HMDX Audio HX-B440 Cube Bluetooth Alarm Clock

• Connects wirelessly with smart phones, laptops and most notebooks,
• Full-Function dual alarm clock with snooze, nap, and gradual wake feature,
• Digital FM Radio, USB port for charging your devices, Clock syncs with time on apple device

I've owned this alarm clock for over a month. It's too late for a return now, but I've thought many times about just putting in the kitchen as a remote speaker instead of using it as an alarm clock.

First the good parts:

* Bluetooth: This is great. I can put my phone or tablet anywhere in the room and have the music come through the speaker on the alarm clock.

* USB charging port: I love that I can plug my phone in on my desk at night without any other device needing to be available. I can charge my phone every night and don't have to think about it.

* Display: I love the big numbers and the quiet light. You can adjust the display level from super bright to super dim. I believe there are 4 light levels that can be chosen, and you can choose to have the nightlight or not. If the nightlight is on it reflects the same level as the display. I chose to have it off.

* FM Reception: This gets much better reception than my previous clock.

Second the "meh" parts:

* The speakers are not bad for alarm clock speakers... but they are still obviously alarm clock speakers.

* The tuning and volume nobs could use an indentation to make them easier to turn. As they are you can't comfortably push to turn, but there's not quite enough to grasp to turn either. They aren't horrible, but they could be better.

* If you want to snooze, and you hit the snooze button then you are good to go. If you miss and hit some other button then the alarm turns OFF. I haven't missed yet, but I can see how this might be a problem on a very early, groggy morning.

Finally the bad parts:

* Auto time set just didn't work, and not just because of a time zone. It could be because I have it running through a surge protector or something, but the minutes portion wasn't even close, whereas if it was a time zone issue the minutes would have at least been correct.

* Gentle wake just doesn't work. It's supposed to slowly get louder over the course of 2 minutes so you are gently awakened. The first morning I expected to be soothed awake (is that possible?) with gentle music or talking from my selected FM station. It was about 4 seconds and this thing was blaring. I have tested it when awake to be sure I wasn't so soothed I slept through the quiet part. It is literally around 4 seconds before it's so loud you are ready to just kill it. I would even be ok with that if I could set the maximum volume level, but it disregards any volume level you have set and just starts yelling. I guess as an alarm clock it works because I find that I'm so worried about waking my wife that I regularly wake 10-15 minutes before the alarm goes off and lay in bed waiting for it to go off so I can get to it quickly.

* Customer support. I emailed them regarding the volume and the gentle wake feature. This was several weeks ago and I have not heard back from them. I don't suspect I ever will.

I've used this with Nexus 10, Nexus 7, and Nexus 4 devices without any issues.

0 stars because of the wake feature. The main function should be the alarm since it's an ALARM CLOCK, and I consider it broken. I give it one star for the bluetooth, and one star for the USB charging port.

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The HMDX Audio HX Cube is a bluetooth enabled alarm clock. Your bluetooth music device will sync with the system and you can play your music through it. Out of the box, it contains a completely self-contained system with a power cord and antennae cord.

As soon as I opened it up, I tested out the syncing capability. I used my iPhone 4S to sync to it. It was extremely simple and straight-forward and found my phone in under a minute. Once it was synced, I could hit "play" on my phone, and it streamed directly to the clock. It says it has a 30' range, but that is a clear range, meaning no thick walls between your device and the unit. At 20' (the most clear distance we had) and around a corner, it responded instantly.

Sound-wise, I thought it was pretty good for a "clock radio". It is certainly not as good as some of the higher end direct sync systems, but it isn't bad, by any stretch. I know another reviewer had trouble with the radio part, but for me, the radio feature worked fine. I do live just outside a big city and get a lot of power from my local radio stations, so I don't know if that is a factor.

Other features: It has a USB port on the back, making it able to charge multiple types of devices. As we are pretty much i____ people, we use it to charge our iPhones and iPods. I like having the USB plug in the back, as that way I can charge whatever I want, as long as it connects with a USB cord (it doesn't have to be a bluetooth device). The USB port does not sync the phone, so it is only a charger. There is also an audio port on the back where you can hook up any non-bluetooth devices. The sound quality through that port is not as good as the bluetooth connection (weird), but it may be the quality of the cable (included). I haven't tried other cables, so I can't comment.

Clock: As a clock, it is like most other clocks in its features (alarm, snooze). I do like that the alarm settings can be set different for the weekday, weekends or all week, for those of us who have different weekend and weekday schedules. It will sync to the correct time when you use Bluetooth, which I like. It is bright (bright!), but I don't have it near my bed, so it doesn't bother me. It also comes with this cool "undercarriage" light that will light up the bottom of the clock. Not sure what it is for, but it looks really neat in the dark.

Overall, I was satisfied with the product. I wasn't expecting great sound quality, but for a clock radio, it was better than average. The only drawback is the price, as it seems a bit pricy for what it is. I own a Sony clock and iProduct docking station that cost more, but it had huge speakers and wasn't as good in terms of its clock features. The sound from the Sony is much better, but then there is no bluetooth capabilities. So, overall, it is a trade-off, but I still am enjoying this bluetooth alarm clock.

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I honestly couldn't find a single good thing to say about this clock. Ok, it has a nightlight on the bottom.

The biggest problem we ran into was the fact that the controls frequently and completely locked up on multiple occasions. Unplugging it didn't reset it, but unscrewing the cover and removing the button sized backup battery did. For a few days, then it would lock up again.

The last straw was when the clock went off this morning in my kid's room -woke up my daughter and my grandson in the adjacent room. At 5:45AM. The clock froze and wouldn't go into snooze or off.

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Product is good as far as its specification goes.

It has a straight, clear, design.

And that is the end of the "good" part of it.

Display stopped working after 2 weeks of use. It just went dead, which makes the alarm clock totally useless.