One Button Radio Reviews

4.6 Rating 104 Reviews

The One Button Radio is an innovative AM/FM radio that's been designed for people with memory problems, poor coordination, dexterity issues, partial sight, or anyone who may find modern radios confusing.Beautiful looking, & solidly built, wooden retro designAuxiliary input allows music to be played through a phone, MP3 player, or other compatible devicesMusic can also be played from a USB device such as a memory stick (see below for more info)Powered by mains adapter (included) or 6 x C batteries (sold separately)295 x 150 x 180mm (L x W x H)The Simple One-Button Retro Radio has many great features, but more importantly, it remains extremely simple to operate for anyone with cognitive loss or memory impairment.Please note: This radio is an AM/FM radio and does not have digital/DAB functionality.Set-Up & Usage InstructionsAttach control dials (supplied) to the radio, & tune the required volume & radio stationRemove control dials & store in rear compartmentCover slots neatly into the front of the radio & will hide the control panelThe radio can then be turned on & off using the button on the top of the radioPlaying Music on a USB DeviceThe One Button Retro Radio can also be used to play music that's stored on a USB device, such as a memory stick:Plug the USB device into the front control panelYour USB device will automatically override the AM/FM radio, and your music will begin to playUse the pause, next, & previous controls to listen to your musicRemove your USB stick to default back to using the AM/FM radioPlease note: when playing music through a USB device the front cover cannot be attached to the control panel.Who is this radio suitable for?The simplicity makes it a superb choice as a radio for elderly individuals who find technology confusingAlso suitable as a radio for the blindAnyone with dementia, Alzheimer's, or any form of cognitive lossInternational CustomersUnfortunately, this radio is not currently available to customers outside of Europe, we're sorry for any inconvenience caused.

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“Purchased this for elderly parent who has limited sight and hearing. Once set up, the selection knobs can be removed leaving the user to simply feel for and push one-button! Works great, and provides the independance we wanted.”

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“I bought this radio for my mum. I’ve not yet heard how she’s finding it, but I can comment on the product as seen and how easy it was to set up. The design is very retro - I remember such radios from my childhood and it should help mum recognise what it is. I’m hoping that as she gets used to it we can take the front cover off so she can view the tuning screen (without the dials, so she can’t get “lost”) and we can give her a usb stick of her favourite songs. I found it very easy indeed to set up. The instructions are extremely clear (I wish other manufacturers would provide such support) and I managed to remove the front screen without difficulty. I particularly liked the thoughtful storage spaces for the plug and dials.”

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“Very impressed with the quality of this radio, expected it to be light weight and not made as well. But it heavy and made very well, we’ve tuned it ready for my Nan. Fingers crossed she loves it too”

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“Any radio user or enthusiast will appreciate the years that have gone into weighting the dial as it rotates or the whole thing not falling off the shelf for a similar reason. If the tiny feet are slippery a whole world of sound may be lost. And since the days of telling the time by the light and the connections between the seeds and the stars so many of us face dementia, and the losses of having a radio which cruelly separates its owner from the unrivalled riches therefrom. I have many radios that appealed for some reason but which , unless you devote room for them, cannot be turned on or off in the dark even if the reason is they are on a shelf centimetres too high up. This radio, the One button radio amused me because as I learnt its foibles and features I reasoned a singular fact that might escape others. For the reason above about bed time listening, were I to put an on off torpedo switch inline to the set at elbow height, I would have the same thing. So this is a fad. Ergonomics are a wonderful thing to apply to your world. I try and do this with everything. White edged bins and trays, tables and chairs. (Dusk you see?) Remote controls that are labelled, duplicated, updated, all these things can hep or hinder a household, car or office. You should see my shed. So much has to be DIY, as so little faces the rigours of an ergonomist. Every year I buy the radio listeners guide and see good and bad examples of usability. So to buy the one button radio was an insider, knee jerk reaction to being made to grow old too early thanks to poor design. Which this radio is not. I have an inverter in my beach hut so I am not limited to the radios I can drive at my "desk" there. I have severaal smaller, lighter radios and even DAB radios, and enjoy 70's HiFi thanks to charity shops and car boot sales never mind more serious money in all the usual places. Against this backdrop we have the one touch radio. I bought it as a thanks for the effort in its conception. In its construction it is a shame it has to exist in such a big pile of also rans. But firmly I have to say, it has got a fabulous start, it has a novelty value and it might be a difference for many in the struggle and the joy of living. I do have something I can say, more, on this subject, and it is this. I once wrote a report over 72 hours of 35,000 words with illustrations which was95 pages long. It was exclusively but not exhaustively on the ward wide ergonomics in a psychiatric hospital in Southampton, then as I got moved on, Winchester which some think is one of the best wards in the country. Not ergonomically. You would not believe the CD radio there were you to compare to the one button radio open or closed to wandering and frustrated fingers. I would rate 1 for the extant radio and 5 in the context of a psychiatric ward. The idea the volume can be more or less set would have saved possible lethal exchanges between the faux-satanist who played stupid occult recordings at full volume, and the staff let him. Just that one feature...occluded, would have saved my having to intervene even though I won as I was told I had over the disruptive audio. But I found out there is a sinister dark secret behind the ergonomics of a psychiatric ward for which the one button radio would have to excuse itself for. And I do not mean the howling deliberately dissociating drivel from Edward Alexander Crowley! Here is the url: msbnewsextra.wordpress.com I make my apology for the length of it but it was only by being thorough the ward and the things I missed could be explained in their entirety. I have started to buy for my old age...watches with a day date, clocks with radio control and once set up tell you everything and as many ideas as I can entertain. OK this clock does not have it all, but were you to think as a doctor might, it is all about evolving and suffering not the random events which actually are determined by our surroundings for better or worse and we do not know it. Until something better comes along, buy this radio. It may seem like less choice but for my dad with dementia this is as good as it gets. I think.”

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“After replacing radios once a month this is fantastic”

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“Only problem being the magnetic front is extremely difficult to remove. I had to use a knife which did cause a small scratch.”

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“I love the product, the service was great. The only thing I don’t like about it is the detachable switches.”

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“At last! A radio that my demented mother CAN work: cannot untune / turn up full volume. Thank you for a few nights' uninterrupted sleep.”

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