or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
More Buying Choices
PORTABLE GUY Add to Cart
$77.86 + $6.49 shipping
ReStockIt Add to Cart
$78.66 + $5.95 shipping
AZPerfume Add to Cart
$76.23 + $8.75 shipping
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Color:
Image not available

To view this video download Flash Player

 

Grace Digital GDI-IRA500 Wireless Internet Radio Adapter Featuring Pandora, NPR and SIRIUS

by Grace Digital
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (247 customer reviews)

List Price: $119.99
Price: $84.99 & FREE Shipping. Details
You Save: $35.00 (29%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.
Want it Tuesday, May 21? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details

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

Frequently Bought Together

Grace Digital GDI-IRA500 Wireless Internet Radio Adapter Featuring Pandora, NPR and SIRIUS + Belkin Audio Y Cable Splitter 1-Mini Plug, 2-RCA Plugs (6 feet)
Price for both: $87.98

These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers.

Buy the selected items together


Product Specifications
Brand NameGrace Digital
Color NameBlack

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 7.5 inches ; 1.2 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B003FBQKZ0
  • Item model number: GDI-IRA500
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (247 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,409 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: April 19, 2010

Product Description

Amazon.com

The Grace Digital Solo

Grace Digital
Grace Digital Solo

Supports online music services: Pandora, Live365 VIP and SiriusXM internet radio

Compatible with the Grace iPhone / Touch / iPad and Android remote control apps

4-line, high contrast, backlit display lets you view station, song title, and artist info

Grace Digital
Grace Digital Solo Wireless Radio and Media Streamer
The Solo Wi-Fi Receiver provides free Internet radio from every corner of the world. View larger

Over 18,000 Stations
Listen to thousands of free Internet radio stations, podcast and on-demand content
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
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
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

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

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.

SIRIUS

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

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.

NPR

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.

BBC

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.

Live365

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

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.

Rhapsody

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

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 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. NOAA 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
Solo GDI-IRA500 Innovator X GDI-IR2600 Mondo GDI-IRC6000 Bravado-X GDI-IR4500 Wi-Fi Tuner GDI-IRDT200 Nostalgic GDI-IRN1941 Microsystem GDI-IRMS300
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 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Headphone Jack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Play USB Thumb Drives1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
External Speaker Post Yes Yes
Digital Stereo Output Yes
FM Receiver w/Antenna Yes
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

Product Description

GRACE DIGITAL AUDIO GDI-IRA500 Wireless Internet Radio Adapter with Remote


Customer Reviews

Easy set up and easy to use. James W. Ware, Jr  |  37 reviewers made a similar statement
A good product, that so far is working very well. Max Davies  |  37 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
100 of 105 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fascinating - Works Perfectly September 30, 2010
Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
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 good. It even offers numerous equalization settings. I am indeed impressed. I turned up the volume control to maximum to determine if I could detect any distortion. The sound seemed just as clean as it was at lower volume - no hiss, static or distortion that I could detect.

Some mention weak wireless reception. I own a two story 3400 sq. ft. home so I went diagonally to the opposite side of the house and on a different floor. I could not tell any difference in operation. I have a Black & Decker DC to AC converter with an internal battery. So I walked around the house to determine if the wireless connection dropped out of service. Again, it worked fine as I walked around inside the house and even into the front and back yard. This test may have more to do with the network wireless router, but both ends need to perform. I have a three year old Netgear wireless G router plugged into one of the ports of DLink Wireless N router. I did not want to degrade my wireless N network by connecting it to this wireless G internet radio. And that brings up a point I do not like so much. I wish there was a wired connection available. But they chose to be wireless only - and wireless G at that. People with wireless N will not be happy to drop their entire network speed down to wireless G just for the sake of having an internet radio.

I tested power interruption as well. I set the internet radio to a FM station and pulled the AC plug from the wall to turn it off. I plugged the AC adapter back into the wall outlet to see if it would remember the station I had selected. After less than a minute, it had regained the wireless connection and started playing the same radio station I had selected prior to power down. So that worked well I thought. So I decided to test the range of the remote control. It worked reliably up to 35 feet. The test was across one room, down the hallway to the opposite corner of another bedroom. There was only a very narrow field of view and it still worked quite well. It will probably work at a greater distance if it weren't as obstructed as my test case was.

The built-in clock radio works quite well. I chose the central time zone with automatic daylight savings time setting. The time was set automatically via the internet. The sleep timer works well. The alarm clock time setting was easy and intuitive. In fact, everything is very intuitive. I have not even looked at the manual yet. When I set up the wireless G router, I did not create a password, but I will later. I plugged in the internet radio and it set itself up without any intervention. It just worked. The most difficult setup effort was finding my old wireless G router and setting it up again. The wireless radio setup was for the most part automatic. I checked for a firmware update, but my unit was already at the latest revision. The firmware update is very easy to do.

I do not plan to subscribe to Sirius Internet Radio because I only plan to use the free stations. And there are so many stations available that it is mind boggling. It will take a while to learn all the functions available on this unit. I think it is very attractive with a high polish black color. The display is very good and readable. You can adjust the backlighting to whatever you prefer. Power consumption seems to be only 2.5 Watts using my Kill-A-Watt digital power meter. The back of the unit feels slightly warm after it has been on for a few hours. I measured the temperature and it was only 10 degrees F above ambient room temperature.

I tried not to repeat what others have already written. You can read those reviews to get a very good idea of functionality.
Was this review helpful to you?
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Pandora to Stereo - Great Solution, Great Price May 19, 2010
Amazon Verified Purchase
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 connect to Pandora and navigate to my previously defined Pandora channels
* The free IPad / Iphone control app immediately found and connected to the Solo on my wireless network from anywhere in the house
* Super cool, the Grace remote control app on IPad / Iphone can display the album art of the music currently playing on Pandora, changing with each tune
* I can most easily customize Solo content: add podcasts, search for & add internet radio stations, and other media streams at the grace-reciva website from any computer
* Podcast support works - eg, I set up a connection to "This American Life" podcast over the internet
* The Solo is software-updateable over the internet and can display wifi signal strength for problem determination.
* Solo navigation is straight-forward, similar to the hierarchical navigation approach of an IPod
* Although Grace Digital tech support doesn't appear to answer their phone, they were pretty responsive by email with about a 2 hour turnaround time on a Tuesday.
* Setting presets on the device is easy - just hold down a preset button while the source is playing - just like a car radio preset button
* The Solo supports connectivity to a UPnP media server

Things that are somewhat annoying:

* Grace support website forums appear little used and lack very much helpful content
* Setup can be a little glitchy - I had to power cycle several times for initial connection and also to obtain the registration key (needed for Pandora authentication)
* There doesn't appear to be a way to rename the built-in folders for better navigation clarity: there is "Internet Radio", "Personal Radio" and "My Stuff > My Stations"
* There doesn't appear to be a way to rename an internet radio station - you take what is named at the grace-reciva website

Despite the annoyances, Solo is a great value. I plan to add Sirius internet radio and experiment with Solo's UPnP media server support to connect to my Mac and to a NAS music library.

UPDATE: I was able to easily connect to my iTunes library via a UPnP media server application on a Mac, Playback by Yazsoft ($15). Playback is designed to work with iTunes. The Solo immediately found the Playsoft UPnP application on my wifi network and connected with my iTunes library. The Solo's navigation of the iTunes library is very similar to an iPod.
Was this review helpful to you?
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid, easy and great accompanying iPod Touch app December 22, 2010
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 you have to type a long WPA wireless password.

Once connected, it takes a minute to gather the list of radio stations. I am used to this list in iTunes, but the Grace radio surpasses iTunes by letting you sort the list in two ways: location and genre - iTunes only does genre. By "location", it's sorted by country. There's a long list of countries, and I was looking for a couple in particular (Denmark and France), it made my search much easier.

Two huge advantages of this Grace radio over other radios by other manufacturers: 1) the 10 presets (5 buttons with a shift button to get to the second 5 presets) and 2) the iPhone/iPod app to control the unit. I found that once I had setup the radio, it was much easier to browse the stations by using the remote. I imagine that I will maintain the preset list via my iPod instead of using the radio itself. The iPod app doesn't store anything on the iPod. It is just a program that lets you control the radio - so you can make one change on your iPod, then make another change on your radio, then another change on your iPod -- and all three changes will be there. Very seamless. Unlike other remotes that you may be used to, this remote has nothing to do with line-of-sight. Your iPod just needs to be connected to your wifi network. Note: I did NOT see a way to password protect the radio, so anyone with an iPod or iPhone who is on your wifi LAN can change the settings of your radio (including turning it on, off and changing the presets. All the more reason to protect your wireless network from intrusion.

The radio has some sound adjustment settings. You can adjust the volume and equalizer. There are both RCA and mini headphone outputs. I was surprised to see that the volume settings work on the RCA outputs. I would have preferred a more traditional "line out" mode for the RCA outputs, since RCA outputs are typically connected to some sort of amplifier. I have not connected headphones to this unit, so cannot comment on that feature.

I have connected this unit to both a small stereo system (Philips Micro System MC235B) and a larger stereo (Yamaha RX-V793). I ran the unit for hours each time and it worked great. I tried mostly 128k stations from Europe, and never heard a missed beat. The wifi antenna works great - it's only 802.11g and my Airport Extreme can handle 802.11g or n, but the signal strength was great at 25 feet through one wall. I didn't try it further away.

I suspect that my wife will soon want a second one of these to be permanently connected to our larger stereo.
Was this review helpful to you?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars Short life, expensive, and poor interface design
I bought this device in August 2012 and it died in May 2013, when it got stuck trying to perform a firmware upgrade. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Gill Bates
5.0 out of 5 stars Just tickled with it
It did exactly what I expected - giving me a stand-alone internet radio "tuner" to add to my stereo system. I find that using the web site to add stations, etc. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Walter R. Fey Jr
5.0 out of 5 stars Grace GDI-IRA 500
Love it. It's been on everyday since it's arrival and has preformed flawlessly. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to add internet radio to an older stereo system
Published 5 days ago by Alan Chinn
3.0 out of 5 stars not a stand-alone radio
I bought this for my office. It connected easily to the wireless-- but I was not aware that it MUST be connected to a stereo or powered speakers. Read more
Published 16 days ago by flounet
4.0 out of 5 stars worth every penny
The GDI IRA-500 met every expectation. The price wise right and within a few minutes I was listening to some great music. The choices are endless. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Jimmy Jam
5.0 out of 5 stars Wi-Fi Radio
I read lots of review that said I didn't work well. I have to disagree.
I have no issues, it was easy to setup, easy to use and works well. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MMILLER
5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTLY BRILLIANT AND AMAZING!!!!!!
Truly a twenty-first century wonder! I have a home theater system with a high end audio receiver, a highly encrypted home network enabled by an inexpensive wireless router so the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roger W. Dawson
1.0 out of 5 stars PIECE OF JUNK. NO SOUND. REQUIRES EXTERNAL SPEAKERS
Turned it on and had no sound no matter how high I turned the volume up. Then in fine print in the instructions I read must be connected to external amp and speakers. Read more
Published 1 month ago by CHIRPER
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Easy to set up !!!!!!!!!! This is the only way to liston to music ....now a days !!!!!!! :) :)
Published 1 month ago by John Montgomery
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't know how I ever did without it!
I chose this model because of its versatility. I've used it connected to my home stereo, with computer speakers, and with headphones...everything works fine. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Joe Kamichitis
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

Customer Questions & Answers
Please make sure that your post is a question about the product. Edit your question or post anyway.



Want to discover more products? You may find many from bbc america shop shopping list.