Elgin 2-in. LED Auto Time Set Alarm Clock

I expected that this auto set clock would use the atomic clock to make sure that it's accurate, but it does not seem to do so. I bought 10 of these for a facility and they are different by a couple of minutes so they aren't super accurate. Additionally the LED was out on one of the 10. Overall, I suppose the price is right, but I expected a bit higher quality.

I did not read the description carefully enough. I thought this clock would set itself automatically based on a radio signal. That is not the case. It has a built in clock run by a button battery. When power is returned after an outage, it will use the time from the internal clock (which could just as easily be inaccurate).

Also, the display tends to be a little too bright at night even at the dim setting. The red and blue LEDs and the unnecessary information (I know that I am in the Central time zone, even at 3 in the morning) make this look somewhat like a pinball machine.

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The Elgin 4537 LCD Alarm Clock is simply the best example of horrible design I've ever encountered in my decades in electronics and computers. The sleek front has three buttons: Up, Mode and Down. "Up" and "Down" control setting of the clock (but only when certain switches on the back are set in particular positions); the "Mode" button is a) not connected to anything, b) performs no function, and c) is not mentioned in the laughable "user manual," which is written in a language that vaguely resembles English.

The back of the unit has no less than five different switches, with 17 different settings among them. The "PMCE" switch (with four positions) sets the clock of Pacific, Mountain, Central or Eastern time...but nothing says that; you get to figure it out for yourself.

The setting and enabling of the alarm is confusing to me, and I'm an experienced systems designer. After I set the alarm, it took me hours to figure out you have to set a switch on the back to "TIME SET" to be able to see the current time. Confusing much?

What's good about it? A huge Snooze button on top; I never use the Snooze function. The clock automatically sets itself to current time when plug into A.C., if you're incapable of doing that yourself (and, if you like to run your clock a few minutes fast, as I do, you're not allowed to do that).

Don't waste your time on this good looking clock. The operational features will drive you nuts...if you ever figure them out. There's a reason it's cheap!

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Awesome clock from Elgin. When I received this clock after purchase I took it out of package and plugged it in. The clock set itself. The power has gone off in our house a few times because of storms. I went to check this clock and it had already set itself to the correct time. Thats what I call trouble free. The large numbers are also cool.

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This clock arrived with the faceplate having fallen out, but it appeared to be undamaged and I snapped it back in. I was disappointed that the numbers weren't as bright as expected, unevenly illuminated, and the colon between the hour and the minutes is a very dim, steady (unblinking) blue.

The biggest problem is that the clock does not wake me up. When the alarm works, it's not very loud. But most of the time, it doesn't work at all. I've set it four times and it has not gone off at all three of those times. Twice, I overslept an hour. The alarm was still set but silent in all three cases when I awoke after the set time. I will have to buy still another alarm clock, because I cannot depend on this one!

Since I wrote the above, several months ago, I have depended upon a different alarm clock to wake me up each morning. The Elgin clock is used only to display the time.

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