Comments on: Com One Phoenix WiFi/IP Radio Review

By: Steve Fabricant

Steve Fabricant — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:42:47 +0000

Looks like the migration worked out very well. Moving stations (radios) to your own device is much faster now, AND I was able to add a station streaming URL that I couldn’t before! (I also learned that the station has to be streaming at the time you try to add it….).

Thank you Phoenix/Orange/Com One/Baracoda, and I hope you’re keeping all those brands straight.

By: SzuleZ

SzuleZ — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:27:41 +0000

Migration under process!

http://wifiradio.wordpress.com/

By: John Figliozzi

John Figliozzi — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:12:24 +0000

My understanding from the company is that a new web site and interface (along with possibly another firmware update) is scheduled to be implemented by around the 15th of March. It will be similar to the update to the Orange Liveradio website in France. However, until then it will not be possible to add new “radios” (stations) that are not already on offer on the current beta web site.

By: Philippe

Philippe — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:16:29 +0000

On the website, I go to “Options”, “Manage my catalog”, “Add new contents” and then I type in my flow.

Any flow I type ends up with the same message : “the stream cannot be checked or is not compatible…”

Did anybody succeed ?

By: Steve Fabricant

Steve Fabricant — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:16:33 +0000

Philippe, are you trying to add new stations to the website? That really doesn’t seem to be possible now. Hopefully there will be a new website soon!

If you are trying to add radios from the existing website to your own Phoenix set, there is no problem in using the website, but you can also do it with the Phoenix unit directly. If you access the website you just drag the station you want on your set from the lefthand column to the right side.

By: Philippe

Philippe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:45:36 +0000

Hello,

Could you please give me tips on how to add new radios ?

I always get “the stream cannot be checked…” – including extensions… mp3… mtu

Thanks !!!

Philippe

By: John Figliozzi

John Figliozzi — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:11:35 +0000

I, too, have not been successful in getting responses to my e-mail questions. However, a phone call to the number on the web site did produce a live person on the other end who stated emphatically that the Phoenix is still very much being supported and that a new web site should be ready during the “first quarter” of 2008. As for adding stations, the interface facility provided on the web site does work, but it’s obvious that some types of streaming are not supported or compatible with the unit. For example, I have been unable to add RTE Radio 1 (Ireland) because the unit’s software (or is that “firmware”) does not yet support the method RTE uses to stream even though it falls under the Realmedia rubric. Given the number of formats in use on the internet, it will be well nigh impossible to support all of them unless a standard (or fewer standards) become the norm.

By: Steve Fabricant

Steve Fabricant — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:19:14 +0000

I am also pleased with the Phoenix Com One. It does what it is meant to do pretty darned well. But a website that has been in beta for so long, and a non-responsive “contact” makes me worry that some day my little gadget might be orphaned. I tried to add a URL and was advised to wait while someone or other does something. I’ll post again when it appears in their catalog!

By: John Figliozzi

John Figliozzi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:17:52 +0000

This a worthy effort in my estimation. This genre of radio is a work in progress mostly, but the Phoenix hits most of the right notes. An attractive enclosure, easy set-up, a web interface with automated firmware updates and capacity for personal additions to the stations database, surprisingly good audio for its size, portability. Acknowledging that it’s all still in beta, would like to see added space on the web site for users to share experiences and gain answers from developers and each other, as well as (of course) continuously stepped-up capabilities overall. It’s a good start, but how good it remains and improves depends on continued support from Com One and open discussion with its users.

By: Perry Solheim

Perry Solheim — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:47:55 +0000

I’ve thrown away all my music gadgets, and now just use PCs hooked up to the stereo and TV. On sites like http://www.tubejuke.com I find all the music I could want for!

By: Bozo

Bozo — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:14:46 +0000

Eight years after the Kerbango 100E and this is what we get? How much are they hoping to sell this for? With the sad display and 70s-portable-radio design ethic it had better be way below $100 … $49.95 perhaps?