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Pure Evoke Flow Portable DAB / FM / Internet Radio

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The secret, which Pure seems to want to keep close to its chest, lies with that button. A short press brings up the list of recallable presets; a long press offers the same list but this time with the heading “Save to Preset”. With the arrow keys on the button in the central well you navigate down to an available empty preset and you’re done. This would suit a user of fixed habits. But disarming a daily alarm to give yourself a lie-in tomorrow morning, for example, takes you about ten key presses deep into the menu. Main board resting on the worktop, display PCB arrowed The OLED display ribbon in situ, note pins 1-22 markedThe OLED display connects using a flexible printed circuit board ribbon. The connector is probably hidden under some masking tape which can be removed. In a discreetly lit room in the evening or during an early morning wake-up you need to be very familiar with the layout. The large volume button to the right of the well that also serves as a muting switch (short push) and a power switch (push and hold) has an illuminated ring round it. Something of this sort would have been helpful in the well.

The list shows only ten presets. But this is per input function: ten presets for each of the possible inputs other than Bluetooth. Bluetooth It’s certainly useful to have a screen that tells you what’s playing. Switched to Internet Radio, for example, you’re shown the current mode, the time of day, the name of the station with its logo and—depending on the station—details of what’s currently being broadcast.If necessary, re-insert the silver front panel ribbon, the right way round, into its own connector ensuring the flat ribbon is even and flush with the connector. Then remove the flexible ribbon from the connectorThe rear of the OLED plastic housing is detached by removing four small Philips screws. In addition to the buttons in the well, two rows of three buttons each immediately below the main Power/Volume knob make it easy to switch between preset stations. Six buttons in total doesn’t seem like a lot of presets. There are fewer, in fact, as only buttons 1-4 are numbered. The other two show left and right facing arrows and are used for scanning between stations. The internet radio landscape has seen significant advancements in recent years, with newer formats such as Podcast and HLS Streaming becoming the new market standard. These new platforms offer customers a more advanced audio listening experience, which is not supported by the Flow platform . As a result, Pure has made the difficult decision to shut down Flow and focus on developing the newer technologies available. THE SINGLE WIRE (ARROWED) CONNECTING THE SNOOZEHANDLE IS QUITE TAUT. IT IS SOLDERED AT BOTH ENDS AND CANNOT BE DISCONNECTED WITHOUT DESOLDERING IT. TAKE CARE NOT TO TUG OR STRAIN THIS WIRE OR THE TINY PCB CONNECTING THE SNOOZE HANDLE MAY BE DAMAGED!

Yes, you can. Or you use it with one of its other functions (DAB/DAB+, FM), before you decide to get rid of it. But if you only use internet radio, and you don’t want to gift it to a social cause, you can of course recycle it safely. For the UK, go visit recycle.now - by typing in your post code, you can find the closest location. The Evoke Play comes with an external switching mode power supply that connects to the radio with a conventional barrel connector. An optional rechargeable battery is available as a cost option (see below). So ensure you don’t strain this wire. You can easily pull the two-pin loudspeaker wire connection off the main board. This frees up things to give more access to the innards. When the Flow Cloud is turned off, the ‘Pure Connect’ mobile app and internet radio functionality in Pure Flow radios will no longer work. All other functions of these radios, such as DAB/DAB+ and FM reception, will continue to function normally. Tested Technology wishes it could recommend the Evoke Play’s FM function as an alternative to DAB. The reality is that while DAB and DAB+ offer really very acceptable quality that well matches the capabilities of the radio’s analogue output stage, the radio’s FM reception here at Tested Technology Towers is not as good.Flow is Pure’s cloud-based ecosystem that supports the functionality of Pure internet radios and the ‘Pure Connect’ mobile app. The embedded software in Pure Flow radios and the mobile app obtain program information from the Flow cloud. Therefore, when the Flow cloud is switched off, the ‘Pure Connect’ mobile app and the internet radio functionality in Pure Flow radios will stop working. All other functions of these radio devices, such as DAB/DAB+ and FM reception, continue to work normally. The rear panel resting on the workbench. Take care not to strain the taut blue wire (SnoozeHandle PCB)A word of warning,

Pure says the internet radio landscape has evolved significantly in recent years, with newer formats such as podcast and HLS streaming becoming the new market standard. “These new platforms offer customers a more advanced audio experience no longer supported by the Flow platform. Because of this, Pure made the difficult decision to shut down Flow and focus on developing newer technologies.” Not that there’s any easy way to discover how to store presets higher than four. The manual only says: “PRESETS: Long press a preset button to save your favourite station as a preset. Short press a preset button to recall either preset.” Not a word about storing presets higher than the number 4, for which there is no button. The original promise of DAB was high fidelity audio without interference and the very first DAB broadcasts in the UK (test transmissions of birdcalls) employed a wide radio bandwith, providing excellent audio quality. As newer DAB radio stations crowded into the airways DAB quality fell alarmingly and many audiophiles preferred to return to FM transmissions to listen to concerts. In 2008 I received a PURE Evoke Flow DAB/ Internet radio as a birthday gift and this cherished radio receiver had been on duty ever since as a portable Internet tuner (thanks to a Chargepak rechargeable battery), doubling as a bedside radio with dual alarms and wireless remote control. The radio recharged overnight ready for a busy day ahead, seated on my desk. The PURE Evoke Flow opened up a new world of online streaming radio with integral services such as Pure Sounds (rainfall, babbling brooks, breaking waves etc.) and BBC Listen Again, both of which, sadly, have long since been discontinued and are greatly missed. I’m happy to say this is working perfectly, a nice bright yellow display just like the original and it dims as required.

Setting any of these four buttons to a preset simply requires tuning to the station and pressing and holding the required preset button until the message “Preset stored” appears on the screen.

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