Philips Streamium WAK3300 user reviews

pcb1962 24 July 2008

Good: Nothing

Bad: Long list of faults, mfr not interested in correcting them

Comment: A few of the problems that Philips have been aware of for 2 years but will not correct:
Alarm clock - no volume setting, ramps up to full volume, then comes straight on at full volume after snooze. You cannot turn the volume down - you have to cancel teh alarm and then reselect the source - a ludicrous piece of design.
On the dimmest setting the display lights up the whole room, no use at all as a bedside clock, more like a reading light.
Doesn't use ntp to keep accurate time, despite this supposedly being a feature. Doesn't automatically adjust for DST.
Radio - no naming or sorting of presets. Can't even delete a preset once you've set it.
Loses network settings periodically.
No firmware updates - they won't admit it but endless emails to support won't get a proper answer from them
Support are useless, all they do is point you at a manual page, can't answer any questions that aren't covered by the manual
Uses Linux but not in the spirit of the GPL - makes it difficult to obtain source code - not that it's worth the effort of fixing anyway
I could go on, it's an utter POS and you'd do well to avoid it (and by association any other Philips Streamium products) like the plague.