Avantree SP850

This is a battery-powered FM radio, which can also be paired by bluetooth with your phone to act as a speaker. A micro SD slot also plays whatever sound files are on it. I have only used it as a radio and it's fine. The sound quality is clear. I haven't saved the radio station I listen to all the time but it stays 'fixed' to that one every time I turn it on and off. It is possible to save several stations. The little screen does not show what programme is on like a DAB radio would but that's fine for me. Comes with a longish rubbery strap that might suit someone who wants to hang it off a belt or something, I just wrap it around the radio itself (it give more grip to it, which isn't a bad thing). The battery is lithium-ion and rechargeable. A charge seems to be quick (an hour or so) and with the radio on a lot (6+ hours per day) needs recharging maybe every two days. My only quibble is that when the radio is plugged in via cable for recharging, the volume is LOUD LOUD LOUD, so it cannot be on at the same time as it is being recharged ... EDIT this only seems to happen with data cables rather than a cheap non-data charging cable. I took the battery out and plugged it in to see what would happen - again super loud volume. I still love this radio several years on. Advantages: neat size, can be recharged using a phone cable either connected to a USB wall plug or into a computer, good sound quality. Disadvantage: cannot recharge the battery while it's turned on due to the super loud volume but this can be fixed by using a non-data charging cable if you need this. PS This also has AUX in socket and headphone socket.

Well made and good quality at a great price. An aditional SD card allows plenty of space for tracks to be loaded. Just one small niggle with the operation of the software. The menu system has its foibles and trying to get it to play from files is not so easy. It also cuts out halfway through playing 100 tracks in a loaded folder. The user guide is not too helpful. Sound quality and battery life are really good.

I have had this little beauty since September and I am really very, very happy with it. I mainly use it for playing music from a memory card; but it also works very well when blue toothed to your phone. The radio is limited in the stations it can receive, but that has not been an issue for me The sound is fantastic and the off/volume knob is really easy to use and gives a good click, so you know the unit is off (it also displays “Goodbye” which is kind of cute) Battery life is superb and it doesn’t take long to charge either. The display is good quality (as is the whole build) and the ability to search down to a specific song is great, once you get the hang of it I am extremely happy and would definitely recommend

I treated myself to an early Christmas gift and I am happy with my purchase. I use a Mobility Scooter, and love listening to my music as I cruise along. I have had difficulty finding a suitable player that, not only sounds good, but has a traditional volume knob. With painful, swollen hands, and fingertips, it's not easy to turn up the volume, on modern units, without skipping the track I was listening to. Very frustrating when cruising along! This little beauty is fabulous and the sound quality is perfect. Warm, not tinny! I've not tested the radio (prefer my own music compilations), but I'm sure it will be fine because the quality of this unit feels good too. Not cheap plastic! Rechargeable battery, via USB, is a plus because my scooter has a USB charge port. An addional touch is the 2yr warranty (scan bar code) and, included in the package is a lovely, personalised note, with contact support details if required. Nice touch! Now that my music won't sound like it's coming from a speaker in a tin can, I'm looking forward to inserting my Xmas MicroSD Card, and tootling off out with my dog. I might even put some tinsel on my scooter this year😁 Merry Christmas everyone.

Product itself is fine. I wouldn’t pay that price for it if I was looking again. Definitely overpriced when you can get DAB for cheaper

This is an excellent and rare product: a basic portable mp3 player with speaker and simple button-based UI. The display shows the MP3 file name when playing the MP3, this is good. Sound quality is totally fine so far as I can tell. Also, wonderfully, it actually CAN be charged over a standard USB-C cable (it's not one of those myriad of devices that has a USB-C charging port, but are missing the pull-down Rd resistor so that the device will actually only charge when the other end of the cable is plugged into a old-fashioned USB-A port).

For the size and price, the sound is good. Radio reception good, there are 10 buttons on the top, and you can assign popular stations to them. (The tiny manual recommends using a power lead as an aerial if you need to - reception quite good though. Playing from a card - there have been several comments on how to find tracks. Here is something not in the manual - you can use the 10 buttons on the top to key in a track number (even a 3-digit number). The folders are sorted in the order of adding to the memory card. So say you have 10 tracks per folder, then 34 goes to 3rd album, track 4. In Windows, the folder properties tells you how many files in a folder.

I now own 4 bluetooth speakers , all bought in past 2 years , the 1 thing in common with all 4 , they all play music directly from a micro-sd (or tf) card . I do not have a cell phone , i don't want to drag my tablet around to stay in bluetooth range . The sd card option is the most important option to me . One can have several different folders of music , lets say a rainy day folder , a christmas folder , a sunshine folder ...you get it . However trying to plod around an sd card to find certain folders is almost impossible with most units . One does need a small display for this purpose . Thats what makes the avantree model with built-in F.M radio(F.M. works good too) so attractive , it is not the greatest sounding speaker I own , but they are on the right track with this very portable , entry-level and affordable model . It has a back-lit display and 6 menu buttons below it which simplifies everything . Not to mention the 10 buttons on the top which will take you directly to your favourite songs by folder/file number , or to your favourite F.M. radio stations when in that mode . I am a musician and when in the company of others in a music environment , it is so easy to go directly to a track and play a specific song without fussing around . With a few more options available , like phone-answer-capabilities(not really a big deal to me) and a bit larger cabinet for some upgraded speakers and warmer , more bass booming sound , maybe a waterproof upgrade , we would then have the most attractive bluetooth speaker options in one package . I plan to buy one more , likely a high-end model with accompanying pricetag , some of my chums own the HarmonKardonOnyx , very pricy originally , now becoming affordable , I went to BestBuy this week and played all the bluetooth demo's again , that HarmonKardon is still the best sound for the money in my opinion ...I would already own one if had the micro-sd (tf)card option , a small display and menu buttons would be even more attractive .

Die wichtigesten Kriterien bei der Suche waren: - Zufälliges Abspielen von Musiktiteln von der SD-Karte - Radioempfänger - Klein und mit Akku zum Mitnehmen - ob aus dem Wohnzimmer in die Küche oder zu einem Spaziergang Es hat eine Weile gedauert, dieses Gerät zu finden, weil vor allem das zufällige Abspielen von Musiktiteln scheinbar ein seltenes Feature ist. Als ich es gefunden habe, klang alles sehr gut. Rezensionen waren größtenteils in Ordnung und der Hersteller schien sich um das Produkt gut zu kümmern: Fragen wurden zügig beantwortet usw. SD-Card mode: Also habe ich es bestellt, zusammen mit einer SD-Karte von Samsung. Als FAT32 formatiert, Musik draufkopiert und ins Gerät gesteckt. Das Navigieren zum Einstellungsbereich für die zufällige Wiedergabe war nicht ganz intuitiv, aber am Ende kein großes Problem. Es funktionierte wie es sollte. Wenn man gezielt Musik abspielen möchte und hierfür viel manuell durch die Ordner navigieren muss, könnte das Display etwas zu klein sein, ist für mich aber kein Thema, weil das nicht der gewünschte Einsatzzweck ist. Was das Gerät nicht kann, ist Unicode-Unterstützung bei den Musiktiteln, sprich wenn sie nicht in Deutsch bzw. generell nicht dem westeuropäischen Zeichnesatz entsprechen, werden die Titeln als ?????? dargestellt, was für mich aber ebenfalls kein Problem ist. FM mode (Radio): An das Einrichten der Radiofunktion erinnere ich mich jetzt nicht 100% genau, aber es war schon so, dass die automatische Suche all die Sendertasten belegt und oft mit denselben Sendern, nur mit etwas anderen Frequenzen oder teilweise einfach etwas Rauschendes. Das war dennoch kein Problem, denn braucht nur die doppelten bzw. die rauschenden Sender zu löschen und die anderen Sender rücken von rechts nach, so dass nach ein paar Löschvorgängen am Ende eine brauchbare Senderliste übrigbleibt. Manuell suchen würde länger dauern. Vom Empfang her kommt es schon mal vor, dass man das Geräte leicht drehen oder etwas verstellen muss, damit kein Rauschen da ist, aber meistens geht es direkt ohne Probleme, spätestens aber nach einer kleinen Justierung der Position. Bluetooth mode: Habe ich nur kurz ausprobiert und das Pairing war kein Problem. Weiß gar nicht, ob etwas auf diesem Wege abgespielt wurde, weil das nicht der gewünschte Einsatzzweck ist, aber es sah auch in dem Bereich unproblematisch aus. Was etwas unnötig ist, ist die synthetische Ansage beim Wechseln des Wiedergabemodus: "SD-card mode" -> "FM mode" -> "Bluetooth mode". Aber es ist bei Weitem nicht nervig, wie manche schreiben, zumal man ja nicht ständig den Modus wechselt. Klangqualität ist auch sehr gut, so dass ich überhaupt nichts zu bemängeln habe, was meinen Einsatzzweck betrifft zumindest. Tolles Geräte mit einem sehr guten Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis, also ganz klar 5 Sterne.

Muy buen reproductor de radio y bocina. Ya tiene como 5 meses conmigo, escucho la radio y lo conecto con blutooth a mi celular, la opción de conectar por cable de audio es un plus extra si no quiero introducir otro dispositivo inalambrico a mis equipos. La radio, descente alcance, buena idea la de usar el cable de carga como una antena la cual extiende el alcance de este. El rendimiento es descente más no perfecto, solo seis a 9 horas dependiendo del uso. Pero, no me quejo. Por las opciones de radio y conección por cable, es un buen producto.

Je cherchais un lecteur de mp3 simple pour ma fille handicapée. C’est plus qu’une bonne surprise car non seulement c’est simple à utiliser, mais en plus la qualité est bonne. Le son est très correct pour une si petite taille. Il fonctionne indifférent sur batterie ou secteur (USB). Le menu est clair. Il mémorise tout seul les stations de radio. Pour la lecture de la carte SD, c’est idéal ! Non seulement ça gère le dossiers, mais en plus on peut répéter la lecture globale ou par répertoire ! C’est exactement ce que ma fille voulait. De plus, quand on éteint, ça sauvegarde les derniers choix. Donc quand on rallume ça reprend exactement la lecture ou ça en était avec la répétition. Génial !

This review is for the Avantree 3-in-1 portable FM radio with Bluetooth. I've had many speakers that stream music, bluetooth speakers and just FM radios in my continual search for an interruption-free portable music experience that I can use while I'm working. This radio comes as close to filling the bill as any other speaker I've had. It's a nice little unit. My first impressions when I unboxed it was that it was well packaged, in an eye-appealing box. The box you almost hate to get rid of, it's got little magnets that help the lid to close soundly. It's cool and all, but the radio is what I'm after, it was a bit smaller than what I thought it would be, which is not a bad thing. It's lightweight too, which might make you think it's cheap, but you will be surprised. I did have a problem with my first unit. When I turned it on, the LCD display would light up, but you saw nothing. That's kind of a problem with a speaker like this that is multifunction. I did figure out how to set the sources I wanted without actually seeing what was on the screen, that was nice, but I knew this was a defect I couldn't live with. I wrote the email address on the support card that came with the radio and got a response within a couple of hours. I was all set up to return the unit to Amazon, no questions asked. And for my inconvenience, they gave me a code to get $10 off if I wanted to reorder the unit, which I gladly did. I left this review at 5 stars because although I had a problem, one I believe would be rare with this radio, the customer service was top notch and ready to make me a satisfied customer. It's not that common anymore to get customer service worth a salt, so I appreciate that, in addition to the really cool radio! I'm glad because the unit I received worked perfectly in every way. The LCD display is quite handy and it's also got a battery saving feature that kills the light after a short period. I've found the battery life to be very adequate and has lived up to the 8 hour claim. The nice thing about this unit is that the battery is replaceable. And I do love the Micro SD slot. If you have a lot of old MP3 music on a hard drive, you never have to worry about not having music if you fill a 32 GB card with MP3 music, it will be a long time before you have to hear the same song twice! The radio itself is stylish looking and has a strap that can be removed. My initial thought was that I was going to toss that strap, but the first time I hung it near where I was welding, I immediately appreciated it. I weld and fabricate, so I create a great deal of ferrous shavings and dust, which wreak hell on speakers in general (the ferrous dust gets pulled into the speaker magnets and covers them to the point that the speaker no longer works or works with much distortion. I try to keep anything with a speaker away from my welding dust, so the strap is handier than I first thought. The radio sounds suprisingly robust and crystal clear for such a small device. It looks to me like there are actually 2 speakers, each on opposite sides. This seems to give it more bass. It's a good sound in all modes. The radio even has a built in equalizer with some preset modes, so that's fun to play with too and each one has a noticable difference in sound quality. The radio is equipped with a pleasant female voice that helps confirm menu choices. To me, it's a classy feature that sets this radio apart from others. It's got a good FM tuner. The radio has an autoscan mode which is a good way to start. Let it run through and save the best stations, then you can go through and delete the ones you don't want or like. You can go to any station quickly by hitting the corresponding buttons on top. 102.5 would be 1-0-2-5 on the top buttons. When it does the autoscan, it saves the 30 best reception channels. These are the channels that the radio will go to if you hit the forward or reverse buttons. If you hard press the same, it will do a scan from that point to the next station that gets reception, regardless of the autoscan saves. The bluetooth is real easy to connect to other bluetooth devices and has a good range. 20 feet is about where I start losing the signal and music starts to get choppy. If it's a clear line, maybe further, and if you go into other rooms, it kills bluetooth badly, so that's just something to keep in mind. There's nothing wrong with bluetooth on this little radio. The Micro SD is my favorite feature of this radio. I used to have the Creative Jukebox type of music players. I had a Grace digital streaming player and I've had bluetooth speakers. None of them had the Micro SD capability that this has. The Creative Jukebox really didn't need it, but the Grace relied on a good wifi signal, which I know my welding equipment sometimes messes with the wifi signal and bluetooth too. Days where it seems that's the case, it's nice to have the Micro SD feature. I found out quickly that it doesn't support Itunes music format, but does support MP3 all day long. It also works as a portable USB drive when you plug it in with the provided micro USB cable. When you use this mode, it automatically goes to USB cable mode when you turn it on. If you are looking for a stylish, versatile way to play music, this is unbeatable. I love it!!!!