C. Crane CC WiFi 3 Internet Radio with Skytune, Bluetooth Receiver, Clock and Alarm with Remote Control, Access to Thousands of Radio Stations Worldwide

I've wanted to purchase an internet radio for quite some time. After doing a lot of research, I opted to buy this terrific radio. So far, it hasn't disappointed me. Although this was my first internet radio, setup was extremely easy, and I was up and running in minutes. Skytune has plenty of stations, and I had no problems going from station to station. The radio was very responsive, and the sound is the best I've heard from a radio this size with a single speaker, which is excellent. It really is a lot of fun playing with this radio just to hear what people in other countries are listening to! I also tried the Bluetooth feature with iHeartRadio, TuneIn Radio, and Radio Garden; it worked perfectly with TuneIn Radio and Radio Garden, but iHeartRadio inexplicably didn't stream over everything. Not really a big deal, and I suspect it had something to do with the iHeartRadio app not playing nice with the radio. Setting up Skytune presets in the radio is very easy, but I was more interested in setting up presets that were not dependent on having Skytune service. After all, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared should the service suddenly not be available! Well, that proved to be quite challenging, because the radio stream url information for most radio stations is very difficult, if not impossible, to find. Nevertheless, I kept at it, and eventually was able to successfully locate this information for many stations and add several preset stations. Patience and persistence are the keys, and you’ll be able to easily do the same thing with no difficulty for a lot of radio stations. Are there areas for improvement? In a word, yes. For example, the radio does not come with a built-in rechargeable battery, nor can you add batteries to the radio. Not a big deal, but if you want the radio to be a truly portable radio you’ll have to get a power bank. If you don’t have one already, a good one will set you back about $20.00. Additionally, having another aggregator service besides Skytune, and/or having iHeartRadio, Spotify, Pandora, etc., available in the radio itself, would also be nice. Don’t get me wrong, Skytune seems to provide an excellent service. But if Skytune shuts down, most of the functionality of the radio for the majority of users goes away, leaving you with a pretty black box. The remote control is functional, but the buttons feel a bit “mushy”, and overall is not up to the same build quality as the radio itself. Finally, it would be great if the radio incorporated an “old school” radio to listen to local AM and FM radio without the need for WiFi connectivity. Not only would this give users an additional option if Skytune was unavailable, but it would also be useful during emergencies when power was unavailable. So, even though I have a “wish list” of improvements for the radio, at the end of the day it is a great radio. It works flawlessly, my list of improvements are relatively minor, and I can get nearly all of my suggested improvements from other radios and equipment I’ve purchased over the years. Maybe the next generation of the radio (WiFi4?) will have some of these additions, but as it stands this is a great radio that’s easy to use and will put a smile on your face.

I can't fault the price given how easy this radio is to use. Good instructions, responsive controls, two alarms, easy-to-set presets. I was wary of the screen before buying, and it's not my first choice, but the menu system and navigation is easy to use and well thought out. Especially if you are used to rotary controls and buttons. To turn off the screen when the radio is sleeping, you simply turn the main knob to the left. Finish is good, no defects. I like the size and weight, and it comes with a DC barrel-to-USB cable and can run from a battery pack. 3.5mm line out jack works very well. The internal speaker still works by default when the line out jack is in use. I don't know if it can be turned off. It has two alarms. If the radio can't connect, the default alarm tone sounds instead. This occured once after I changed the buffering speed to two seconds, which I guess wasn't enough time for alarms. Changing this to ten seconds worked. I read CC Crane's response to the Reciva aggregation site was good, and they now use Skytune. They also allow you to connect to the radio via network IP and input the stream URLs directly, which is great and should be standard on all radios as with internet radio programs and plugins on computers.

4 stars so far...works as designed, now I can get rid of Xfinity at+$200 a month. Good quality, feels a little flimsy but seems to be well made. Relatively easy to use and set up as well.

Best size, design, and sounding internet radio. It fits well on my nightstand. Easy to tune radio stations & automatically adapts to my home internet.

Excellent radio! I have the standard CC Radio 3 and it’ss great device, so I figured I’d take a chance with this. First try with an Internet radio. The setup took just a few minutes and then I was listening! There are more stations than I’ll ever know what to do with. Very good sound with a speaker that you’d think is kind of small. I like the EQ on the jazz setting. Using a computer makes it even easier to arrange your presets and simply look up channels on the Skytune site and organize them. It sends all of that to the radio for you. It’s perfect for a single room. Would not fill a really large area with sound, but I don’t think it’s made to do so.

First let me say I have a couple of Ocean Digital internet radios and use them and like them. However, this Crane has a much better receiver, picks up stations quicker and holds those stations better than the Ocean Digital radios do. Again, I like All of these, but technically speaking, the Crane outperforms all others. Actually it’s no surprise, as Crane is technically advanced even in All their other radios than competitors. Crane has the exact same internet database as Ocean Digital. Works better than any other database. Perhaps you’re not exactly overwhelmed by the exterior design of the Crane, or you want something with 2 stereo speakers… Both the headphone outlet And audio output are Stereo. Plus unlike other internet radios, the volume doesn’t control Crane’s Audio output, their volume control just controls the internal speaker and headphone output. Their audio output jack is a solid strong output, suitable for hooking up to a stereo amplifier or to a Bluetooth transmitter. You won’t regret adding this for your listening pleasure!

C Crane is a better than decent radio brand. I have three other C Crane radios. I had been looking at this unit and incorrectly thought you could just connect it to wifi and twist the dial to receive stations from around the world. When I received the radio i did what I usually don't and read the directions. Too complicated for an 80 year old geezer such as myself. But if you're up for the technical challenge this is undoubtedly the best of the best.

Excelente Radio, música, noticias variadas!, Sintonizas estaciones de varios países

This is a very well thought out radio. Stable behavior. no quirks so far.. I like the feature that can be enabled that if there is a power outage, it comes back on to the same station and doesnt have to be reconfigured again when the power is restored. Set it and forget it. It is always tuned to my station and ready to play. Its been on for days now and has not dropped out..

Hice una compra excelente, con sintonía de estaciones radiales de casi todo el mundo a través de internet.

excilent radio

Me gusto su diseño y lo amigable en la programación.