Timex T600B CD Stereo Clock Radio with Nature Sounds (Black)
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Customer Review: A Fine Clock Radio
Summary: 4 Stars
I would say for my purposes, this unit is fine. The Nightlight is very noticable and the time is nice and big.You can set the unit for Three seperate times.I usually set the "Nature" sounds for the Weekday & the Radio for the Weekend.There is a little pushbutton for each mode you want to set. ex... "CD", "Radio" & "Sounds".I set the Weekday settings and leave it for the week. I then cancel it for the weekend.Then I do the same process for the weekend. The sound quality is very good.CD's play fine as well as the Radio & Nature sounds (keep at a reasonable level)I just would like if the "Snooze"& "Off" button would be lit up.I also would liked if the The settings you set for Weekday and Weekend would work automatically.That way, you would not have to worry about what would go off , "Weekday or Weekend settings" which would determine if you are late or early, whatever the case may be. (VLS)Customer Review: eh...
Summary: 2 Stars
It's not as good as it could be.The Bad:
I agree with other posters who say the alarm limit is horrible, and the cd player hisses way too loudly, the hiss will actually wake me up before the music even starts, and it's impossible to lie in bed and relax with the cd player hissing right in my ear. The cd player also has plenty of problems reading "burned" cd's (CD-R's)
The nature sounds are also really bad, you can hear an audible click or pop every few seconds when the loop ends on every sound.
Speakers are horrible, I get better sound out of my older, much smaller tape player/alarm.
The good:
Large Indigo display, very nice.
The ability to set the volume low for the "sleep" timer, and still have it be loud when the alarms go off.
Having three seperate alarms is a nice feature.
Overall, if I had to do it over again, I would definitely choose another system with the same features.
Customer Review: Not worth THAT much
Summary: 3 Stars
I've had this thing for about a year and it's been okay for me. It has a battery compartment so power outages won't screw up the clock. It's pretty easy to set up too.My only real complaints are the "nature sounds", the audio quality, and the lack of any anti-skip technology. The "nature sounds" are totally horrible. Although I guess you might want something really annoying to wake you up. The sound is pretty bad too. If it's not turned up very loud, probably too quiet to wake you up, it sounds decent. If you turn something up full volume though, it'll definately sound like crap. Not to mention that the actual sound output usually causes the CD to skip. Oh, yeah, the actual sound of the CD spinning is pretty loud too.
With all of that in mind I don't think anyone should pay over $40 for this. I gave it a 3 because despite all of those things it always ... right on time.
Customer Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, to put everybody to ease about the other guys review, this sucker is the easiest thing to use ever. If you need to change the alarm, you just press the button for which of the alarms you want to change and then you just press the time buttons. Also, you can wake up to a buzzer. If you set the alarm to wake to CD, and you don't put a CD in then it default's to a buzzer. Plus, if the power goes out it also default's to a buzzer. The thing is really fool proof, the alarm resets for the next day's use after you turn it off, which is a great advantage from those old ones. My only complaint is that the idigo backlight's light sensor is too sensative and turns one when there is still plenty of light to read it, this shortens the backlight's life. Also, the other guy better get an eye pillow, because you can't have both a readable display and not be able to see it.Customer Review: Makes me long for a wind up alarm clock.
Summary: 2 Stars
This device is too complicated. After you set the alarm, you have to remember that this is not the same as turning the alarm on, so you have to hit another button. You also have to remember that hitting the OFF/RESET button on the top of the clock just turns off the alarm for that day. The alarm will go off the next morning unless you hit another button. This is especially annoying when the alarm goes off at 6 AM on a Saturday. The nature sounds are repetitive and irritating with the possible exception of the ocean. The mechanism of the CD player is noisy, making it difficult to listen to low-level music to sleep by. While the display is backlit, the controls are not, so it's difficult to turn things on and off in the dark. I would not buy another one of these.