

You switch it on and let it do its thing. But without the ads and (mostly inane) RJ chatter, with a lot more options in terms of content, and a modicum of control.

So the Carvaan is essentially a digital radio. If you want to locate and play a particular song, good luck to you Moreover, there is no remote, and no pause button mercifully, it does have previous and next buttons. The tracks (apart from those in the Geetmala module) play in random order. Because the song list is exactly that, a list of songs it is not a tracklist. Not that having the song booklet would prove to be of much assistance either. You can of course download the songlist from the company website, but it runs to 122 pages. For a start, there is no accompanying song booklet. It is a statement of the entire philosophy of the product. The decision to have the Carvaan resemble an old-fashioned transistor radio is not merely a design contrivance. It is light and portable, though I’d think there’s not much chance of you carrying it on your morning jog. The device has inbuilt speakers, contains 5,000 pre-loaded (mostly) retro songs and flaunts a cool, suitably retro look.


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