Noxon 2 links iPod and 10,000 Radio Stations

Posted by Jason on

September 25, 2007

If you were wondering what else could be crammed into an iPod dock then how about 10,000 Internet radio stations? It’s an impressive feat though the Noxon 2 Radio really doesn’t give much away, but the little rubber-duck antenna on the back might tell you something. It’s has built-in Wi-FI and once provided with the WEP or WPA key for your wireless router (or wired Ethernet LAN) it goes hunting for streamed web radio stations (most formats) and pod casts. Normally setup on this type of widget can be a chore but this one was completely painless and it was ready to run in just a couple of minutes.

After it has it’s finished scanning you can select a station by name, genre, country and half a dozen other criteria from the backlit display on the front. Plug an iPod into the dock on the top and you can listen to that with all of its functions (though strangely not ‘Shuffle’ play) controllable through a remote handset. There’s more, a USB port on the side lets you play music tracks direct from a flash drive, it also has a built in alarm clock and there’s an FM tuner for good measure. Sounds are heard through a pair of small speakers on the front and a compact sub, and it doesn’t sound half bad either; the stereo image isn’t very wide but it’s fine for a small to medium sized room. It’s a tad pricey at around £200 but it looks and sounds great and it’s really easy to use.