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Few people use the word wireless to describe a radio anymore, but BT might be about to bring the term back into currency with its new Internet Radio, which wirelessly connects to your Wi-Fi network. Calling this product a radio is actually doing it something of a disservice – it will certainly play radio, but above and beyond even the most sophisticated of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radios, it can play thousands of stations from around the world, utilise the on-demand features usually only found on radio stations' websites and even stream your digital music collection from your home computer.

特性
The radio uses Reciva's service and, apart from the outer shell, is almost identical to the Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi Radio we reviewed last year. There's nothing wrong with that – the Acoustic Energy version was the best device we'd seen that included built-in speakers, but this BT version improves on the sound quality by adding stereo.

Reciva offers 6,509 stations to listen to and included all the ones we could think of. Visit the website if you want a preview of what you'll find on the player. The ability to use the on-demand services supplied by the BBC and certain other stations is also very useful, especially since you can also choose where in the program you want to start listening.

The media player aspect will tie in to Windows Media Player to play your tracks, including playlists you've set up yourself. However, if you use iTunes or something similar, you'll have to share your music folders or simply run a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) media server (like TwonkyMedia) on the side.

性能
To test the device we set it up in a fairly average domestic setting – with the Wi-Fi router positioned on a different floor and a small handful of computers vying for the attention of the network every now and then. We started the radio playing in the morning and it's still going as we write this later in the afternoon. Sound quality is pretty good – you wouldn't want to use it to run a disco or anything, but for a little portable device like this, the built-in speakers are fine. The most disappointing aspect of the performance is that it isn't compatible with WPA2, the current best standard for protecting your Wi-Fi network, though standard WPA and less attractive WEP can be used instead.

易用性
One of the things we didn't like were the buttons – words rather than symbols are used to describe the functions, which takes away the at-a-glance usability you get with the standard play/stop/skip symbols. There are also only six available preset stations, and although a shift key expands this to 12, it's easy to fill them up and wish for more, especially when you've got several thousand radio stations to choose from.

The instruction manual suggests using Windows' folder-sharing feature to play your digital music through the device, and this is fine to get you started. However, a better way – also described in the manual – is to set up Windows Media Player as a UPnP server, which means you can create playlists on your computer and have them streamed to your radio. This isn't quite so straightforward, but it makes life easier in the long run.

Value for money
This powerful device is certainly more expensive than a digital radio, but it has significantly more features. There are other products around that will do similar things but the benefit of this one is that it uses Reciva's excellent system, has built-in speakers and is £50 cheaper than its Acoustic Energy rival.

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