- well laid out, easy to use, works out of the box, sounds good, nice to look at, great controls.
Cons: Too few presets. (Unlike others, I don't really care that it doesn't have an aux. input.) One of my favourite stations isn't on Reciva; I'll be interested to see if they add it now that I've asked for it.
Summary: A really delightful way to get into internet radio without starting up the darned PC.
Summary: A really delightful way to get into internet radio without starting up the darned PC.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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A great sound,light, stylish, limited in inputs/outputs
by liamhyland on December 27, 2008
Pros: I like the sound and the ability to move it around the house. It has a great number of stations to explore. I like listening to Irish radio stations and it has many of them. If you like BBC news you have all the news that worth listening.
Cons: It has limited inputs and outputs. It has five presets. I wish they had added a battery compartment and then it could be more versatile around the house.
Summary: I like this radio because of the sound and the style. My wife is happy it is small as she is a little uncomfortable with another audio/video unit added ...
Summary: I like this radio because of the sound and the style. My wife is happy it is small as she is a little uncomfortable with another audio/video unit added to the kitchen area but this one can be discretely placed in the house. Unfortunately, for Canadians we cannot sign up to the Pandora features due to licensing agreements.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Static Free, Content is Free too
by Justice Gustine on December 25, 2008
Pros: Sound Quality great for mp3 & wma music streams.
AM talk/sports radio stations with a clear sound
Reception as good as any laptop in my home
Stream from PC
Style reminds me of the old AM/FM single speaker radios that sounded so good, but modernized.Cons: Little learning curve in the menus.
Takes time to sync with changes in my Reciva settings.
Needs more weight or better foot-pads. Radio slides when pushing buttons. Or I need to learn the touch.Summary: Xmas present, was on Amazon wish list. So glad someone read it. Set up took some time for me, but after getting the hang of the menu/select/trwirl the ...
Summary: Xmas present, was on Amazon wish list. So glad someone read it. Set up took some time for me, but after getting the hang of the menu/select/trwirl the diakl/select thing I feel like a pro. I wanted it for static free internet radio and to listen to Pandora. I was surprised with the media streaming from the PC - woah that's cool, once I stumbled through the menu to find the playlsits on the PC. It really helps to know your PC's folder layout ahead of time.
Now that the hardware is set, I've been amazed at the variety of stuff that I can get piped in on the Grace. Pandora, ok. Some talk stations that normally come in only at night. Some music stations, natch. Then it gets weird. Police scanners from around the world. Ham radio. International programs. Podcasts. I put Buzz Out Loud on a preset button.
It took a while to sync up with the Reciva preferences. I expected instant results and spent some time searching the 'net for reasons. By the time I had given up and was about to post a question they were listed.
Cnet's review mentions you can't plug your iPod into it, but why do that when you can stream your library.
The workaround for onl;y 5 preset buttons - use the Reciva 'My Stations' feature. It works better than presets, I can scroll through all my saved stations and see the ID with it.
Features - I compare this to the tabletop radios of the 70s. One big speaker, a slide rule dial, knobs for Tuning, Volume and AF/FM. I'm not ready to deal with a radio that has more buttons than a Blackberry. You get it set up and you enjoy it.
If the hardware lasts I am buying another for the work location. Either way, I'm mesmerized by this.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great Sound, Great Reception, Great Price!
by faboofour on October 31, 2008
Pros: Easy to set up, great sound, works fine as a bedside clock-radio. Reciva allows for many more presets. Pandora a pretty cool service. Accesses all the music on my computers' hard-drives.
Cons: Too few presets, search and clock-radio functions kludgy, as is getting to Reciva presets. Pandora still buggy. Can't seem to set up logins for paid subscriber stations.
Summary: There are literally tens of thousands of online audio services and with this Grace radio, along with the Reciva website, I have access to almost everything. I don't know ...
Summary: There are literally tens of thousands of online audio services and with this Grace radio, along with the Reciva website, I have access to almost everything. I don't know why people have reported problems with alarms and such, since there are lots of alarm presets you can set to stations or music stored on your harddrive or a buzzer. You can wake up to one station on weekdays and another one on weekends, or a different station every day! Works fine for me, as does the sleep timer. Kinda hard to set the timer or alarms--it's menu driven and navigation can be tiresome if you're used to buttons or switches on your clock-radio. Only five presets is a bit annoying. More with Reciva, but again you have to go through the menus to get your stations. As mentioned, search on the radio is very limited--better to search and set on Reciva, but then it won't show up until Reciva reloads. Have some problems with Pandora: after a few songs, streaming would stop and got "Unable to load menu" messages in both Pandora and Reciva options until I "rebooted". Didn't happen yesterday, though, so jury's still out on that. And it would be nice if I could get my VIP Live365 stations rather than the generic one with the idiot commercials (annoying to hear an ad for AC/DC while listeing to a station playing sweet pop music from 1920s). Overall, though, an excellent product for the price. I'm very pleased.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Best gadget I've bought in a while
by pchoate on August 7, 2008
Pros: works well, easy to set up, fun toy!
Cons: can't play my playlist, not stereo, old school display
Summary: Bought this little jewel for my wife - a hardcore fan of Bay Area radio (KFOG, KGO) which we can't pick up here in Sacramento. It took me a ...
Summary: Bought this little jewel for my wife - a hardcore fan of Bay Area radio (KFOG, KGO) which we can't pick up here in Sacramento. It took me a while to find a live stream for KFOG because they have changed there website - but found a working one one at mms://uni4.susq.streamaudio.com/KFOG_FM
Downside is that although you can set your PC to share files and so it can play your MP3s it will not read your media player playlist into it's song queue.
It's a very cool radio - as long as you have a WiFi there are literally 1000's of stations to listen to.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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A Great Radio
by dbjohnson2 on August 5, 2008
Pros: Crisp Clear Audio; Great Station Selection; Good Price
Cons: None really; Wish it was portable
Summary: If you like listening to radio, have access to a broadband Internet connection and live in areas with poor reception or limited station availability, this is a Must Have.
A ...Summary: If you like listening to radio, have access to a broadband Internet connection and live in areas with poor reception or limited station availability, this is a Must Have.
A wireless router is required. A PC is required to initially select the stations and Podcasts you want to be able to listen to but needn't be running while using the radio.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Screen Goes Nuts
Pros: U can listen Worldwide Radio and Sirius and Pandora, Auepo, Live 365, and music from your pc
Cons: Knob Control no remote, hard to understand manual , screen blinks like mad, speakers staticy and sounds like going out, knob for volume falls off best to buy from company direct rather anywhere otherwise u could get a older no longer available model
Summary: best to buy from grace radio to get best deal and friendly service
Summary: best to buy from grace radio to get best deal and friendly service
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Grace Digital Inc.
- Part number: ITC-IR1000B
- Description: 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!
General
- Product type Network audio player / clock radio
- Color Black
- Depth 5.1 in
- Height 5.3 in
- Width 9.8 in
- Weight 4.4 lbs
Audio Features
- Amplifier total output power 4.5 Watt
- Timer Wake, Sleep
- Built-in clock Alarm, Timer, Digital clock
- Additional features Upgradeable firmware
Digital Player / Recorder
- Additional features Clock radio with alarm
Built-in Display
- Audio system built-in display LCD
- Backlight display Yes
CD System
- Digital audio standards supported MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, AIFF
Speaker System
- Speaker(s) 1 x Speaker Built-in
- Driver details Speaker . 1 Full-range driver 4 in
- Speaker system nominal (RMS) output power 4.5 Watt
Headphones
- Sound output mode Stereo
Connectivity
- Connector type 1 x Headphones Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
Battery / Power
- Power device type Power supply
- Operational power consumption 20 Watt
Product series
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Grace ITC-IR1000B Wireless Internet Radio (black)
Manufacturer: Grace Digital Inc.
Specs: Network audio player / clock radio, 4.5 Watt, 4.4 lbs, Black, 1 year warranty, LCD
Manufacturer info
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- Website: http://www.gracedigitalaudio.com/index.html
- Address:
13173-3 Black Mountain Road, San Diego, CA 92129 - Phone: 866-446-0961
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