Pyle Home PICL34B iPod and iPhone Clock Radio with FM Receiver and Dual Alarm Clock (Black)

• FM Stereo Radio PLL Digital Tuning System - 10 Preset radio station memory - Compatible with iPhone 3GS & 4G,iPod Classic, iPod Video, iPod 5G, iPod Mini, IPod Nano & iTouch,(all Generations) - Total Power Output: 40 Watts
• LCD Display with 7 Auto Changing Color Back-light - Battery Charging after iPhone/iPod Unit Docked-in (available for all iPod Models with 30 pin connector port) - AC Adaptor Operates, with DC 3V Battery back-up ( Battery not included )
• Back-light Color Select - Clock Display with Sleep & Snooze Function
• Electric Volume +/- Control - Dual Alarm, Gradual wake up by Radio/iPod
• 30 Pins iPod Docking Connector(Not included) - Buzzer or iPhone/iPod songs

Bought one of these (white) for my wife for her birthday, to go with her new iPhone and replace the very large CD Alarm Clock that was taking up so much room on her night stand. She loved it and found that it did dock the iPhone 3GS with the her Otterbox case with no problem.

After two months I decided to buy one for my side of the bed to replace a very bright alarm clock. I purchased the black one because her white one tends to become translucent with the internal light and I was looking to get something that wasn't too bright. The black one does a better job of containing the internal light than the white one. This clock let's you choose from several different colors of light for the numbers and I chose red which helps prevent it from being too bright. My wife had chosen to let the colors rotate all the time but after seeing my red color settled on that as well.

I have an iPhone 4S with an Otterbox case and it did not fit well, without me pushing down hard on the connection. So I did a little sanding of the bottom of the case (which you can't see since it's rubber) and that little modification made the phone dock without any more problems.

My only real complaint (and it's a small one) is that the buttons are a little hard to push when you are mostly asleep in the morning and being close together I still (after a month and a half) push the wrong button to turn it off more than I should.

I typically wake to a local news station and the alarm comes off very soft but then the volume increases quickly (maybe too quickly) to make sure you hear it.

Over all, great size, good dock and easily readable.

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I've had my last alarm clock for 10+ years, so I figured I was due for an upgrade. This is a perfectly nice replacement, but I'm picky about how things work (since I use them for so long!) and this just didn't do it for me.

The good:

-ipod dock, can auto sync time from my iphone

-pretty LED colors, cycling or steady (which is also a negative)

-big numbers and easy to see icons tell you if the alarm is on, if you are on snooze, etc.

The bad:

-the LED is BRIGHT! I got the white model, and there is a lot of light leakage through the sides and around the front. You can turn the LED off by holding down the color button, but the only way to turn on again is to hit that button, which leads to another issue...

-the LED has two settings: cycling through the colors and one steady color. It comes cycling. Hit the color button and it stops on that color. Hit again and it cycles. SO...when you are turning on the LED again after turning it off, it goes to cycling (if you were last on steady). That's annoying in the middle of the night...

-Setting the alarm was easy, but I don't know how to un-set it. The alarm went off this morning, I hit snooze a couple of times, then hit the off button. The alarm on icon is still lit, so I assume that means its on? Awesome if I wanted to get up the same every day, but tomorrow is Saturday... Was hoping to use the second alarm for weekends, but I'm scared I'll have both blasting at me!

-Speaking of blasting, I like to wake to radio. The alarm comes on soft, and then within a couple of seconds gets loud. really loud. Surpassing the volume I set the radio at last night. Might be good for heavy sleepers, but I like to not be jolted awake. I prefer to listen to the radio quietly in the morning for a few minutes, which gradually wakes my husband as well (we are both less grumpy then!

The manual is adequate for initial set up, but doesn't address these things (and I found out about turning off the led by accident). Could be an awesome clock, but just not for my needs.

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It is too hard to set the alarms on it. The buttons don't work as I would like them to. It becomes frustrating trying to set the time and the alarm clock.

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The only problem we have is when you have an iphone case on your phone it will not fit to charge it. If it is out of the case it works great.. Most people have their iphones in cases now. thank you, diane

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Can't wait to get this in the room and get Iphone on it to listen to music and charge at the same time. Great purchase.