"Hint BLE Radio" for serious radio / wide FM compatible with radio stations will be announced at the general release decision

Nippon Broadcasting System, Cerevo, Good Smile Company developed wide-FM radio through cloud funding "Hint BLE Radio"Was decided to be released in general, and a completion presentation was held on July 20, 2017. Early reservation reception has also begun.

Hint - Hint - Serious radio made by radio stations
http://www.yoppy.tokyo/hintradio/


Hint was born in a project launched from the thought that Nippon Broadcasting's Yoshida Naoji announcer said "I want a cool radio." In the cloud funding platform "CAMPFIRE", a target amount of 30 million yen, 234% of 13 million yen, gathered, and as of September 2016, it was a project in which most of the CAMPFIRE projects gathered mostly in the project.

Radio stations seriously make radio, never before 【Hint (hint)】 - CAMPFIRE (campfire)
https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/8696


For those who assisted with cloud funding, shipping has been sequentially started from July 20, but general release has been decided because many voices wanted to purchase even after the end of cloud funding. Maker's suggested retail price is 22,000 yen, excluding tax, and reception of pre-order starts from today, it will be on sale from the beginning of September.

The state of the completion presentation was relayed by NicoNico Live broadcast, and YouTube.

"Hint" completion announcement - YouTube


New Radio "Hint" Completed Showcase - 2017/07/20 13:00 Start - Nico Nico Live Broadcasting
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv303138307

Attendance at the presentation was the originator of the project Nippon Broadcasting Corporation, Yoshida Naoji announcer


And Takuma Iwasa, Representative Director of Cerevo Co., Ltd., President and CEO, Good Smile Company Co., Ltd. Takunori Aki, SF Designer · Methiclo Corporation.


Actually, on July 20th, when the completion presentation was held, I have announced that I will do crowdfunding for a full year. According to Mr. Yoshida, there seems to be concern that the initial pace may not reach the target, but Mr. Yoshida's admission of Mr. Yoshida's propaganda showed a large growth in the second half, and eventually As mentioned above, we gathered support of 234% of the goal. Actually, because there are few "radio cloud funding" itself in the world, Mr. Yoshida says that it was supposed that the cloudfunding of the radio came to be useless due to their guys, . Mr. Yoshida spreading the feeling of loving the radio Looking at the enlightenment activity, Mr. Aki seemed to call it "cloud funding athlete."

At the time of cloud funding, Hint, which was scheduled to be shipped in March 2017, has been shipped sequentially from July 20, 2017 after two scheduled postponements. It was said that there were various circumstances in this, and a picture showing the circumstances was released just for a moment. On the left side of the screen we are assembling Hint in mass production factory. It was a bonding process at the center, and it was quite a problem here as well. And at the lower right is a mold, a design problem, ejector pins will bend and will change the mold, again it said that it took two or three weeks to spend.


According to Mr. Aki, Hint is quite a peeky design, thought that Mr. Mecicchi's idea of ​​"to make it vertical" is OK and I got an OK, but later she said "Why did you say such a thing It was said that he was suffering from "I was!" It is said that it is "a design that should not be made if you think calmly."

And at the venue the real machine of "Hint BLE Radio" was announced. In general, the design that was initially shown with such products is concept concept only, there are some parts that have changed as it becomes finished products, but Hint said that it was possible to complete the original concept design as it was in Hint about.

Wide FM radio "Hint BLE Radio" announcement - YouTube


I listen to it immediately. Although it was silenced on the net broadcast by listening to the radio program on air, there was a very clear voice called FM as expected in the locale. When using as a radio, the upper one glows green.


Since it complements AM broadcast at the frequency for FM broadcasting and supports "FM supplementary broadcast" (wide FM) which is clearly broadcasting than the conventional AM broadcast, it is possible to listen to many programs Possible.

Moreover, it can also be used as a Bluetooth speaker not only as a radio but also with a smartphone. In addition to listening to the voice of the smartphone, it can be used for listening to podcasts, streaming services, radiko and so on. In this mode, it glows blue.


"3 Way speaker", "main body rechargeable", "FM antenna enclosure" realized thanks to the large number of support after satisfying the original concepts "cool design", "omnidirectional speaker" and "voice beacon function". Charging was an improvement point in shape if it is unique to cloud funding, and initially thought that there were not so many usage scenarios with battery-driven, so it was thought that a form to remove the battery and charge it, Many voices saying that they use battery-driven by comment were received much, so it was changed to a form to feed and charge by cable connection via microUSB.

Although FM antenna is bundled, although it is confident in the antenna sensitivity of the main body, because the world FM circumstances can not do anything, it is the reason that I want you to use it when noise enters.

As for sound, Ms. Michiko says it sticks to "voice" and tunes. Normally, small speakers are designed to give out a lot of low frequencies, but Ms. Michikoku thinks that such a radio can not be heard attractively, focusing on around 400 Hz, which is the vowel component of Japanese speakers, It is said that "I threw it through thoroughly" how to harvest and shave.

Also as a point, due to the strong demand a few seconds there of is of the idea was Yoshida Ana "Do what you like as a flow line" is in until the flow is actually sound from the start even radiko on TV, as soon as a sound start to ring It is getting.

Because of this power up, the weight gets heavier than planned to 1075 g. The main body size is 80 × 80 × 297 mm. Although it is a vertical body, there is also weight, so it will not fall over so easily.

There are four screw holes on the bottom, and you can install the included insulator (rubber feet).


The latter part of the eventTadashi AzusaMr.,Riko NakamuraMr.,Kenji NojimaAlso participate.


Especially Mr. Nakamura is a heavy user of the radio and participates in the test despite being a person outside the project team. The impression is "Anyway it is easy to use and sounds. Although there are many scenes to put on the window side, even if you are doing" Wind Bokko "(a sunless version of Hinaboshiko) on the veranda, I feel a strong sense of omnidirectional speaker It was what it was called.

Three special models were created for cloud funding supporters. Mr. Nakamura model on the left side, Mr. Tadashi model in the center and Nojima model on the right side.


The special model speaks with the voice of each voice actor at startup, at the end, when switching modes. Mr. Nojima is a powerful voice as if to get on to a robot, Ms. Nakamura is a cute voice, and Mr. Taboshi is somehow Ibaraki dialect. Even though it was directed more and more cute! And Mr. Tabuchi.


In addition, because it has a built-in BLE beacon, you can say "put it on radio audio and send the URL to a smartphone near the radio".


What I use is "DTMF sound" expressed by the sound "Pipopa". When the broadcast station transmits the DTMF sound, the BLE radio that received the broadcast wave converts the sound into the URL and transmits it to the nearby smartphone with Bluetooth. With this, the DTMF sound that has flowed on the radio is transmitted to the smartphone at hand as a URL.


Until now, when I tried to introduce the URL in the program, it was necessary to read everything, "H, H, T, Ti, P, Colon, Slash, Slash ......", but if you use DTMF sound you can send it instantly. In addition to guiding to the program site, you can use various ways such as share of photos and videos, coupon delivery, program novelty distribution.


By the way, general release is decided as having many inquiries after the end of the cloud funding.


The reservation reception has already begun. The manufacturer suggested retail price is 22,000 yen by tax.

Hint BLE Radio (Frost Silver) - Cerevo official store
http://cerevo.shop-pro.jp/?pid=120442486

Bic camera | Serious radio made by radio stations "H! Nt (Hint)"
http://www.biccamera.com/bc/c/av/radio_btspeaker/hintradio.jsp

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