GRACE DIGITAL AUDIO GDI-IRA500 Wireless Internet Radio Adapter with Remote
The Grace Digital Solo
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Wireless Internet Radio Adapter and Media Streamer
The Solo Wi-Fi Receiver provides free Internet radio from every corner of the world to your home stereo. Listen to the hottest online music services like Pandora, SiriusXM, and Live365 VIP or your digital music collection. Bring your home stereo into the digital age with the Solo Wi-Fi Receiver.
The Grace Solo Internet radio has a built in 802.11n wireless connection which connects to any 802.11b.g.n router in less than 5 minutes. Play music directly from the Internet or stream your iTunes or Windows Media files from your PC or Mac directly on your home stereo. While setup is effortless, the Grace Radio supports advanced features such as WEP and WPA1/2 passwords, standard or hidden SSID's, DHCP, mac address filtering, or static IP addresses.
Over 18,000 FREE Stations
The Solo Internet radio's compact and stylish design make it a nice fit for any home stereo. Please note that the Solo does not have a built in speaker. It is an Internet radio receiver intended to connect the world of the Internet to your stereo system. As with the entire family of Grace Digital Internet radios and Wi-Fi music players, the Solo supports the leading streaming music services--Pandora, SiriusXM, Live365 VIP, Dar.fm and more. Connect the Solo to your existing home stereo and enjoy the world of the Internet at your fingertips.
High Contrast LCD Display
Easily browse thousands of free stations or login to Grace.Reciva.com to explore extra features. The adjustable 4-line, backlit LCD display makes it easy to view your selections, adjust your audio settings or display song title and artist details.
Connect to any Home Stereo System
The Solo Wi-Fi radio's built-in media player streams your audio files from your PC or MAC. You can also connect to any set of powered speakers or directly to your home stereo system via the high quality RCA jack stereo connectors. The 3.5mm stereo headphone jack allows you to have a private listening experience.
Remote Control iPhone App
The Grace Remote Control application allows you to go where no IR remote has gone before. Control one or more of your Grace Internet radios from your iPhone or iPod touch. You can change the volume, turn it on or off, find stations and set presets, or even set any one of your five alarms.
Full Function Remote Control
Save up to 10 preset stations and use the remote control to search for new stations, skip, thumb up / down Pandora songs, and power the Solo on/off from any location in your room. Save and access up to 100 addition presets in your radio's 'my stuff' folder.
What's in the Box?
Grace Digital Solo Wi-Fi radio, remote control, power adapter, manual.
Available Content Overview
 | Reciva brings the world of 18,000+ Internet radio stations into your home. Access an extremely diverse range of Internet radio stations from around the world, with broadcasts from nearly every country on the planet. Reciva provides both live and on-demand "listen again") content and supports Real Audio, Windows and MP3 streams. |  | Pandora is free personalized Internet radio. Simply enter a favorite artist, track, comedian or genre, and Pandora will create a personalized station that plays their music and more like it. Rate songs by giving thumbs-up and thumbs-down feedback and add variety to further refine your stations, discover new music and help Pandora play only music you love. |
 | The original 100% commercial-free Satellite Radio Service and official home of the NFL, Howard Stern, Martha Stewart and NASCAR. Listen to SiriusXM in your car, at home and online, to live play-by-play sports, talk, music, entertainment and news via a Wi-Fi radio. |  | iHeartRadio delivers America's favorite radio stations online at www.iHeartRadio.com and as an application on your iPod touch, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android Phones. Enjoy music from across the country in real time--all for free. |
 | National Public Radio NPR delivers breaking national and world news. Enjoy top stories from business, politics, heath, science, technology, music, arts and culture available via a Wi-Fi radio. |  | The BBC is the world's leading public service broadcaster with a mission to enrich people's lives with programs that inform, educate and entertain. |
 | The Live365 radio network reaches millions of listeners worldwide via a Wi-Fi radio, offering greater breadth and depth of high-quality streaming music, talk, and audio that any other network. Featuring 260+ genres of music produced by 5,000+ broadcasters and music tastemakers from over 150 countries, Live365 boasts a large roster of musicians. |  | DAR.fm is a free web service that lets users record radio shows and stations for playback whenever they like. Fans of talk shows need never miss their favorites, as all future shows are automatically recorded. DAR.fm also provides a comprehensive guide to hundreds of music stations as well; fans of any popular music genre will like the Quick Record feature which can record hours of music with just a single click. |
 | Find music, and play it instantly. That's the essence of Rhapsody. The catalog features over 11 million songs spanning every style of music. And with a subscription, you can listen to any song you want at Rhapsody.com, through compatible home electronics like Grace Digital Radio, MP3 Players and on iPhone, iPod touch, Android and BlackBerry. |  | MP3tunes offers an online music Locker which can be accessed from any computer or web-enabled device so you can enjoy your music at home, work or school via a Wi-Fi radio. |
 | CBS RADIO is one of the largest major-market operators in the United States with stations covering news, sports, talk, rock, oldies, country, adult contemporary and urban formats, among others. A division of CBS Corporation, CBS RADIO owns and operates 130 radio stations, all but one of which are in the nation's top 50 markets. |  | Listen to the over 100 local NOAA stations. NOAA's National Weather Service is the U.S. government office for issuing warnings during life-threatening weather situations. The National Weather Service provides local and regional forecasts, and emergency alerts for severe storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, winter storms, fire threats, tsunamis and solar flares. |
Which Grace Digital Internet Radio is Right for You?
| Solo | Innovator X | Mondo | Bravado-X | Wi-Fi Tuner | Nostalgic | Microsystem | ||
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| Model Number | GDI-IRA500 | GDI-IR2600 | GDI-IRC6000 | GDI-IR4500m | GDI-IRDT200 | GDI-IRN1941 | GDI-IRMS300 | |
| Top Feature | Connect the Internet to your stereo | Table top for any room in your home | High resolution 3.5" Color Display | Dual speakers to rock the house | Highest audio quality to your stereo | Great sound and vintage good looks | Replace your stereo system | |
| RCA Stereo Inputs / Outputs | no / yes | Mini-Jack Aux-In / no | yes / yes | yes / yes | no / yes | yes / yes | yes / yes | |
| iPhone/Android Remote Compatible |  | | | | | | | |
| Headphone Jack | | | | | | | | |
| Play USB Thumb Drives1 | | | | | | |||
| External Speaker Post | | | ||||||
| Digital Stereo Output | | |||||||
| FM Receiver w/Antenna | | |||||||
| Ethernet Connection | Optional Dongle2 | Optional Dongle2 | Built-in RJ45 | Optional Dongle2 | Optional Dongle2 | |||
| Number of Presets on Radio / Remote | 10 / 10 | 10 / 10 | 10 / 10 | 10 / 10 | 12 / 9 | 10 / 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| My Stuff Presets | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 1The USB jack supports Smartphone (iPhone, Android, etc) charging, plays music from a USB thumb drive and supports the Grace USB to Ethernet connection for a wired connection. 2Sold separately | ||||||||
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Absolutely Fascinating - Works Perfectly
Update: It appears this unit has been revised to include wireless N which was not available in 2010 when I received my device.
This wireless internet radio has far surpassed my expectations. It has so many features that I cannot imagine what the more expensive units can do. There are several well written reviews that go into considerable detail already posted. So I thought that I would comment on the more negative reviews instead.
A couple of reviews mention static background noise. I own a new pair of Bose QC 15 $300 headphones and I plugged it into the headphone jack to listen carefully for static. I even turned up the treble to enhance static if it were present. There was absolutely no static, zilch. I listened during the quiet moments between music on numerous stations and modes. The sound is very clean and pure. I am a career electrical engineer and home theater is my passion. So I can say that with the unit I received, the sound quality is extremely...
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Pandora to Stereo - Great Solution, Great Price
I have an older stereo receiver driving a whole house built-in speaker system across multiple rooms. I needed an inexpensive way to connect my stereo receiver system to internet radio stations and other digital audio sources.
The Grace Solo exceeded my expectations; it is a very affordable internet radio solution (as little as $99 from Sears). It provides internet streaming function including Pandora that is only now becoming available on high-end AV receivers costing $1,000 or more (eg Onkyo NR807). It is also much less expensive than a $350 Sonos ZP90 for the same function.
I bought it for its Pandora support, and for its free Iphone / IPad remote control application. (Solo's free Iphone/IPad control app trumps the Myine internet radio alternative)
Things I really like:
* The accompanying product manual is very helpful (also downloadable at the Grace Digital website)
* Once the Solo device was set up and registered, It was easy to...
Solid, easy and great accompanying iPod Touch app
I have streamed audio using iTunes on my computer for years, but when my wife wanted to be able to listen to a variety of radio stations, and didn't like the stations broadcast in southern California, I looked into an Internet radio for a present. I selected the Grace Solo because of the presets - I didn't want my wife to have to search through stations like I had to on iTunes. When I received the package I was a bit worried when I unpacked the box and felt how light it was. My worries were unfounded. Apart from the menu dial (described below), the buttons and display were top notch.
The first thing you have to do is connect it to your wifi network - there's no other way, since there's no ethernet jack. The unit finds the wireless automatically, but if you have your wireless protected by a password (who doesn't), then you will need to enter that. The main menu dial is not easy to grab or turn - you end up using the tips of your fingers. You become adept quickly when...
Product Features :
- Connects your home stereo directly to your Internet without the need of a computer
- Listen to over 18,000 AM / FM free radio and HD stations including Pandora, NPR, CBS
- Save up to 10 station presets on the front of the radio and included remote control (alternately supports free iPhone/iTouch remote App)
- Built in wireless 802.11n connects to any wireless 802.11b/g/n broadband router in minutes
- The GDI-IRA500 connects to your home stereo via the built in RCA left and right connectors
Rating : 3.8
List Price : $119.99
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