Roberts SportsDAB5 Personal Digital Radio Review

[@starsnstuff842]

I'm a gardener and I've used mine for a few years now. In the rough and tumble of my work the case looks a bit tatty and I've even dropped it a few times but its a hardy bit of kit and it just keeps on going. A lot of older DAB radios have lost stations over the last year or so due to DAB+ but this unit has kept the full catalogue .

[@oo_rahh]

i have this radio and i use it when i go camping and i like using it an hour before i go to sleep, i decided to bye a dab radio as i did not want to use the battery on my phone in fact i leave my phone behind and just take the dab, there is on ebay a case for the radio which gives it a little more protection and stops it from getting scratched, i love my sports dab 5, and i have taken it to the gym. it has a sleep timer and i always put it on for 90 minutes before it turns off, however you should make sure it is locked, as its easy to accidentally turn the radio on by touching the power or volume buttons accidently. good video. and a fabulous radio

[@normanhill535]

A.K.A known and made by Sangean (DPR-40). Great FM with RDS, used in USA too. Look forward to using it on DAB+ during my next trip ( Monaco, France and Italy, and maybe the UK ). Cheers from the USA and stay healthy. Oh, love Smooth FM and BBC Radio4

[@digitalradiochoice7157]

Thank you for the comment. Sangean certainly have some interesting radios - the Roberts SportsDAB6 no longer appears to be available, but the Sangean DPR-35 is. Two DAB multiplexes are due to launch in France this summer. Best wishes for your trip, I hope it can go ahead soon.

[@tonymagnier9846]

You omitted to mention the micro USB port in the battery compartment to update the radio's software. Also the backlight can be increased to max to see the dot matrix display in the sun. Good review, thanks.

[@normanhill535]

Oh, thanks for the great review. Cheers and best wishes from America.

[@martinvegas1327]

Smooth radio sound good with a decent reception? I have an old bush one and smooth north east cuts out👀

[@paulinekirk2012]

So hard to tune in. Only doing mono. Worked OK for the last year.now all channels gone. Old lady struggling .

[@80s_kid.]

HI DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS HAS GOT BASS AND TREBLE CONTROL ? Can't Seem to Find it, Thanks.

[@Thunderpaws111]

I’m struggling. Brand new Sports DAB5. I live in Birmingham, so surely I should find some stations available in DAB mode? I’ve scanned multiple times, ‘Service not available.’ Not one station! There is no signal strength showing, top left at all. I’m using the jog wheel to scroll through possible stations - press and hold the jog wheel, a message says ‘connecting,’ but then I’m back to ‘service not available!’ Not even BBC radio! I’m going round in circles. It isn’t in lock mode. I know I must be doing something wrong….please help! Thank you.

[@digitalradiochoice7157]

The radio uses the earphones as the antenna and it sounds like there might be a problem with the radio getting a signal. If you plug the earphones in and switch to the FM mode can you hear BBC WM on 95.6FM or Free Radio on 96.4FM? If those FM stations are also not available it could be a problem with the earphones or the radio itself. Do you have some other earphones you could try? If FM is working OK you could try extending the earphone cable vertically and perform a scan or factory reset. If it still doesn't find stations or says 'Service not available' the radio could be faulty and you could try returning it for a replacement.

[@darranmoore]

Thanks for review, seeing bBC Tees flag up is enough for me to have placed order as only using to listen to commentary when at the Riverside #UTB

[@jackcrawford3921]

I’ve got one of these now - it’s good so far but the battery cover seems to be flimsy and once you take it off to put the batteries in, it’s hard to put back on! It pulled in all the stations on both DAB and FM in my area (Knottingley, West Yorkshire) with ease! Now, I’m a Leeds Utd fan - and most of the time when we play, BBC Radio Leeds put our matches on the FM frequency, so this radio is great for me if I want to listen to Leeds matches whilst on the move!

[@lonegroover]

2:22 - Seaton Carew, looking towards the Headland?

[@digitalradiochoice7157]

Yes, well spotted!

[@martinvegas1327]

Sounds best with Soundmagic E11. DRC set on high seems to help with the 'S' sound. Smooth sounds good👍

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

Aha! you got one. I saw a comment from you under another video asking a guy if it sounded good on Smooth and he just said he didn't know because he didn't listen to Smooth (well, one would've thought it wouldn't have hurt him to turn it over to Smooth for a couple of seconds just to answer your question but, ho hum).

[@martinvegas1327]

I am happy with it my friend thanks@@RenaissanceEarCandy

[@michaeljoseph1018]

Can you listen without headphones?

[@Pipkins0263]

No

[@Pipkins0263]

You have to listen with headphones on 😢

[@edwardwilliammorris1340]

Can you use rechargeable 1.2v AA batteries? Nice review 👍

[@plymrock5685]

Yes I use rechargeable batteries and it last around 12 to 20 hours for me.

[@JamesPhillipsOfficial]

Any idea what the Micro Usb slot above the battery compartment is for? I tried to run it off the wall power 5v charger both usb 2.0 and 3.0 to no avail.. I assume it's to charge re-chargeable batteries in situ. I lost the instructions, thanks for any help fourthcoming.

[@familymediacentre2547]

Nope. Not mentioned in the instructions

[@8522331187]

How do you set the time and date on this model? The instructions booklet does not explain. Only in DAB mode will it automatically set up. Can you set it u in FM mode? Thanks!

[@digitalradiochoice7157]

It doesn't look like there is an option to set the time and date manually in either mode. I've just tried using the factory reset and switching to FM mode, so that the time isn't set from a DAB station. After tuning into Classic FM in FM mode the time is set correctly after a minute or so.

[@8522331187]

Digital Radio Choice well done to you! I just did the same in FM mode and after 3 minutes both the clock and date were set automatically! Happy days! Thanks again!👍😀I'm a happy bunny🐰!

[@pkk639]

Anyone tried it with a bluetooth transmitter? I want to use it on my dog walks but having wired earphones is a real pain as they'll get caught and constantly pulled out.

[@tonymagnier9846]

the headphone cord acts as an antenna so you need that to receive stations, bluetooth adapter wont do anything for reception.

[@martinvegas1327]

Still cuts out but hey ho👍