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Livio Internet Radio Featuring Pandora | 
| Brand: Livio Radio
List Price: $199.99
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Rating:  39 reviews
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.4
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 7 x 9.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: LV001
Model: LV001
UPC: 897330002039
EAN: 0897330002039
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| Features:
| • | The Livio Radio, featuring Pandora, goes beyond making more than 11,000 free Internet radio stations easily accessible anywhere | | • | The easiest way to enjoy Pandora Internet Radio at home or at the office, without the need of a computer | | • | The first Internet Radio to feature the Thumb-up and Thumb-down controls right in the front of the unit | | • | Pandora is your personal DJ; Enter the name of an artist or song and start listening; | | • | Give songs a Thumb Up or Thumb Down and Pandora will instantly change the music selection to better match your tastes |
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Product Description
Livio Radio featuring Pandora
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 39
 Create your own Radio Station August 4, 2009
the gray geezer (Grayling, MI, USA)
37 out of 37 found this review helpful
if you can connect to the internet, you can use Pandora to create your very own "radio station" which will play the kinds of music you like, (you select it from a huge library of all recorded music, from the earliest days of radio until now). and if you can create a Pandora account, you can not only play your favorite music on your computer, but (and especially if you have a laptop with those tiny, little tinny speakers), you can improve on your computer speakers by buying and using an "internet radio" to listen to the music.
an "internet radio" uses your internet connection (it makes a wireless connection to your main computer or it makes a network connection -- via an ethernet cable connected to your main computer -- to SHARE your internet connection just as another computer might). then, as long as you remain connected to the internet, you can play music (as, for example, from Pandora) as long as you wish. you can use the single (but effective) speaker in the Livio Radio or you can connect the radio to your home music system via a stereo cable.
in addition to Pandora (where you, in effect, create your own radio station -- but may, in the future, have to pay a nominal monthly fee for copyright purposes), there are thousands (yes, thousands) of FREE internet radio stations that you can use this radio to listen to (by connecting you to these stations from all over the world via the internet). the livio comes with a small remote control, an internal "program" for easily setting up the radio to connect to your Pandora account, another for connecting to "Reciva" and all those free internet radio stations, volume controls, mutes, etc.
the radio is well-built and, after a few weeks of using it, i have no complaints whatsoever. it's a delight. one of the best investments i've ever made. oh yes, it also has a headphone jack and when it's powered up but not connected to the internet, it displays the time. all in all, a very well-thought-out device. i listen to it for hours every day while i'm doing my work (and play) on the internet. there are other "internet radios" out there (some cheaper, some more expensive), but i have yet to find a better one.
Like Livio a lot! August 3, 2009
Bob Moon (Santa Cruz, CA United States)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
The Livio radio is a gem. Easy to set up, with great customer service if you need assistance. I bought the radio specifically to use with Pandora, but you can listen to many other stations from around the world, and many genres. The sound is satisfying for me, and I have listened to a broad range of musical styles. The controls are simple and quite intuitive. I like the appearance of the radio very much, kind of modern retro, sleek and unobtrusive.
It's a great radio for any room in the house November 4, 2009
family guy
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I have been using a Livio Radio in a fairly large kitchen for a few months. I like the fact that it can fill a room with sound and reminds me of my old wave radio that can do the same thing. The user interface is pretty simple use to find radio stations. Everyone in the family has found a few stations they like that can be re-tuned to easily from the favorites list. The audio quality is clear and crisp with a decent bass but not over powering which is just fine for what I wanted the radio to do (fill a room with sound). I did find the multiple default LCD brightness settings to bright and had to dim them down (off, on, and sleep). The simple large font clock when the radio is "off" is a nice touch. Overall the unit is solid and the case looks to be made out of pressed wood or MDF which I guess is why it has pretty good sound for a mono speaker (there are stereo jacks in the back if you don't care for mono). If you turn the volume up on the radio it doesn't vibrate or shake indicating to me the radio was designed right. The remote control has a lot of functionality on it but all I really use that for is turning the volume up or down. Out of all the stand alone WiFi internet radios out there, this one seems to be the right mix of quality vs. price.
It can't be this easy November 28, 2009
Robert Dixon (Berkeley, California USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
For longer than I care to remember, I enjoyed listening to world radio and have spent a moderate fortune on short wave radios. I've been interested in and investigating internet radio for a couple of years and I've been a now and then user of Pandora; so when Amazon featured a special for Livio Internet Radio with Pandora, I read some reviews and placed an order.
Dofuss that I am, I took the radio out of the box and was disappointed that it had a "blue" face rather than the neutral one featured on the box - that aside, I read the moderately illuminating booklet, plugged the thing in and it pretty well set it self up and after my adding the serial number to my Pandora account (viacomputer) I was listening to Pandora. The internet radio station guide took some experimenting and the remote seemed to be lazy in communicating with the radio; yet within ten minutes I had a range of stations loaded.
Back to the "dofuss"...it was after listening for a few hours that I realized that the blue face I complained about (to myself) when I opened the box was really the protective seal! So I removed it and not only was the neutral face there but the remote was no longer sluggish!
I am incredibly pleased with this purchase - I am wallowing in the world's sounds and know that Pandora is there for personal support.
GREAT for Pandora Addicts and/or Internet Radio Listeners December 9, 2009
M. Thaler (Bkly., Ca)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Until I discovered this great looking, FUNCTIONAL, box, I thought I would have to use a laptop to feed our sound system with Pandora el al music off the internet.
I didn't know such a box existed. (Pandora should have sent out an email. I am a paying subscriber, so I don't get ads.)
Assuming you have a Pandora Acct. - it took about 15-20 minutes to set up. I believe the set up instructions could definitely have been more detailed. You have to set up your system via computer on the [...] web site. They ask for a serial number that, like another reviewer said, is not easy, at first, to figure out how to get it. It is NOT the serial number on the back of the unit - which would be logical to assume.
Pros: Once set up - very easy to use for both Pandora and internet radio stations. Box is visually pleasing to look at. Since it is much easier to use than using a computer as the gateway - we'll be listening to Pandora (and maybe, internet radio) more.
Cons: As a stand alone radio, its sound is lacking in quality, even tho its mono speaker is 3.5" in dia. (maybe that's all you can get out of a speaker that size?) We have it hooked up to our sound system, so that doesn't matter. Setup instructions could be clearer and more detailed. (Maybe their online help is more detailed, but there was no instruction in the brief printed manual as to where to go for more details.)
I am wondering why this box, which is really a computer, doesn't support Pandora's highest bit rate (quality) that is available to paid subscribers via computer (192k). I think this only supports 128k. My aged ears couldn't probably tell the diff. anyway.
I would say that if you listen to Pandora regularly thru a good sound system, it is worth the $[...] price, without a doubt.
I gave this a five becaause it really is "almost" perfect.
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