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Pure 'The Bug'

Guide price: £119.00

Pause, rewind and record live radio with The Bug, a DAB radio with a unique style and advanced features.

The Bug was born of the award winning PURE Digital engineering pedigree and a great design from Wayne Hemmingway. Available in either cool white and chrome or sophisticated graphite-metallic and chrome finishes the mains powered Bug will look good in any situation. The Bug features a large blue backlit LCD display mounted on a flexible neck, stereo speakers, a telescopic DAB aerial and superb connectivity including USB connector, SD card slot, S/PDIF digital and analogue outputs and a headphone socket.

As well as bringing you superb quality audio and all of the other benefits of DAB digital radio broadcasting, the Bug brings life to radio by allowing you to pause, rewind and record live radio. Multiple alarms, record timers, the ability to play MP3s, station presets and equalisation settings are among the other clever features packed inside its compact but perfectly formed body.

Description: Stereo digital radio with full Band III reception capability, for reception of all UK DAB broadcasts. Compliant with ETS 300 401 and capable of decoding all DAB transmission modes 1-4 up to and including 384 kbps.

Frequency Range: Band III, 174 - 240 MHz, with fast autotune feature.

Speakers: Two 3" x 1.5" custom-wound oval drive units.

Input Connectors: USB; Secure Digital memory card slot; 9V DC power; RF F for 75 Ohm DAB aerial (telescopic aerial supplied).

Output Connectors: 3.5 mm headphone; 3.5 mm stereo; USB; Secure Digital memory card slot; and Optical (S/PDIF) Toslink connector.

Base Section Controls: Navigator with centre select/standby, Menu, Record, Autotune, Info and ReVu/Snooze.

Display Section Controls: Six context-sensitive navigation and dynamic preset buttons.

Angle-adjustable Display: High-visibility fully graphical blue/white display with 122x32 dot graphics.

Power Supply: Mains via 230 AC to 9V DC external power adapter.

Dimensions (mm): 205 deep x 285 wide x 236 high.

Aerial: 700 mm half-wavelength eight-section telescopic.

Technical support: Telephone support hotline, e-mail and internet web site.

Warranty: 2 years