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Grace Digital Wireless Internet Radio featuring Pandora and NPR (GDI-IR2000) |  | Brand: Grace Digital
Department: Personal & Portable
List Price: $254.58
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Rating:  65 reviews
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8 x 6.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: GDI-IR2000
Model: GDI-IR2000
UPC: 961613148681
EAN: 0893153002133
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| Features:
| • | Wirelessly stream over 16,000 AM or FM radio stations in pure digital with no static over your home internet connection. | | • | Select stations by region, country, station name or by over 50 musical genres including talk radio, country, classical, news, BBC, NPR, iheartradio,CBS,CNN,NOAA weather stations etc | | • | Pandora - Enter your Pandora account for playing this customized streaming radio | | • | Listen to your Sirius stations with Sirius Premimum Internet radio service | | • | Wirelessly stream your music library from your PC or MAC |
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Product Description
Grace WiFi Radio
Amazon.com Product Description
The Grace Digital Innovator II (GDI-IR2000) Wi-Fi radio is a combination Internet radio and audio media streaming device that brings all the audio content of the Internet within listening distance, wherever you are. With it users can listen to 16,000+ radio stations from NPR, FOX news, CNN, BBC, CBS to KROQ, over 35,000 podcast, 20,000+ On-Demand subscription streams or your personal Pandora radio stations. Additional features include an auxiliary input jack to play your iPod, iPhone or any audio source through two built-in speakers, the ability to stream files from local computer networks, compatibility with the free Grace remote control App for iPhone/iTouch, interoperability with stereo/home entertainment systems and alarm clock functionality. Convenient Access to Online Music in Your Home
AM and FM radio stations all over the world stream their audio content over the Internet. Grace Digital Audio's Innovator II allows you take advantage of this massive amount of free content, as well as a variety of subscription Internet radio services conveniently and efficiently through a single, untethered device. Setup is simple, all you need is access to a broadband Internet connection via a wireless router. Acting like any wireless device, once configured to the Wi-Fi signal(s) available and its security, if any, the Innovator II provides quick access to literally thousand of Internet radio stations and podcasts without having to fire up a computer. Users can listen to the hottest premium online music services like Pandora, Live365 and Sirius*. In addition, the Innovator II facilitates even further audio functionality, both through its auxiliary port, allowing for use with the iPhone, iTouch and other devices, as well as streaming of audio files directly from your PC or Mac to the Innovator II's front and rear-ported speakers. Supported formats include: audio - AIFF, AIFC, WAVE, CAF, Next, ADTS, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WMA; playlist - ASX, M3U, PLS; streaming protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, RTSP, WSMP, Shoutcast. Users can also utilize either the full function remote control included, with its 10 presets, search and song skip functionality, or control the unit via iPhone / iPod Touch.  Easy access to thousands of free and premium Internet radio content streams, special Reciva.com functionality, an auxiliary port and more.
View larger. |  Additional back port speaker and headphone jack for richer listening experiences.
View larger. |  Full functional remote included.
View larger. |  Support for optional iPhone/iTouch remote app.
View larger. | Remote Control Via iPhone / iTouch App
The Grace Remote control application, available for free on iTunes, allows you to go where no IR remote has gone before. Control one or more of your Grace Internet radios from your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can change the volume, turn it on or off, find stations and set presets or even set any one of your five alarms. Grace Internet Radio Models Feature Comparison | | Solo
(GDI-IRA500) | Innovator II
(GDI-2000) | Allegro
(GDI-IRD4000) | | Why Buy? | - Internet radio to your stereo
- Remote Control
| - Entry level price
- Great sound quality
- AUX in jack
| - Built-in smart battery charger
- Remote control w/ Pandora
- 5 alarms w/snooze bar
|  | | | |  | | | |  | | | |  | | | | | iPhone remote compatible | | | | | Remote control | | | | | Works with 802.11 b/g/n | | | | | Headphone jack | | | | | Can connect to stereo | | | | | AUX in jack | | | | | Number of presets on radio / remote | 10 / 10 | 10 / 10 | 12 / 10 | | Internet radio stations content management | | | | | Display | 4 line backlight display | 4 line backlight display | 4 line backlight display | | Dimensions (inches) | 6w x 3.25h x 3d | 10w x 6h x 5d | 5w x 6.5h x 4d | | Weight | 7 lbs | 8 lbs | 7 lbs | Available Content Overview
Although their are thousands of Internet radio content providers available, a few of the main players users can expect to gain access to immediately through the Grace Digital Audio Innovator II include:  | Reciva brings the world of 17,000+ Internet radio stations into your home. Access to an extremely diverse range of Internet radio stations from around the world, with broadcasts from nearly every country on the planet. | FREE |  | CBS RADIO is one of the largest major-market operators in the United States with stations covering news, sports, talk, rock, oldies, country, adult contemporary and urban formats, among others. | FREE |  | iHeartRadio delivers America's favorite radio stations online at www.iHeartRadio.com and as an application on your iPod Touch, iPhone, Blackberry and Android Phones! Enjoy music from across the country in real time--all for FREE! | FREE | | Pandora radio is the personalized Internet radio service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites. Create custom web radio stations all for free or subscribe for an advertisement free listening experience. | Free or Premium | | Sirius is the original 100% commercial-free music Satellite radio service and official home of the NFL, Howard Stern, Martha Stewart and NASCAR. | $2.99/mon (w/current subscription) | | Featuring 260+ genres of music produced by 5,000+ broadcasters and music tastemakers from over 150 countries the LIVE365 radio networkoffers greater breadth and depth of high-quality streaming music, talk, and audio that any other network. | FREE or VIP Pricing |  | MP3tunes offers an online music Locker which can be accessed from any computer or web-enabled device so you can enjoy your music at home, work or school via a Wi-Fi radio. | FREE |  | NPR delivers breaking national and world news. Also top stories from business, politics, heath, science, technology, music, arts and culture available via a Wi-Fi radio. | FREE | Specifications - General
- Listen to over 50,000 radio stations, podcast, and on demand content
- Supports online music services: Pandora, Live365 and premium Sirius Internet radio
- Compatible with the Grace iPhone / iTouch remote control application
- 4 line high contrast backlit display
- Displays station, song title and artist info
- Full function remote with 10 presets
- 10 presets on the radio + 99 station folder
- 16 Language Menu: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Japanese
- Audio
- High powered Grace Digital amplifier
- Large soundstage full range speaker
- 3.5mm Stereo headphone jack (included headphone to RCA cable allows for connection to stereo systems)
- 3.5mm auxiliary input jack
- Built in dual band equalizer
- Supported audio formats: AIFF, AIFC, WAVE, CAF, Next, ADTS, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WMA
- Supported playlist formats: ASX, M3U, PLS
- Supported streaming protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, RTSP, WSMP, Shoutcast
- Built in media player streams your audio files from your PC or MAC
- Networking
- True 802.11g wireless connectivity
- Works with all 802.11b/g/n routers
- Supports WPA personal, WPA2-AES, and 64/128-bit WEP encryption
- Clock and Alarm
- 12 or 24 hour clock with date and time auto synched via the Internet
- 5 individual alarms with the option to wake to buzzer or music
- Set each alarm for daily, weekly, weekend, week days or one time
- Sleep timer: 30 seconds to 23 hours
- 30 backlight brightness settings
What's in the Box
1-Innovator II Wi-Fi radio (GDI-IR2000), 1-remote control and batteries, 1-3.5mm to RCA cable, 1-power adapter, 1-user's manual. One-Year Limited Warranty
All Grace Digital Audio products purchased in the United States of America are supported by a conditional warranty. This item is guaranteed by Grace Digital Inc. for a period of one (1) year from the original date of purchase. This guarantee covers the replacement of equipment that proves to be faulty as a result of manufacturing faults only. No liability can be accepted for faults arising from accident or misuse. About Grace Digital, Inc.
Founded in 2007, Grace Digital Inc. is based in San Diego, California. Grace Digital Inc. innovates a wide variety of award winning communications convergence technology products for business and consumer applications. Capabilities include everything from product design and engineering, to manufacturing, marketing, distribution and supply chain management. Grace Digital's far-reaching distribution network spans from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and their vision is to create technologically advanced, yet elegantly simple communications convergence products, together with a commitment to the highest levels of quality, service and support. *Sirius subscribers have to upgrade their service to Premium Sirius Internet Radio. |
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 What a Great Radio March 6, 2009
Techno Geek Guru (USA)
88 out of 89 found this review helpful
UPDATE: I was so happy with my first IR2000 I purchaced another one for home.
This is a great radio. I've owned it for nearly a week now and it's worked flawlessly. I was looking for a radio for my desk at work and I couldn't have made a better choice. Over the past few weeks I read every review I could find about every internet radio on the market. I finally decided on this one. I really love it. The sound is great but don't expect to be using it on full volume to cover your entire house. Here is my list of likes and dislikes and I hope it helps.
Like's:
- The size was perfect for my desk
- It looks very stylish
- I fired up the radio and had it working within minutes without reading the manual
- It was very easy to register at [...] and automatically download my radio stations and streams.
- I added some personal streams and they appeared on the screen of the radio within minutes.
- It was very easy to browse stations around the world without the use of my [...] account.
- The Audio sounded really good. Especially for the size of the radio
- WIFI setup was very simple. I moved it from one network to another and it remembered both password keys (WEP & WPA)
- The signal strength was really good especially with an internal antenna
- Navigation on the screen was very simple.
- When available it scrolled song or audio information across the screen. E.g. I tuned into aircraft traffic control after I added it to own streams after finding in on a website and within minutes weather information was scrolling across the screen.
- The remote is simple to use
- External input for an MP3 player, etc is a great addition
- It can stream audio from just about anywhere.....Radio Station Streams, Pandora, Sirius, Your PC, any MP3/REAL Audio/WMA stream off the net....
Dislike's:
- The headphone jack is on the back. I use my headphone a lot and it's a pain having to pull the radio forward each time I want to plug them in. The Aux (External) input should be on the back and the headphone input should be on the front.
- Although it's good that the radio is light, it tends to slide a little when I press the select button at times.
- I looked at the manual after I got everything working and it's laid out OK. They could lay it out just a little better.
Conclusion.
The radio is well worth the money. It's very easy to use and setup. The sound is great. The menus are easy to use. It's built well. In all it's a fantastic radio. If I were purchase another radio for my desk, beside my bed or on a table in the lounge room, I would buy another one of these for sure. In fact, I'm thinking about it right now. I give this one 5/5.
Grace GDI-IR2000 March 13, 2009
L. Lofthouse
40 out of 40 found this review helpful
This review is for the Grace GDI-IR1000 or GDI-IR2000 internet radio. This product is an updated version of the ITC-IR1000. The only difference between toe 1000 and 2000 is that the 2000 has a remote control.
Network setup was relatively straightforward. I don't normally broadcast my SSID, and I use MAC address filtering, so before scanning for my network I turned SSID broadcast on and disabled MAC filtering. Once I acquired the network I found the radio's MAC address and added it to my allowed devices and turned off SSID broadcast again.
The manual has you connect to[...] where you can register your radio, add stations to your list or set up Pandora. Once you've registered you'll have access to your stations and Pandora directly from the radio. It usually takes about 15 minutes for your radio to be recognized and access your lists. You can also directly access all 15,000 plus radio stations directly from the radio.
Pandora is the icing on the cake for this radio. Once you're registered you can add artists or songs and get customized playlists of similar material. You can select an individual artist to create a playlist from or you can choose QuickMix, which will play selections from everything you choose from your list.
The radio now has 10 presets, using 5 preset buttons plus a shift button for the second 5. This is enough for my needs, but you can always access your favorite stations from the menu if you need more presets.
One surprise I got early on is that if the Reciva website is down, you won't receive any radio broadcasts. The clock also won't function. The upside is that once you configure your time zone the radio clock will synchronize with a network time server.
Audio quality is very good for a tabletop radio. It's certainly not hi fi quality, but nice for what the product is.
Labels on this radio are no longer a problem. They peel off easily in one piece.
Clock size, as mentioned by others is very small. It would be nice if there was a way to make the clock display larger when the radio isn't playing.
When I received my radio, as configured it took about a minute to connect to my network every time I turned it on, plus several seconds to acquire a station after one was selected. It also didn't remember the last station selected. I never found it in the manual, but under , Stay connected to wireless in standby needs to be set to yes. Now the radio only takes a couple seconds to acquire a station and it remembers the last station selected.
I'm very happy with this purchase.
Surprised with the audio quality March 11, 2009
RJC (NY)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic radio, I've owned it for just over a week, with no
issues. I was very positively surprised with the audio quality
produced by the Grace GDI-IR2000. After going into
"Equalization", in the Settings Menu, adjusting the Treble and
Bass, the sound is amazing. Registering my Grace GDI-IR2000 at
Reciva.com was quick and easy. After setting up an account, I put
in the S/N and radio ID numbers of my radio, that are found in the
settings menu of the radio.
Pros:
- Fantastic sound quality.
- Had zero issues with connection to Internet
-Ten preset station buttons
- Easy to use menus
Cons:
- Clock too small, as a clock radio the numbers are only 1/4 the size of the full screen making it difficult to read at night, without my glasses. It would be better if the clock numbers filled the full screen area when in an inactive mode.
Great Internet Radio May 25, 2009
J. D. Beischel (Cincinnati, OH USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is my second Internet Radio. They have been popular in Europe for years and finally seem to be catching on in the U.S.A. The Grace radios are really sweet. Not only can they receive over 13,000 stations from across the world, but Grace supports Pandora, Aupeo and even Sirius (you have to pay for Sirius, but all others are free). The set-up is easy and the sound is incredible. We even connected it from the headphone jack to the input of our stereo and it really works great. Although I wish they have an aux output so we could use that instead of the headphone jack. Once you go Internet radio, you'll never go back to AM/FM or even sat. Even if you still want to listen to your favorite AM/FM station, you can probably still receive it since most stations have an Internet feed. Also, this radio uses the Reciva technology and they support the Clear Channel stations in the U.S.A.
Best value for an Internet Radio!! March 2, 2009
Ed Babineau (Alpharetta, GA United States)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic Internet radio. I spent days comparing every model I could find and reading all of the reviews and the Grace Wifi Radio had the best combination of price, features, sound and looks. I have had it for three weeks now and I haven't had any issues. The setup was simple and it connects to the stations must faster than my old Acoustic Energy WiFi Radio. The remote control is my favorite feature even though I listen to it when I go to bed I don't have to reach over to the nightstand I just use the remote. (I know, I'm lazy) I also love that I can search for the stations that I like on the website and then add them to a list and the radio loads them when I turn it on. The only radio that is even close to this is the CC WiFi Radio. It has the same price, has a remote, and is a little smaller but I saw lots of reviews that said the sound quality is terrible compared to the Grace.
You will love this radio!
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