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  1. Michael •  January 19, 2006
    Rating: 2.5/5

    I’ve had mine for about 3 months. At first it worked great, although almost bright enough to read by at night. Now, the snooze oprion only works intermittently. Today, hitting snooze, it did not come back on at all. Yesterday, worked fine, the day before, did not come back on after hitting snooze. For the price of this thing it should work a hell of a lot better I would think.

    Rating: 5 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  2. Brent •  February 7, 2006
    Rating: 3/5

    There is nothing gradual about the wake up mode. I have to jump out of bed so it doesn’t wake the entire house. It takes about three seconds to go from inaudiable to blaring. Otherswise I enjoy the ipod intergration into an alarm clock.

    Rating: 6 :: 0 out of 1 people found this user review helpful.

  3. Sarah •  February 9, 2006
    Rating: 3.5/5

    My two complaints about this unit (which are also the same as everyone elses) are that
    a) the “gradual” wake up is very loud and not so “gradual” and
    b) the display light, even on its lowest setting (out of 3), is very bright. So bright I block it completely with another object on my night stand (defeating the purpose of the clock feature all together).

    Overall, it’s a nice unit and I’ve not had any problems with it besides those listed above. I am still keeping my eyes peeled for something just a little bit better.

    Rating: 7 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  4. Deane •  February 15, 2006
    Rating: 0.5/5

    You plug your Ipod into the device, which makes it “sleep” until the alarm function is needed. However, the shuffle is required to use an external line and must be left on all night. It just isn’t practical for the shuffle.

    Rating: 1 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  5. Brian •  January 17, 2007
    Rating: 4/5

    The Ipod alarm is nice, but it scares me in the morning. It takes only about 3 seconds, before the speakers are blaring and I race to hit the snooze. Although it does wake me up, it also wakes my entire house. Bad idea on the alarm, but it gets the job done, in a freaky way I guess.

    Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  6. Brian •  January 26, 2008
    Rating: 1/5

    This was a gift from my girlfriend for Christmas ’06. I thought that all the features were pretty good and the sound was better than average. I woke up this morning and nothing works on it now. I can’t set the alarm clock, or perform any other features using the buttons on top. I also noticed that the backlight is out, and you definitely can’t see the clock in a dark room. Tried resetting it per the owners manual, but still no luck. Come to find out, it only has a 90 day warranty! I definitely won’t be buying another one.

    Rating: 2 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  7. Ben •  February 21, 2008
    Rating: 2/5

    As an alarm clock it offers good functions and is decent sounding, it won’t fill a room, but it is decent. Like everyone else has said, the wakeup can scare you with its rapid increase in volume. I have had this system for about six months and I have had some weird issues. First, sometimes the alarm just doesn’t go off. This can be very problematic. Also, the radio reception goes in and out (other receivers in my house work fine). Sometimes it even magically changes the stations by itself. I am very disappointed with overall system and would not spend more than sixty dollars on this.

    Rating: 4 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

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