Sangean RCR-2 AM/FM Atomic Clock Radio (Silver)
by Sangean America, Inc.
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Manufacturer: Sangean America, Inc.Model: RCR-2
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Updates time automatically from US atomic clock
- Dual alarms
- Automatic preset station option
- Modern styling
- Gentle wake-up alarm
- Easy to read LCD display
- HWS (Humane Wake System)
- PLL tuner
- Radio Controlled clock available for DCF/WWVB/MSF/JJY
- Weekday selection; Time zone selector switch
- Hummer Automatic Atomic Clock
- Sangean DT-180 AM / FM Pocket Receiver
- Stansport Compact Crank, Solar And Battery Powered Am/Fm Radio/Flashlight
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Customer Review: Best clock radio I've seen
Summary: 5 Stars
I own several radios and clock radios, including CCrane's
CCRadio (made by Sangean) and the GE SuperRadio. Some of
the negatives given in reviews above have an element of truth,
but are overblown, in my view.
Compared to the CCRadio (the several year old one, I don't
have the more recent CCRadio Plus):
* The RCR-2 is noticeably smaller. It is somewhat narrower,
and half the height. It is twice as deep. It feels solid,
heavy, and polished.
* The extra buttons make it quite a bit easier to use. Sangean
is still no Apple or Timex when it comes to making intuitive
interfaces, so the interface will still confuse some. And
while Sangean has improved on their translation of the
instruction booklet, it still leaves much unsaid. But
the function of each button is clearer and simpler, with
less strange overloading of uses.
* The CCRadio used any button for Snooze, so I could not
switch stations, or just turn the radio OFF in the morning,
without pushing the ON/OFF button 3 times, to get it out of
snooze mode, and just plain OFF. The RCR-2 only uses the
one up/down big tuning button for snooze, so other buttons
continue to function for their primary purpose in the
morning. This is good.
* The front third of the RCR-2 is polished metal, with a
closely fit clear face plate over the front. The buttons
are a very solid feeling, smooth polished round metal nubs
with strong spring loading. This is good for most of the
buttons, though the snooze (big up/down bar) button requires
more focused pressure than I like first thing in the morning.
* The CCRadio buttons are flimsier feeling plastic, and have
some annoying delays -- you have to hold them a major
fraction of a second to take affect (debounce circuitry, I
guess). You hold the CCRadio station selection buttons
perhaps a half second to change station, but not more than
two seconds, or you just reprogrammed the memory. This is
an annoyingly small window between the times required for
the two functions. I have not noticed any such timing
problems with the RCR-2 -- the station selection buttons
take affect immediately, so far as I can tell.
* The 7-day programming, and display, is the first such I
have used since a Sony model, many years ago. Each of the
two alarms gets one programmable time, and can be enabled
or disabled independently for each of the 7 days. Each
of the seven days of the week gets its own button, and
the status of each day is separately shown on the display.
Nice.
* I haven't pushed the radio tuner yet, except to note that
the one weak AM station I like, late at night, which only my
best radios (the CCRadio and GE SuperRadio) can pick up,
also came in just fine on the RCR-2. So I assume this is
another fine Sangean AM frontend.
* The RCR-2 display is _much_ more readable than the CCRadio
display. There is _no_ angle from which I can read the
smaller details on the CCRadio display, except when I hold
a flashlight just right and squint through my good eye.
The RCR-2 display is crystal clear from a range of angles
(and utterly invisible or unreadable, outside that range).
You must view it from straight on or from above, looking
down, but not more than about 20 or 30 degrees above the
horizontal. If you are more than 5 or 10 degrees below
the horizon, looking up, it is _completely_ invisible, with
just an orange lit rectangle. You can look from the left
or right of straight on by 20 degrees and see an excellent
display, or perhaps 40 degrees to the left or right and
still make out the numbers. The backlight is just from
one side (the right), but covers the whole display fairly
well, only mildly less bright on the left side. The
backlight on my CCRadio is utterly dark on the opposite
side, and only marginally useful. The orange backlight
on the RCR-2 is almost bright enough to use for a night
light, which some folks who like real darkness for sleeping
will find way excessive - they will have to turn the light
off. Personally, I can sleep in broad daylight, and rather
like the light.
* I have tried several atomic clocks that set using a radio
signal from Boulder, Colorado. Only two of them were able
to find any signal in my location -- this RCR-2 and one
other higher priced wall clock. The RCR-2 has a separate
antenna for the clock setting signal, which can be hung
off the back of the radio, or placed separately within the
3 foot range of the attaching wire. The cheaper atomic
setting clocks that I have tried, $20 or less, have never
worked for me. The RCR-2 still won't work for everyone,
depending on signal strength, but it's good enough for me,
and better than most.
* I have no comments on audio or speaker quality - I am half
deaf, and only listen to AM Talk Radio and Alarm Buzzes ;).
The RCR-2 handles these two just fine, so far as I can tell.
* Unlike both the GE SuperRadio and CCRadio, the RCR-2 does not
take a big heavy set of D cell batteries. So I suspect when
I lose electric power, I won't be listening to the RCR-2 for
long. It's no emergency radio. The backup power (internal
capacitor) did last the couple of minutes it took me to
move the radio between locations, as I tried out the atomic
time setting reception. It kept time while unplugged, with
the display light off, but the seconds still counting.
* And the RCR-2 is no DX long distance radio tuner. While the
AM frontend seems to be quality, you don't get the fine
tuning and antenna options required for DX'ing.
* The RCR-2 doesn't have the Weather channel that my CCRadio
has -- not that I care.
* The RCR-2 has no bass or treble controls - just a volume
control. Fine by me.
* The Nap function is the first I've seen of such that I will
likely use. Just push the Nap button once for each 10
minutes you want. The display shows 10, 20, ... 120, OFF
in sequence, for 10 to 120 minutes of nap time, and OFF.
The only minor annoyance is that you have to push the
button the remainder of the 12 times to turn it back OFF,
but in normal usage, one doesn't need to do that often.
Description of Sangean RCR-2 AM/FM Atomic Clock Radio (Silver)
14 station presets (7 FM, 7 AM)This modern clock radio is a step above the clock radios of the past. For starters, the radio updates its time automatically from the U.S. atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. While this may force you to work or school on time, the benefits of a constantly updated timepiece are critical in this fast-paced world. The radio even adjusts itself automatically for daylight saving time. The illuminated LCD screen gives you vital information, including: time, date, day of week, sleep, wake times, naptime, and radio information. With the gentle wake option, you can choose for the radio's volume to start low and slowly build over time. The AM/FM radio has fourteen presets for individual programming. The clock radio also features an automatic preset system which scans and memorizes available radio stations. With the two alarms you can set wake-up times on the same or different days of the week. The sleep timer is a nice feature for those who use the radio as a sleep aid. There is a headphone jack for people who want to listen to the radio without bugging the person besides them. The clock radio's color is silver and its styling is modern and sleek.
What's in the Box
Clock radio and user's manual.
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