Com One Phoenix Radio

frank · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 44

Looks nice. I'd have a problem not being able to add stations to the database, though. Of course, since I'm in the US, DAB wouldn't be of much use, right?

Like that it's stereo - something sorely lacking in most WiFi radios for some reason.

Mars Mug · Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 20

It is possible to add Internet stations to the database. Like you say DAB isn’t in the US.

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taurus666 · Joined: 07 Dec 2009 Posts: 1

I too have been unable to get the Phoenix Radio to work. It has not worked since I took it out of the box. The batteries do not charge and fresh batteries do not work. It fails to connect with any wifi network. I have emailed my complaints and demanded my money back. As I read these posts it is clear to me that this company is a den of thieves. Their product is defective, they do not support it and they do not respond to complaints. Have you ever tried to call their toll free number? What a joke. You get a busy signal or sometimes a message that says that number cannot be dialed from the states. I too would be willing to pursue a class action lawsuit. I would be willing to help create a fund to acomplish this. This company needs to be stopped at any cost. Twisted Evil

wolf275 · Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 15

just do what i did with my radio i built it from the ground up on my account.i added a full shoutcast menu full of 8 thousand stations.and a reciva menu with over 10 thousand stations made my own AOL radio with all it's stations and Yahoo Launchcast with all it's stations..and i manually added all the bbc listen again services.now my radio is just as good as any radio out there.all you have to know how to do is add urls and add the stations name and use the url snooper program.i love my radio..and the site works great..best 80 bucks i ever spent!!!

wolf275 · Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 15

taurus666

i had the same problem with my radio..but here is a solution to fix it..take a piece of paper and stick it in the hole that your adapter connects into in the back of the radio..but make sure the paper is at the top of the hole..and put in your adapter..see the adapter on some of the radios is too small to fit in the hole nice and snug to get a proper charge for the radio to work and the batteries to charge..but the paper will make it fit in snug so your radio can finally work.. Smile

smilin'bob · Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 3

I guess the powers that be at Com One finally decided to pull the plug on the Phoenix. Tried to play the radio and nothing comes up.

wolf275 · Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 15

yes the site is totally down now..this is bullcrap..if they are indeed gone im gonna demand my money back i paid for my radio..and call the Better Business Bureau to take action against com one..paying all that money for the product and have them pull the site out from under us that we need to run our radios we bought is totally wrong!!!!!!

smilin'bob · Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 3

Yep. I should have checked to see if the website was still up before I foolishly hit the RESET feature on my radio. Now I can't even plug a USB with music on it and have it play. This thing is totally useless now.

wolf275 · Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 15

you can use windows media player 11 and still use the radio to play your music files on your computer i think..but if anyone who works for com one who reads this please let us know whats going on with the site!!.

smilin'bob · Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 3

Nah. Once I hit RESET, I lost the firmware and can't get it back now since their site is down. I went surfing to see if I could find the file somewhere...no luck. The Baracoda site is gone, the Orange Radio site is gone. The only thing left is their Com-One shop site still advertising the radio for 149 dollars...ha! The least they could have done is leave the wifi-radio.biz site up indefinitely, even if they had run out of business. What harm would that have done?

wolf275 · Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 15

i know..they shoulda kept the site up for those who have the radios..because the radios is worthless without the site..and i paid a lot of money for this damn thing hell if they didn't want to run the site anymore.they coulda sold the company to vtuner and have them load their software on our radios so we could still use it..cutting us off like this isn't right..we didn't spend a few dollars on these radios.most of us paid close to two hundred or more for these things..that's illegal practice if you ask me!!!!

karen · Joined: 10 Feb 2010 Posts: 2

I just went on to Phoenix website and my page is back to normal, listing all of my stations and presets. Maybe someone just realized that there were people out there who actually used the site. I just hope it stays there and we can enjoy our Phoenix (2). There were no new blogs to explain what happened.

Smilin' Bob · Joined: 19 Feb 2010 Posts: 3

...and I'm afraid there will be no more new blogs. As long as they keep the server going, I can live without the blogs from them. I do notice that my selection choice (France because it offers alot more stations) does get updated with new podcasts (50 Cent concert last week, something called Telerama this week).