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It takes up too much room on my night stand. This one has settings and instructions too complicated to bother with. The size of the radio is much larger than I expected. I was looking for clock radio that was easy to use as was my previous one which unfortunately broke.
[.]. still has not worked, that was the reason I bought the radio to have that feature. I checked the battery to see if it was in right, and all. So I would like to know Can I return it. I was throughly disappointed that during our bad this month, we lost electricity, and my new clock failed to work. It was to automatically show the right time with a backup battery. So I rate it low.
It works OK, but I purchased the Sony C318 also which is way better for about the same price. The automatic time set is why I purchased this alarm clock. Go with the C318 instead.
==Time Illumination: The numbers are tall and glow very slightly green. It is easy enough to turn that little dial once I have some light on. I needed the directions for setting the alarm time as well. The sound is OK and what I would expect for a radio of this size and price. It would do better with a button but it seems that the dial thing is a setting for also having the radio on or whether the alarm is on. I can see them from the dresser, which is about 5 feet away. ==Radio: I really could care less about the radio but had a quick listen. Just enough to prod me into wakefulness.==Setting the clock: Seems a bit complicated.
Please keep in mind that I have MS and as such , sadly my right eye is 20/400 so legally blind in that eye. Still would prefer a button but whatever. The alarm setting also has options for using the radio to wake up. One must look up their time zone and set that. It seems alright after that. Something I won't use, as I prefer the tone.
In fact seem just enough. But once set seems fine. ==Alarm : The alarm is a clear tone which gets faster as it goes off. I needed a clock which had numbers I can actually see from a distance away. I can see them enough to be able to tell what time it is (although blurry due to my right eye) The numbers do not glow too brightly.
To turn off the alarm one must use a very small dial which is a bit awkward when one is not awake yet. One star off for the awkward alarm dial thing that one must use to turn off the tones once you are awake. I've only had the clock for a few days so don't have a long or large history with it.Overall: I have given this clock a 4 star. I will try to be as specific as possible. I can also see what time it is with the lights on.
The tone is not too loud.
I wanted a white clock for my bedroom and most of the 'auto set' are black or silver. I've seen many other versions both on TV and online and this one beats them all - plus SONY quality. Straight out of the box it was ready to go. The price too was great.
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