Philips DTB297/10

I love it and it has great sound qualty for such a small device – It has a excellent design making it light and easy to use the audio in is not useful unless you buy an extra cord to go with it making it just that bit more expensive to own Follow me @Drifting Dead I wish it told me it had an app for only iOS cause I have android with a lighting flash mod  Show details ·  1

What's the point of an alarm clock radio that doesn't work as an alarm clock? – I bought this five days ago, but have yet to successfully set the alarm. Ran through all the steps, but thankfully, set up a back up on my iPad. I read your Philips official reply that the alarm clock is an incidental extra. you should put that on the box and save me a trip back to the store for a refund.

its ok for 1 Year or so but failure will begin after the warranty ends – its a good valued device Bluetooth, DAB+ radio, FM, dual alarm system, Ipod and Ipad dock system with added AUX headphone input make this system choco block full of features, the sound is nice. Better in features to the Clock alarm and dock system they use at Novotel's and Mercure hotels the IHOME which only has Ipad 30pin connectors and FM it… Read more

also has better sound. But the iHOME dock compared to the Philips DTB297 is that its more robust, it feels robust as opposed to the Philips which is more scratch able, the clock LCD display is much brighter than the Philips. for the first year of my usage has been good now into my 2nd and 3rd year where random issues begin whilst I have my ipad mini on the dock the volume down button if pressed too many times turns off the Philips dock quiet annoying, the Alarm 1 button key some times will work or not it depends on how many times your press the button. The clock display is very dull and washes out during the day so its useless as a clock can't even see what Audio input I want. the battery backup of 2 AA batteries is rubbish doesn't last long, that is why I will not be wasting my hard earn money on replacing this device and waiting for the iHOME people to come out with a lightning version of their lovely clock radio if not already I don't even care about the Bluetooth or DAB features of the Philips anymore which by the way Bluetooth pairing with the device is a hit and miss and searching DAB radio on this device is not the best maybe due to its lack of buttons that are on the Philips dock that makes this dock not the best. I think the Philips quality of old from 1990's 2000's is well and truly gone since the takeover, the product doesn't feel like Philips quality and sure doesn't last as long, this clock radio ipad dock I got is soon destined for the rubbish tip as no one is repairing these devices anymore they are "throwaways" they don't even have spare parts for these devices in Australia.

Great sound, looks great BUT – We do like this product especially Bluetooth connection from iPod is great and very good sound. However, tuning instructions and doing presets is annoying and difficult to say the very least!! Extremely frustrating as instructions are NOT clear at all as it puts a presumption there that it will do these presets for you on auto. no it doesn't and… Read more ·  1

have to manually do each one. Trying to do it manually requires a masters degree as it does not automatically move along to next empty preset so have to move past the already preset stations before hitting OK button. Had to ring Phillips for tech help and even then they weren't sure why it wasn't setting properly. After about a total of several hours over 3 weeks I believe finally figured it out!! So basically to select a DAB station DONT use the auto tune to do presets but manually press Tunning +/- button to get that station you like. Then press scan/prog button for 2 secs, then press the Preset +/- button to get empty slot and then press OK and it will come up STORED for Empty 1 preset. Now to do the second preset etc by repeating the steps BUT make sure you press the preset button to go past stored DAB stations that are displayed on screen Otherwise you'll keep storing on the first preset! Once you find the next EMPTY preset, then press OK to show STORED and your fav station you are LISTENING to at the time. It does not automatically store the station your on, you have to sift through the other stations! To stupid of a set up and NEARLY was about to take back and get refund!! Also why are we paying $229 for this when they are selling as little as $69 overseas??!! Feel ripped off and typical of all things sold in Australia....disgusting really and not on!

Attractive and easy to read white display but difficult to set up and use – I bought this mainly to use as a clock radio and for the fast iPhone lightning charger. I've found it very hard to set and still haven't worked out how to turn the alarm OFF automatically each day. The quick start guide and downloaded manuals are not particularly helpful or user friendly. I'm seriously considering using this as an iPhone… Read more

dock/clock and re-instating the simple 18 year old Bose Wave clock radio/alarm (with remote control) it replaced.

The Philips DTB297 needs a remote control, especially to control the alarm. Has Philips considered that people may not want an electrical appliance within an arms length or get out of bed to use the snooze button or operate the radio/dock/alarm?

A bit of a dissapoinment – Maybe I am unlucky but I have found this radio quite hard to 'program' ie to select the stations that you want to add to the 20 memory channels. Using the Errata information that modifies the sequence of actions required to add a chosen channel to a chosen memory, storing the channel is Very hit or miss. One of the problems is that the right hand… Read more

button (labelled preset / tuning) is very intermittent, if you are lucky, you will store the radio program you want on the memory that you want, more often though, this wont happen !

This Radio is going back to John Lewis. Nice styling, useful Ipod dock ( but not for model 4, only works with Ipod model 5 ) Hard to program a radio channel to a memory position. It is too expensive also.