Digital radios are better because they're easier to tune, or so the story goes. But how easy is easy? Today we unpacked Sony's sleek little black box, wheeled it down to the track and checked its nought-to-radio time. Here's how it went:
0:00 On the start line. We open the box and take out the radio, earphones, remote control, power adaptor and instructions.
01:0 Stalled already. It requires two AA batteries (not included). We go in search of power.
06:00 Turning the key. We insert the batteries, then insert the remote into the headphone socket and the earphones into the remote. The earphones go into our ears and we're ready to roll.
07:00 Picking up speed. Turn radio on. Scanning… scanning… scanning… music.
09:00 Off at the first corner. We're still listening to the same music, because we can't work out how to get to the next station. Pressing the ring doesn't work, even though it has 'up' and 'down' arrows. We resort to reading the instructions. Get bored before we find the answer.
11:00 Cruising nicely. We finally get to the next radio station… by pressing the button inside the ring, which is not only a button but also a two-way rocker switch. It's easy when you know how.
15:00 Chequered flag. We finish scrolling through 52 DAB stations. Phew. We've mastered the technology, now we need to get our heads round all these new radio programmes. -ML
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