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Read the manual...
This is a nice little clock-radio except for the alarm: it's a little tricky to figure out, and you need to carefully read the manual to do so. Had it for years, and love it! I got this clock in a silent aution just because it looked cool. I didn't know that it would become a clock that I would love for several years. This clock have MANY wonderful features like the ramp up alarm feature: It always woke me up w/o jumping out of bed like I'd heard gunfire. It also has great sound quality in the radio, unlike many other alarms. Its also easy to set and easy to turn off. I also like the large display, its easy for me to read at night. The only downside is also my favorite upside, the ramp up alarm. After awhile, it does get kind of obnoxious, but it still keeps me from jumping. I had this alarm for about 5 years before I purchased an iHome for my iPod, and I would recomend it to ANYONE! this alarm is a piece of pooh my parents own this thing and put it in the spare bedroom, and every time i stay at their house, i wonder why, for the love of god, they keep this thing. i hit the on/off button on accident repeatedly because it makes no sense where it's at. they are larger than the snooze button. someone needs to tell the manufacturer that snooze buttons are big because you reach up and hit them in a sleepy state. you might as well get out of bed if you need to expend effort looking for the snooze button. it took me an eternity how to figure out how to set the alarm so that it would go off in the morning, and how to turn the alarm off so that it didn't beep every few minutes. now, i can't figure out how to turn the alarm off. i've pressed cancel and every combination of buttons that i can think of. all cancel does is make the dot that signifies that the alarm has been set to flash at you for a few seconds before it goes back to normal. an alarm clock shouldn't need an owner's manual. an on/off button...i mean, what in the heck is that? what's "on"? shouldn't it just say "off"? and shouldn't "off" be indicative that you've turned the alarm completely off until the next time you choose to reset the alarm? if they mean "off" to signify that you've turned the alarm off, but it's still armed for the next morning, shoudn't there be a button that says, "really off"? and "on" button means that the alarm is set, right? i think this is the stupidest alarm clock i've ever dealt with. Worst Alarm Clock I Have Ever Owned First of all, I must say that you shouldn't believe the claims that this alarm clock has a battery back up feature, as my power has gone out several times and it has never worked. Also, I have yet to find a button on this thing that will actually turn the alarm feature OFF. Which means that someone like myself, who works a rotating schedule, must always remember to reset the alarm to a later time or else wake up at the crack of dawn on their day off. There are so many buttons on the top of this alarm clock that it's very difficult to hit the actual snooze button when you're half asleep. Don't waste your money on this one! Like the gradual awake alarm, everything else stinks. I bought this unit to replace my old one that was just...well....old. I love the gradual awake feature. This means I won't wake up the neighbors like my monster loud old one did. There are a few drawbacks to this unit. First, the numbers are so bright it lights up the entire room at night. There is no dimming feature on this unit. Secondly it is hard to tune a radio station, and when you do, it has to be adjusted the next day. Thirdly the volume adjustment goes from high to low to off. There was no way for me to play music low enough for me to fall asleep. And finally some bright engineer put the on/off button next to the snooze button. So if you reach up to hit the snooze in the morning, and accidentally hit the on/off button, you are screwed. The alarm is now off and won't go off again until the next morning. | |
