Jensen Docking Digital Music System/Alarm with Auto Time Set for iPod and iPhone (Black)

• Output: 2 x 2W RMS
• AM/FM Stereo Receiver with Digital PLL Tuning
• Hi-Lo Brightness Control for .9" Blue LED Clock Display
• Digital Volume Control
• Dual Alarm Clock with Sleep, NAP and Snooze

I bought this alarm clock because overall it looked like the best for a reasonable price that included iPod docking. Everything about the clock is pretty good, except one glaring flaw. There is a feature for the alarm function that automatically increases the volume to wake you up. But this feature increases the volume almost instantaneously (within 5 seconds), and the volume becomes EXTREMELY LOUD. And the worst part is, you can't set a starting volume or a maximum volume for the feature, and you can't even turn off the feature!! I like to have the volume at around 8 for waking up, but the alarm increases to 20-30 really quickly, which I wouldn't be surprised if it woke my neighbors.

If you're not using this clock as an alarm clock and just using it to tell time and to play your iPod or radio, then great, you'll be happy. But if you want to use its alarm capabilities (and keep your eardrums intact), then I suggest you look elsewhere. I am returning this clock...very dissatisfied.

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I was looking for a simple alarm clock onto which I could dock my iPhone 4 and listen to music occasionally. This model works fine for me. The sound quality is good. The alarm is loud but I don't let it go for very long so it's not a problem. It really is very bright. I bought two of these one for my husband and one for me. If it's bright in the room with just one, it's really, really bright with two, even with the display dimmed. Still, it's not a dealbreaker and I just turn the clock away from me a little. For the price, I really can't complain (I got mine on sale). I love waking up to a freshly charged iPhone and since our cell phones are our only phones, I like that it's docked right next to the bed.

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I like this alarm clock, but it doesn't work on battery power. (It has the feature, and I put brand new batteries in it, to no avail.) So this alarm clock will do me no good when the power is out. Otherwise it's fine. Of course it is made in China. When are we going to start sourcing products from a country that makes them so they actually work?

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I like this alarm clock. I read the reviews on both amazon and walmart.com (amazon was cheaper, btw) and everyone warned that it was bright. I scoffed at this as the people writing said reviews must be big babies. Otherwise, said the reviews, it was rather good. So I got it. I do like it and it charges my iphone 4 fantastically! It is bright though. But, it isn't so bad. If you are sleep deprived, it may keep you up and make it harder for you to settle down. I speak from experience on this as I have a baby. I end up putting a sheer wash cloth over it so I can still see the time but dim it a bit. It works. Good price and good alarm clock/docking station for the money, says I.

It seems that when it comes to ipod docks, Apple must charge a certain amount of money just for the company to say their product can dock with an ipod. Jensen used up all that money and only put a couple more cents into the actual product.

I'll get to good out of the way quickly. Small footprint and OK sound for the price/size. You shouldn't expect much for this price and a clock radio.

Now on to the bad.

* WAY TOO BRIGHT! I yelled that on purpose. There are two settings, blindingly bright and even brighter than that. OK. I exaggerate a bit. But even on the low setting the whole room is lit. I taped some colored cellophane over the clock and it still lights up the room, and now it's hard to read the time. Why do they make clock radios with blue numbers. Red is so much softer.

* The buttons have a very cheap feel to them and make a loud plastic clicking sound when pressed. Not very nice when I am trying not to wake the spouse.

* There is no support for your ipod. Eventually the male end of the dock will break or the dock will do damage to your ipod.

* Auto time set. This is funny. It has a battery backup in it. So before they put it in the box at the factory, they set the time. When you plug it in, voila, the time is set. Ha. Whoever set mine had a watch that was 5 minutes fast.

There was another review that mentioned the alarm volume automatically increases. They must have a different clock-radio because that isn't a feature of this one.