Sony Dream Machine Dual Alarm Clock CD Player with AM / FM Stereo Radio Tuner, Digital Display, Exte

• Digital Display AM/FM Stereo Tuner Lets you choose from a wide variety of radio, talk and music programming. / Bright, large numbers make this clock easy to read with 1.4" Green LED Clock Display / Brightness Control Allows you to adjust the brightness of the display between High, Medium & Low / Compact Space Saving Design
• Plays CD-R/RW discs burned either in a PC or a home recording deck. Create custom mixes from your existing personal music collection and always have the right music at hand.
• Dual Alarm Allows you to set two separate wake-up times (Like His & Hers) and gives you 3 different alarm options wake up to a your slected CD, any of your favorite radio stations or the original sounding BUZZER.
• Audio Input Allows simple plug and play integration with any additional music device such as iPod, MP3, Cassette Player or Even a Turntable, via a 3.5mm jack. & included cable
• Extendable Snooze Gives you the freedom to choose your personal snooze time instead of having to settle for the standard time intervals of other alarms. Each press of the snooze bar adds an additional 10 minutes to your snooze time, up to a full hour without having to reset the alarm.

Pros:

1) The big (1.4"inch tall), dimmable numbers display is easy to read w/o my glasses (not coincidentally, my preference for sleeping) and is readable well off-axis (at least by contrast to the more modern looking back-lit displays which have poor off-access readability and can brighten a room beyond tolerable when dimmed all the way and you are trying to sleep.)

2) The buttons are logically placed, labeled well enough, and reasonably big and few.

3) Speakers on both sides prevent it from being loud to one person while inaudible to the other.

4) It is heavy enough to stand its ground in the face of flailing-blindly-in-the-night button groping.

5) Substantiating my assertion that it is easy to learn to use the instruction manual is only one sheet of paper with about a foot of column length to teach you how to use it

6) For the $ (under $40 at Best Buy,) it's pretty good especially considering that all things CD are a dying breed.

Cons:

1) No back-up battery but I knew this going in and bought it anyway.

2) The wording is a little misleading on the box but it is definitely not a digitally tuned radio, as one astute reviewer revealed. It does pull stations in at least as well as its predecessor and the tuning dial is located well out of harm's way.

3) Only CDs play in stereo not FM. Even knowing this, I can still sleep at night.

4) The CD's volume is less than the radio's so if you plan to go to sleep to the radio and wake to a CD, you just might sleep through it's that different.

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The website description stated it has a Digital Tuner "Digital Display AM/FM Stereo Tuner". It has an analog tuner. I want a digital tuner so I can have multiple stations set.

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I Loved this clock for three years.

Pros great for listening to my CD to get to sleep, dual alarms, Radio picked up signals from super far away.

Consno battery backup, did not withstand abuse by four year old.

I recommend this alarm clock only if you can keep younger kids away from it.

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This is my third Dream Machine and it does not disappoint. The low light setting on the dial is perfect and it's easy to set and operate. Love it!

I used standard shipping and received this item less than 24 hours from when it was ordered. That seems fairly good to me. The radio works fine although I wish the reception was a little better, it is however typical of a radio that uses the line cord as an antennae. I like the dual controls for the dual alarms and the ability to go forward and back when setting the time, instead of having to go all the way around on the 24 hour clock. Sound is not as good as a stereo system but seems better than most inexpensive alarm clocks. All in all, I am very pleased with my purchase.