HMDX Audio HX-B322 Unwind Bedside Alarm Dock

• Full-function dual alarm clock with gradual wake
• Charges and plays iPhone, iPod, and iPad
• Auto-set clock with 6 nature sounds - Waterfall, Brook, Rain, Forest, Ocean, Summer Night
• Customizable color-changing mood light
• Aux-in for connecting non-Apple devices

Where do I start? Well first, the Homedics alarm clock is a great product but this is something I cannot say about the owner's manual that comes with it, which is a disaster. There is more to this alarm clock that is never mentioned in the manual, so here are the things you should know about this alarm clock/docking station:

1. Not only can you use your iPod, iPad, and iPhone but you can also play your iPod Generations using the auxiliary cable that is included. You can either play it or charge it, but cannot do both at the same time for the ipod generations.

2. The alarm volume increases until you turn off the alarm. There is no way to adjust the volume to remain at a constant level. So when the nature sounds go off we just turn off the alarm.

3. The button controling the snooze is also used to dim the light. These should have been separate buttons. The only way we found out was just by pressing all the buttons to figure out how to dim the light.

4. The auto set feature indicated in the instructions does not work. We plugged in the clock and although it had the correct time zone (EST), the time was wrong. We unplugged and replugged and it would not auto set.

5. Manually setting the clock is a huge challange so I hope you have better luck.

6. Don't bother about setting the presets for radio stations because if your power goes out you will have to reset them all over again. The battery is supposed to kept the setting but that didn't work. Although, the battery that came with the unit could be defective and we didn't change it to find out if that was the problem.

All-in-all the clock is really nice but getting it set up is a chore.

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I am pleased with this alarm clock overall. I had trouble setting the time, etc when I pushed the buttons on the clock. But when I used the remote, it all worked fine. The sounds of the ocean, rain forest, thunderstorm, rain and white noise were amusing to me. They sounded good, but don't think I would use this feature very often.

Pros:

*Large display for time/date

*Option to dim brightness or turn off all together

*Remote works well

*Ipod fits snugly and sounds pretty good

Cons:

*Buttons on clock are loud when pressed and don't seem to work well.

*"Mood Light" around base of clock seems like an unneeded feature.

*Clock is plastic and cheaply made

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I really liked that it had colors and nature sounds and my ipod (6th gen nano) works with it, but the sound is so bad. I realized this the most when I tried the nature sounds and I could barely tell which sounds were supposed to be what. It did not work well. I took it back and now I'm still looking. I like the gradual wake part of it too. But man.. the sound is bad. I would expect that out of like a $20 alarm clock.

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If you can tame this beast of an alarm clock, you'll have a good one. The owner's manual is crap-tastic, and does not tell you about all of the features, so it does take some figuring out on your own. It should not be complicated to set up an alarm clock, and that is exactly what this product has done.

The docking port is great, and has a hinged door that pops up and allows you to wedge your device between it and the docking port.

The clock will auto-set when you plug it in. It may have the wrong time zone, or it may be on daylight savings time. There is a "DST" (daylight savings) button on the left pad that will flip you an hour forward or backwards. Push it and your time may be right. If not, to set the time and date, simply hold down the "SET" button until the hour blinks, and use the "FORWARD" and "NEXT" buttons on the right pad to scroll through the options. You can push the "SNOOZE" button to quickly exit this mode.

Above the "SNOOZE" button there are 4 smaller buttons. Two of these are for the different alarm clock settings, and the other two are for an optional mood light (?) and the other for the nature sounds. To use the nature sounds, the radio has to be on and then you press the small leaf button to scroll through the sounds.

The alarms can be set by holding the button until the time blinks, you can select the days of the week and time, as well as the sound to wake to, radio, aux, or nature sound.

The "SNOOZE" button acts as a dimmer for the display, which can be bright. It can be totally turned off by this method. Great if you're a clock watcher.

There's a neat switch located on the bottom that allows the clock to be set on a one time basis only. Meaning that each time the alarm goes off, you have to reset it each time by indicating the time and day of week all over again. It's the 'hotel' switch.

The nature sounds are a bit cheesy, as is the mood lighting. For the price, they could have gotten better nature sounds and speakers no reason not to. This, the lousy controls, and the sloppy manual contributes to three stars for the product.

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For what it is and the price, it's a nice little toy. The HMDX has these cool lights and nature sounds (one of my favorite features reminds of the background white noise when I'm at a spa.)

I don't expect much out of an alarm, so this dock worked fine for me and my iphone. I had no problem setting the alarm feature. The sound is...well, it's a bedroom alarm. You can't going to expect stereophonic sound with this product.

The sound is as good or better than many of the more inexpensive alarms I've gone through over the years.

I think it's a nice product that does what it's intended to do. The fact it's got the light gizmos (which are customizable for those of you who like that sort of thing) and the nature sounds is a bonus.

If you need a gift for someone who needs a dock and isn't a stereo purist when it comes to bedroom alarms, this is well priced and a good choice. With the lights and sounds bonus, it'd also be great choice for kids.