- Time projection onto ceiling or wall for easy viewing
- Auto time set with daylight savings
- Large LED display
- Dual alarm settings
- Wake to alarm, radio or buzzer
After spending the night at the home of a friend who had a projection alarm clock, I decided I had to get one myself. I tried 5 different clocks before settling on this one. This clock is compact with a small footprint (about 4.25" x 2.5"), so it should fit easily on even small nightstands. The clock display on the front of the clock is red and emits enough light to easily read the time, but isn't overly bright like some other clocks I tried. Setting the time and alarm on this clock is very intuitive; you won't need the manual.
The projected display clock is independent from the clock on the front of the unit and they must be set separately. The projected display hits the sweet spot in terms of luminosity; it emits enough light for you to easily read the clock on your ceiling at night, but not so much as to create a lot of ambient light in your bedroom. I measured the display from several distances and determined that the projected digits are about 5/8" or 1.5 cm tall per foot of projected distance (for example, if there's 8 feet of distance between the clock and the point on the ceiling where the projected image is focused, then the digits will be roughly 5" or 12 cm tall). In my opinion, this is just the right size; if it were much smaller then near-sighted individuals might have difficulty reading it without eye-glasses (and not many people wear eye-glasses to bed), and if it were much bigger it would produce more ambient light. A switch on the right side of the clock allows you to disable the projection feature.
The clock also appears to be of decent quality; the plastic housing seems durable but doesn't feel cheap, the buttons on the front have a good tactile feel, the mechanism for rotating the projector feels solid. The projection unit has two swivel points. When the alarm invokes, it will sound for one hour before shutting off; the snooze interval is 5 minutes. The snooze button is small, but it is slightly raised above the clock's housing, so it is easy to locate; I had no problems with it. The volume control on the side of the clock controls the radio volume, but not the buzzer. The buzzer has a set volume, which I would say also hits a sweet spot; it's loud enough to wake you, but not so loud that it jars you awake or bother someone in an adjacent bedroom. You can also choose to awake to the radio instead of the buzzer.
The photo on the retail box shows the clock display with red digits on a black background. Usually, however, the digits and the background both appear red, with the digits being a brighter red. Whether the background appears red or black depends on what angle from which you are viewing the clock and also the amount of ambient light in the room (check out the photos that I posted). This is NOT an atomic clock and will NOT auto-set the time; you must manually set the time. You can install a battery to maintain the time during power outages; it uses a coin-shaped 3V CR2032 battery. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this clock.
Prior to buying this clock, I also tried four other projection clocks, and the Memorex MC0931BK was the best one. Some of the other clocks I tried were the Magnasonic MM178 (display on the clock's front was so bright it was like having a bright night-light in the room), the Craig CR45365 (alarm only buzzes for 60 seconds so you might sleep through it, and the projected digits were ridiculously large) and the Hip Street HS-CRP329 (poor build quality and the one I got had a defect in the projection unit).
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Good little unit, numbers projected are nice and big. All the functions work as advertized. It does everything it states that it will do. It does not take up much space, you will need a flat battery for the back up it does not come with one. I had one on hand that worked so didn't have to make a trip to the store just for that. They should send flat little battery with it,just one of those little things that we customers just shake our heads at. The set up was easy, the buttons on the projection arm (projection arm is setup by itself, the main unit has its own setup)are hard if you have big hands. Overall form,function and price all good its a winner in my opinon.
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My night stand is small, and I don't want the entire surface consumed by my clock radio. This little gem has been perfect. "Big boy" features packed into a "little guy".
Even my husband (who thought a projecting alarm was silly) has come to appreciate viewing the time, in the dark, without his glasses!
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For some reason, Amazon.com will not apply my corrections that come from the product manual (even with a link to their PDF).
* Large LED display. Time projection onto ceiling or wall for easy viewing.
* Manual time set. Use CR2032 batter for backup power.
* Wake to radio or buzzer. Single alarm (not dual). Five-minute snooze.
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The description specifically says the projection has "swivel design" I though that meant it swivels, in a 360 degree motion but it only goes up and down. It projects on the wall behind it or on the ceiling, but when I'm lying in my bed, it's backwards. I returned this item.
I purchased this radio less than a year ago. Upon bringing the camper home from indoor storage the unit will turn on but nothing else on it works. I have tried resetting the unit, unplugging the power, and anything else I can think of and it will not work. I am very disappointed.
