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Straightforward, old-school clock radio. Got it for my teenagers to detach from smart phone while in their bedroom. Listen to the radio and stop the custom order everything life, including music. Stepping off soap box now.....

This alarm clock radio replaced one I've had for over 25 years. It is perfect for me .dual alarm,doesn't need to be reset every day and especialy the dimmer that has 3 settings that can be adjusted by pushing one button. If it lasts 25 years that would be awesome. I don't think you can go wrong buying it.

Arrived on time. Simple clock radio with a large enough face to see the time from across the room. Alarms come in several settings. I like the increasing loudness that comes with the bell alarm so I can shut it off before the rest of the family hears my alarm. I do not use it for a radio. Reception is weak though. AM radio comes in clear and certain local FM stations. I liked this alarm enough that I ordered a second one for my teenage daughter who now gets up on her own without me dragging her out of bed. This alarm clock radio was priced appropriately, shipped quickly and functions well in my home so I would recommend it to others.

This alarm clock Is great, but It has a brightness setting and even If the brightness Is turned all the way down It still shines In your eyes while your sleeping because the display Is so bright you can't sleep very well, I bought this for my grandparents to replace their old alarm clock because their old alarm clock still works but the display turns to Japanese numbers and my grandparents didn't like It so I saved It for the display I do In December for 2 weeks... I would choose a different alarm clock what Is not so bright so you can sleep all night... Don't buy It If you don't sleep very good...

It's true that the settings are not very intuitive, but once I figured out how the clock worked, I loved it! (I do keep the instructions handy, though, for things I don't do every day). I like the small footprint, red display with adjustable brightness, convenient snooze button, dual alarms, and ease of setting and turning off the alarms (once I figured out how they worked). I especially love that the alarms start out faint and gradually increase in volume. The radio is very easy to tune, with excellent reception, and the sound quality is not bad (better than my last alarm clock, though not the best I've ever heard). Altogether the most satisfactory alarm clock I have ever owned.

Having read reviews for this radio alarm clock ranging from one to five stars, I wasn't exactly sure what to expect once I plugged it in. My biggest concern was that the radio reception would be inadequate. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the digital tuner is excellent. Stations that were crackly and faint on my old analog clock radio are now coming in loud and clear.The three dimmer levels are a nice touch as well.I agree with other reviewers who cite the poor instructions that come with the alarm clock--in fact, there are two vital functions that you will be unable to figure out if you rely solely on the included "quick start guide:" turning off the alarm and setting the radio presets.However, these (and other) functions are fully explained in the expanded manual, available as a PDF on the Electrohome website. Just look for the EAAC200 manual on their support page. Once you spend a little time figuring out the (admittedly quirky) button combinations, you will realize that a lot has been packed into this great little clock radio.

Actually, I wish I could rate this twice, but since I can't, I will rate it for the purpose we bought it, which is as an easily readable bedroom clock rather than as a radio or alarm. But I will explain below how I would rate it if I could rate it twice.FIRST RATING: 5 Stars for the display! We keep the alarm clock across the room so needed a large and easily readable display. We have tried 2 other clocks in the last 60 days (both with blue displays) and they either flooded the room with light on the brightest setting or were too difficult to read on the dimmer settings. This clock is terrific on the brightest setting. The numbers are extremely easy to read across the room at night, but the red numbers do not cast any noticeable light into the room. We love it!SECOND RATING: 3 Stars (or maybe even 2) for the buttons for operating the radio and the alarm clock. I'm very competent with technology, but this is the first alarm clock/radio that I've ever had to read the manual to operate. And I'm guessing that if I don't use the alarm or radio for a couple of months I'll have to dig out the manual to figure them out again. The good news is that there's a lot of functionality here (including presets for the radio stations) but they have simply tried to cram too many functions onto each button. And the labeling on the buttons is nearly worthless.So, why did I rate it 5 stars instead of averaging all of my comments and rating it, maybe a 3? Because for our purpose, simply as a clock that is easily readable across the room and doesn't throw out so much light at night that you feel like you've left the bedroom light on, this is a TERRIFIC clock for that purpose.

This a great clock with large numbers. I also like the simplicity of a one touch for the on and off for the radio. In my market we have a 24/7 news station that is AM...so that is a must. The clock did not need setting in my East Coast location.However, I did not attempt to set up the alarm clock, It looks tricky! I had to discard another clock radio because the darned thing was hard to unprogram. Not happening again.Will probably buy for the guest room too.

This dual alarm clock is great. Works just as advertised, except, I found that it actually has a feature on the alarms that is not advertised; in fact it isn't even mentioned in the owners manual. You can actually set the alarm volume. That's right: No more forgetting that: you had turned the volume off the day before when you got a phone call --Don't really know why you didn't just turn it off...but, oh, well, what's done is done.--OR-- your favorite song (well, O.K. radio show) was on last night and you had it cranked up. After all, for a clock radio, it does have decent sound output. The volume that you set it to (the last setting - after the radio station setting, Can be set to 1-15.) is the volume that you wake to.Un like many of the reviews that I read, the alarm clock is very easy to operate...I understand that some people are Tech, challenged, but, those people that normally have trouble operating stuff such as this have no place leaving bad reviews as to usability--- I found it to be pretty intuitive...However, as to the manual; that is a whole 'nuther story: absolutely useless, other than a few reference charts/lists needed for initial setup.All else is as advertised so I won't waste your time with too long of a review. Very large, clear display--decent radio--stylish look--versatile dual alarm (#1 on mine is set for Mon - Fri only {I don't have to remember to turn it off for the weekend--necessitating that I remember to turn it back on, on Sunday night)***Just one more note: when you set the display dimmer to off, a led (what looks like a power symbol) lights up on the face and stays on. A carefully placed spot of nail polish mostly fixed that--still a little side glow, but, now minimal.I'd definitely recommend this alarm clock to anyone that asks.

First of all, let me begin by saying that I have NOT attempted yet to use the alarm settings or the radio, so I can't speak to those.One feature that was very important to me in purchasing the clock was that I did not want the number display to light up the room. I am very sensitive to indicators lights and whatnot that are on just about every electronic device these days. I am happy to say that the red numbers are the perfect color to minimize glow when the rest of the lights are out. The fact that the red color is at the low end of the spectrum probably helps in that regard. Colors at the low end of the spectrum are more conducive to restfulness. Due to my sensitivity to even tiny amounts of light in the room where I sleep, I placed the clock in my bedroom where I can't see it directly from where I sleep. I don't notice any glow in the room even when the brightness is set at the highest level. Speaking of brightness levels, the clock has three of them plus off. When the numbers are not lit, the clock still is not completely dark. It still has a small power indicator that is lit in red.The other feature I wanted was the automatic time set. The time zone still needs to be set. Unfortunately, the instructions on the Quick Start Guide were not correct, and this caused some confusion when doing the initial settings. I had to use the more complete User Manual to figure out how to set the time zone. I debated whether to knock the rating down a star for this but decided not to since the clock is functional and meets my requirements so far.There has been some kind of power outage since I set up my clock. Though I was not aware of the outage when it occurred, I knew that it had happened because another appliance in my home lost its time setting. I am happy to say that this clock maintained its time setting perfectly. No additional battery is needed to support this feature. This feature works out of the box.

This radio was purchased specifically as a replacement to a different brand radio which had gone bad. I was looking for a dual alarm, large display clock radio with digital radio stations that I did not have to tune and retune repeatedly. What I got was that and so much more. In addition to those items, I also got a clock radio that sets it's time automatically after a power failure, can adjust the LED brightness 4 levels, and change the time format to 24 hr military time which is important because I am in emergency services. All this and so much more like date and temperature info and for a great low price. I couldn't be more happy with it.

I bought this Clock Radio for my guest bedroom along with another brand which begins with S and ends with a Y for my bedroom. Guess which one has the better radio? If you guessed the S**Y then you will have guessed wrong! I was very surprised that this Electrohome picked up stations that the other one did not. I put this one in my bedroom and will be returning the other one and purchasing 2 more of these. One for the guest bedroom and another for my workshop. This clock also comes with a couple of extra features that I either overlooked when reading the description here on Amazon or they wasn't listed. The main reason I bought this was for the extra large display so I could see it from across the room.1. This has a temperature function that is pretty neat.2. Comes out of the box with the time & date preset. Has a long life Lithium CR2032 battery for backup.3. Radio will alarm even if electric is off, buzzer only. It will not have a time display, buy hey it still alarms and wakes you up.4. Also has a date function after you press the calender button.For the price it has a great radio, large display numbers and lots of features.Just so you will know that this is a honest review and not from someone that is being paid to say this. I live in the mountains of Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia and I rarely give anything that I buy here on Amazon or anywhere else a review but when something works this well and for the small price that I paid I thought that I would let other people know that they will be pleased with the purchase of this item.Thank you for your timeH. Hager

Directions are a little difficult as one button does several things. Still can't figure out how to make the alarm louder.

Good looking little clock radio/alarm.Control buttons are small and multi-purpose.Radio sound is pretty good too.

Tricky to figure out how to set without using the instructions, but the instructions were fine.I particularly like the radio alarm being a) digital so you can get a good signal and it won't move if you accidentally touch the wheel/dial, and b) it comes on softly and then the volume increases to the volume you set. A great feature!

I really love the digital light and the fact that this can it can get brighter or dimmer upon your chosen setting. The radio has different stations and tunes in really good as well. The alarm takes a little bit of getting used to with the settings, but once you figure it out it is easy to do. The only problem I am having is that it is a little too quiet for me and if you have a fan or anything else running, you will not be able to hear it. If you wake up to sounds fairly easy it is a great product for you. I woke up and could barely hear it this morning over my fan and it failed to wake me up. It does have a radio and a beeper, you must make sure you turn it up all the way. The beeper does get louder and that may help. Most alarms they are making these days I have found to not be very loud, but if you are a lighter sleeper and want a clock radio then this would be the product for you. I got this product for free or at a deep discount for my honest unbiased opinion.

I wanted a small-footprint clock/radio for my bedside stand. This fits the bill exactly. I love the 3-stage brightness dimming of the green LED time display. It took a bit of reading the manual to figure out how to set the time, alarm and radio station, but I did. The only thing that surprised me was the thin wire antenna that had to be extended from the unit. Silly me, it had not occurred to me that it would be necessary. It is unobtrusive, but not very long. I stretched it to the wall and anchored it with a removable sticky strip. Ta-da! I have only been using it a week or so, but so far I am happy.

I like this little clock very much, but it was rather frustrating at first - hence the four stars instead of five. It is not very intuitive and the instructions are not very helpful; however, after a little practice I rather like it's minimalistic quality. Everything other than the learning curve would have gotten this product five stars, such as: dimmer - lowest is hard to see in daylight but perfect for nighttime and the medium is fine for daylight and not too bright while sleeping, I love two alarms, I love having a beep alarm as well as a music option, it's tiny - fits in my hand (I'm average/petite), it's light, gets good reception - I left the antenna wrapped up and it still works fine, it can be very loud for it's small size. I think that's about it. All is good except for learning how it works!

We've had this alarm clock for about 2.5 years and used it daily. After about a year, one of the two alarms you can set went out (as in it did nothing if you set it) so we started to using the other one exclusively. Up until last week, all was well, then it just quit working. Not the best quality, but it was relatively inexpensive so I'm not too upset over it.

Good clock radio for the price. The digital radio has up to 10 presets, which is not mentioned in the description. Also not mentioned is that you can select different preset stations for the alarm function, and it does not have to be the same station you last listened to before turning on the alarm, like analog clock radios. Another un-advertised and unexplained feature is that alarm clock settings include volume level. I like the large white display, which I can read without my glasses on, though very near-sighted. The red would have been more subtle, but less readable, so I am happy with the white at a dimmed setting. The station always stays tuned in, unlike low priced analog radios that tend to drift out of tune over time.There are a couple of negatives. First, the instructions are incomplete, though I was able to figure it all out through trial and error. The second is the tinny sound. I would pay a little more for better sound, or a for jack for external speakers.

PROS:Nice sizeModern looking.4 dimming settings (manual controlled) which makes it ideal for those who don't like a bright clock at night, but for those who need to see it in bright daylight.The cord is long and light.Radio reception is good.Once time zone is set no need to reset during DST.Battery backupSleep timerTemperatureCONS:Almost plug and play. You have to find your time zone. It is not intuitive to setup so directions need to be read.2 Alarms -- but again you need to read directions in order to set up.Sometimes the numbers don't display crisp (others have posted photos)Buttons are small and hard to read to do any of the functions.Overall, I like this clock because I can see it easily in bed without glasses and it's not red numbers. I use my smartphone's alarm rather than this clock so I barely use the other functions, but it's nice that they are there. For the money I think it's a good deal. I am pleased. I'll update my post if the display becomes so bad I can't read the time.

I bought this to replace an "Atomic" US-time broadcast clock radio that was so bright that I couldn't stand any it longer. That old radio was so bright you could literally read a newspaper in the middle of the night by it at the lowest brightness setting. I don't understand why some electronics manufacturers think that people want nightlights on in their bedrooms at night. Maybe because it was an "Atomic Clock" they thought it should be as bright as an atomic bomb going off in your bedroom at night. So I'm picky about light. This radio does a great job of NOT being too bright and that is the main thing I like about it, and why I bought it. I'm happy with that.The Good:*This clock radio has 3 different brightness settings, and I'm using the middle one. Actually there are 4 settings if you include DISPLAY OFF which is what you get with the fourth setting. You can't see it at all even in pitch dark. I suppose there are people who would want this but I'm not that picky about having it dark enough to develop film when I'm sleeping. I just don't want to be able to see every imperfection of the drywall shadowed on the ceiling or be able to read a newspaper by my clock radio in the middle of the night. The red color is very good for being able to see and read the clock but it not throwing light all around the room. I'm very pleased about the light levels. The brightness levels are easily switched between by hitting the snooze button when the alarm is not going off. This is very handy if you want it brighter during the day. It's a simple adjustment, just whack at the snooze button until the level is reached you like at the moment.*The setup is not so bad, although it is still an old-school multi-button mess that isn't something you will be able to just "figure out" as you go by experimenting. Don't throw away the instructions. Keep them nearby as you will probably want to reference them. There are labels on the buttons but they are in 3 different languages and each button does multiple things. That's not so good...*The date & time are pre-set at the factory but for Eastern Time USA. I had to figure out how to switch this via the instructions. It wasn't so bad although IGNORE the "quick start" which tells you to change the time and nothing about setting the time zone first. That will mess everything up. Just use the guide in the main "book" to set the time zone, enable/disable DST, and set up the alarms and the radio channels. Unlike the quick start guide it has each language separated in the book in different sections instead of annoyingly alternating through them which makes things 10x more confusing to read.*There is a replaceable computer (CMOS-2032) battery back-up that will keep the time set almost forever in the event of a power failure and will even alarm (buzzer only) if the power is not back on when the alarm time comes. With the battery backup going and the power on the clock will not lose even a fraction of a second of time. The AC Utility power grid wavelength is stable to a thousandths of a second over the period of a year. This clock is as accurate as the atomic clock (nightlight -see above) that it is replacing in my bedroom. I am impressed. It's actually more accurate as every once in a while the Atomic clock I had would get goofed up and be an hour off for a day or two. I guess my window wasn't facing the right direction. This one will never have that problem. Be sure to set up the DST function correctly, and on the right time zone, so it is active if you want to use it. It can easily be deactivated if they finally get rid of it, or change the dates again for the umpteenth time.*There is a date and even a thermometer setting. I never look at these, although the date does power the DST function. I screwed up and had the DST turned off the other day and had to turn it on. It wasn't too hard at all because I saved the instructions. Follow the yellow brick road on the page. The English is even pretty good. Without them? Fahgattaboutit!The not-so good:*The radio is plenty loud. It's even too loud and a little too "punchy" for my tastes. The volume scale goes from 0-15 and 1 is too loud for me in the morning while 0 makes no sound at all. 15 is loud enough to hear it at the other end of the condo and 1 is loud enough to wake the people upstairs up when it goes off at 5:30AM. I can hear them roll over and get out of bed within seconds of it going off on some mornings. - eek! I have the unit on a small wall shelf halfway across the room and the back-facing speakers shoot right at the drywall and that must conduct sound up the walls and into the unit right above us. I've put a little bit of foam padding behind the clock radio and might even put some tape over the speaker grille so it isn't too loud. I could always turn it up more if the tape muffles it too much. So I've gone from a too-bright light to a too-loud radio. Call me Goldilocks but it seems there is no perfect solution.*This last thing is a minor issue, but when the brightness level isn't at max the individual segments of the display are not always at the same brightness. Some dim a little more than others so the numbers are not "even" in brightness. This can make the display a little weird to read when the lights are on and you have it at lower settings. The numbers sometimes look like alien letters at first glance when the lights are on or the sun is shining through the window on it when it is not at the full-bright setting. It's not a huge deal-breaker. But it can be a little annoying at times.Overall this is a pretty good clock radio, and if you live in a single-family dwelling the volume issue probably isn't as big of a deal for you although you might wake up other folks in the same house if you have thin walls too.If only there was a more linear progression in the volume scale from 0-15 this clock radio would be a 5-star rating.

This was a gift for my wife for Christmas. She wanted an alarm clock with dual alarms, self set, a digital radio, and it had to have red numbers. I found that there were not many out there that fit these requirements exactly. Turns out it is a pretty good unit so far. It did not come with the instruction booklet, despite the box saying it contained them, but they were easily found online. The usage of the unit is a bit odd to get used to, but once you do it a few times, it seems fine. I like the lithium battery for the backup as those seem to last a good long time, and its replaceable. As it is still vacation, the dual alarms haven't had to be used yet, but I did try it to make sure it worked. The radio seems ok, it has an antennae cable sticking out the back, so you have to have it positioned to get some decent signal. It also has station pre-sets, which was interesting and unexpected, though kind of difficult to set and retrieve. It also has a thermocouple cable sticking out the back, so it can tell you what the temp is in the room, that was kind of a neat add on, but perhaps not totally useful. I did like the fact that it can dim the display a bit, as the default display is WAY too bright at night. The size is nice, my wife can actually see the numbers at night without her glasses! I can see it very well across the room at night too if I need to get up. All in all, so far so good.

This has large numbers, great for seniors! Radio was good too. The direction could have been clear, not great direction for a senior.

the clock is small so it takes up very little space. it is very hard to set the alarm. the directions are not clear how to turn off the alarm once it goes off nor to turn it off so it doesn't ring on the weekends. i am very disappointed as this clock was replacing another clock that was hard to set. i am very frustrated,

This alarm clock is very small/compact compared to most. The snooze button is probably 1/4 the size of a typical alarm clock. Based on reviews I read, I was very attentive to the directions on how to set the alarm and how to turn off the alarm. It is high-tech,more like an early version of a phone app, and not recommended for non-millenials. The key is to decipher that the alarm is turned off by pushing the fourth button from the left on top of the clock. It has a small on/off symbol and is only mentioned when it tells how to disable the snooze function. You don't have to push the button and hold it down for two seconds every time you want to turn it off, which is how you set it. It is much more complex than flipping a switch.Unless you are technically savvy, have pretty good eyes, and read directions thoroughly, I would not recommend this clock.

I've had it for almost 2 years now... still works fine. To be honest, I only use it as a clock, don't use the radio nor the alarm function. Something weird that I've noticed: when I set the time, after one day, when my phone shows 7:30, the clock shows 7:35... Weird but well, it's only 5 min and it only means I have an extra 5 min to get ready in the morning... For $15, it does the trick

The clock radio I had been using for over two decades finally died (a drink was spilled on top of it). I needed to find a replacement fast, preferably without spending an arm and a leg. This is the model I selected; and although I think there is a lot of room for improvement, I am happy with it overall.What I Like:-----------It's electric. Plug it in and don't worry about ever changing batteries.It has a battery backup (2 AA batteries req'd, not included). In the event power is lost, the batteries allow the unit to retain all its settings and continue functioning.It has two separate alarms, allowing me to keep my 'primary' always set at the same time while using a 'secondary' as required. Each alarm may be independently enabled/disabled, and the type of alarm sound (beeper or radio) may be individually set on each. [Note the product description says "buzzer", but it's really a beeper.]The display is easily readable, even with my less-than-youthful eyes.The unit's footprint is about 1/3 that of my old clock radio. Very compact. Of course, that means the speaker is smaller too (worse sound quality), but big deal. It's an alarm clock, not a home entertainment system.It has the ability to adjust the display brightness (although limited in its options).Digital radio tuner.WHAT I DON'T LIKE:-----------------NO INSTRUCTION MANUAL!!!!! What you get in the box is a clock radio and a "Quick-Start Guide", which does not cover everything you need to know about the unit. For example, the Quick-Start Guide tells you how to set your alarm when you first take it out of the box, but it does _NOT_ tell you how to stop the alarm once it goes off, or how to disable it after it is set. The Quick-Start Guide refers you to a manual on the company website ("for more product information, go to <website> and refer to the user manual"). So off to the website I go; but the joke's on me... the "manual" on the website is the same stupid Quick-Start Guide that came in the box! A lot of good that does.No option for 24-hour time display.When setting the time, you can only cycle through the hours/minutes in one direction. So, for example, at the end of daylight savings time when you want to set the time back one hour, you have to go forward 23 hours rather than just going back one.Likewise, when setting the time, if you hold a button down, the rate at which the numbers change does not increase. You have to sit there holding the dang button for about 1 second per number change.Once you have your alarm time(s) set, enabling/disabling the alarm is not a straightforward nor intuitive process.All the buttons are the same; i.e. there is no way to distinguish tactilely which button to press to turn off the alarm after it sounds off in the dark when you're half groggy.Snooze time is NINE minutes! Five is ideal, seven is pushing it, but nine???This unit is too digital. There are two features that would be better served with an analog control (or a much MUCH finer granularity in their digital intervals): the volume control and the display brightness.Volume setting '1' (out of 10) is still too loud for my purposes.No atomic clock automatic update feature.OTHER OBSERVATIONS:------------------To the best of my knowledge (I could be mistaken), there is no "low battery" indication for the battery backup. If that is true, then you will need to continually monitor the battery level via some sort of manual method; and if you don't, then that renders the backup feature rather useless (i.e. the power going out with dead batteries is the same as the power going out with no backup system at all).There are 20 radio station presets that can be programmed; but they aren't "universal". That is, there are 10 FM presets and 10 AM presets, not 20 mix-and-match. Either way, that's probably more than enough for 99.9% of people.The alarm is constant volume, not a crescendo alarm.There is a 'sleep' timer that allows you to listen to the radio up to 90 minutes (in 10-min increments) before automatically shutting off.HELPFUL INSTRUCTIONS:--------------------As I said, there are no instructions supplied with this unit. Here is what I've been able to figure out on my own, whether from the Quick-Start Guide or through trial-and-error. I do not know if this covers all the features of the unit or not, since obviously there's no way to know what all the features are w/o a manual to explain them! :-)For purposes of terminology... there is a row of six buttons on the top of the unit. From left to right I'll call those: 'H' (hours), 'M' (minutes), 'SET', 'RADIO', ALM1 (Alarm 1), and ALM2 (alarm 2). Also, there is one additional (much larger) button in front of the row of six, which I'll refer to as the 'Sleep/Snooze' button (it's a left/right rocker type button).The display area consists of the usual digits plus five LED lights; three of the lights are aligned vertically on the left edge of the display and two are on the right. The ones on the left are (from top to bottom): PM (to differentiate between 4:00am & 4:00pm), 'alarm 1 beeper', and 'alarm 1 radio'. The two on the right side are 'alarm 2 beeper' and 'alarm 2 radio'. Okay...SETTING THE TIME:When you first plug in the unit, the display begins flashing and you can set the time immediately. If your unit is not flashing, you need to enter the time setting mode first. To do so, press and hold (for about two seconds) the 'SET' button until the display begins flashing. While your display is flashing, use the 'H' button to adjust the hours and the 'M' button to adjust the minutes. Sorry, the hours/minutes only adjust in one direction. When the correct time is displayed, hit 'SET' again. WARNING: Make sure you take the 'PM' LED into consideration when setting the time. The 'PM' LED is _not_ illuminated for times in the range 12:00 midnight to 11:59am; the LED _is_ illuminated for 12:00 noon through 11:59pm.SETTING THE ALARM:SELECTING THE ALARM SOUND (beeper/radio/off):These two specific functions are actually part of a more general alarm setting function that encompasses both. To change either, you need to first put the unit into the alarm setting mode. To set alarm #1, press the 'ALM1' button once, then immediately press it again and hold it (about 2 seconds) until the display begins flashing. You are now in alarm setting mode.Note: If alarm #1 was disabled before you entered alarm setting mode (neither the 'alarm 1 beeper' or 'alarm 1 radio' LED was illuminated), then entering alarm setting mode automatically enables the alarm in beeper mode, as indicated by the 'alarm 1 beeper' LED illuminating; but if alarm #1 was already enabled before entering the alarm setting mode, it remains in whatever mode it was already in.Once in alarm setting mode (flashing display), the buttons available to you are 'H', 'M', and 'ALM1'. Use the 'H' and 'M' buttons to set the alarm time. Again, make sure you take the 'PM' LED into consideration when setting the alarm time. Use the 'ALM1' button to cycle through the sound options beeper/radio/off (press once for each change)... but see the note further below about the quirky behavior when cycling through the options. The alarm 1 LEDs will indicate which alarm sound is active (one or the other LED will be illuminated, or neither if the alarm is disabled).When the correct alarm time & sound type are entered, do nothing. The unit will exit alarm setting mode and revert to normal timekeeping display after a few seconds.Setting alarm #2 is identical to the procedure described above, except you will use the 'ALM2' button instead of 'ALM1'.Note: When selecting the alarm sound (beeper/radio/off), going from 'radio' to 'off' IMMEDIATELY exits the alarm setting mode and reverts back to normal timekeeping display. This is awkward and non-intuitive (IMO); that is, changing from 'beeper' to 'radio' keeps you in alarm setting mode, but changing from 'radio' to 'off' kicks you out of alarm setting mode. This is a bit quirky. So if you wanted to change from 'radio' to 'beeper' you would need to enter the alarm setting mode twice: (1) Enter alarm setting mode. (2) Press 'ALM1' to change from 'radio' to 'off'. The unit reverts to normal timekeeping display. (3) Enter alarm setting mode again. Because the alarm was disabled before you entered alarm setting mode the second time, beeper mode is automatically selected for you. (4) Do nothing; alarm setting mode will exit after a few seconds. It would have been much simpler to have just kept the beeper/radio/off selection cyclic without kicking you out of alarm setting mode.CHECKING THE ALARM TIME:If you want to check an alarm time without actually changing it (or the sound type), simply hit ALM1 or ALM2 once. The currently set alarm time is displayed. The display reverts back to timekeeping mode after a few seconds.SNOOZING:When an alarm goes off, the beeper or radio (as appropriate) begins sounding and the corresponding LED begins flashing. Hit the Sleep/Snooze button to snooze. As far as I know, it makes no difference whether you rock the button to the left or right; either way pauses the alarm. The alarm's LED continues flashing to indicate the alarm is still active. Snooze time is nine minutes, after which the beeper/radio sounds off again. Repeat as necessary. I do not know how many times you can continue doing this; but an educated guess would be six times (so as not to exceed an hour total).TURNING OFF THE ALARM:After an alarm sounds, turn it off by pressing the 'RADIO' button. Note: This only turns off the alarm sound, it does not disable the alarm; so it will go off again at the same time the next day. See "Selecting the Alarm Sound" above if you actually want to disable it.ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS:Press-and-hold the Sleep/Snooze button until the display brightness changes. Repeat again if desired. There are three different brightness settings available (product description says two, but there are three). It does not matter which way you rock the Sleep/Snooze button, the progression is always in a downward circle (i.e. Hi->Med, Med->Low, Low->Hi).PLAYING THE RADIO:Hit the 'RADIO' button. The frequency is displayed and the radio begins playing. There is no AM/FM indicator; the displayed frequency is your indicator. To turn off the radio, press-and-hold the 'RADIO' button until the radio shuts off.ADJUSTING THE VOLUME:While the radio is playing, use the 'ALM1' and 'ALM2' buttons to adjust the volume. 'ALM1' decreases it, 'ALM2' increases it. NOTE: The same volume setting is used for the radio, alarm #1, and alarm #2; so whatever value you set here is also the value assigned to the alarm volumes.CHANGING FREQUENCY BANDS:While the radio is playing, press the 'RADIO' button to switch from AM to FM or vice versa. The appropriate frequency is displayed as you do so.TUNING TO A STATION:Turn the radio on. Use the 'H' button to decrease the frequency. Use the 'M' button to increase the frequency. Pressing and holding a button performs a scan in the appropriate direction.SELECTING A PRESET RADIO STATION:With the radio turned on (and the appropriate AM/FM frequency band selected), press the 'SET' button. "Pxx" is displayed (where "xx" is the 2-digit preset number, from 01 to 10) and the preset station begins playing. If that's the station you want, do nothing; otherwise hit 'SET' again and the next highest number is displayed and begins playing (10 recycles back to 01). When the desired preset station is found, do nothing. The display reverts back to the frequency after a few seconds.HOW TO SET A PRESET RADIO STATION:Turn on the radio, select the appropriate band (AM/FM), and tune to the desired station's frequency. Press-and-hold the 'SET' button until "Pxx" is displayed and begins flashing (where "xx" is the 2-digit preset number, from 01 to 10). Use the 'H' and 'M' buttons to select the desired preset number ('H' decreases it and 'M' increases it). Press the 'SET' button to assign the frequency to that preset and lock it in.SLEEP TIMER:With the unit in its normal timekeeping mode, press the Sleep/Snooze button once. "90" is displayed and the radio begins playing. Press the Sleep/Snooze button again and "80" is displayed. Press again, "70" is displayed. Etc. This is how long (in minutes) the radio will play before automatically shutting off. Note: Once again, it doesn't matter if you rock the Sleep/Snooze button to the left or right; the time duration can only be updated in one direction, from 90 down to "off" (in 10-minute increments).-------------I hope the above instructions are helpful. You're welcome, Electrohome. I just did your job for you.I debated long and hard about how many stars to rate this product. Once you know how to operate this thing, it's really not a bad unit, so I'm tempted to give it four stars; but in the end I gave it only three stars instead. Products lacking a decent well-written instruction manual is a pet peave of mine, plus there are a lot of improvements that can be made to this product to make it more user-friendly and intuitive, plus a few "missing" features that I would like to see. For a $15 clock-radio, though, you really can't go wrong with this product.

Nice little radio for the price. Red LED display is best for the bedroom, Blue and green displays are supposed to disrupt sleep, and being able to dim the display is a bonus. Sound is a bit tinny but to be expected for such a small speaker. It would be nice if the sound could be turned down a little lower. The lowest setting is a bit louder than I like but is acceptable. The button to turn off the alarm is too small to easily find so I put a small bit of hot melt glue on it so it is obvious when fumbling with the radio while only half awake in the dark. The operating instructions that come with the unit are horrible. I think they had a contest to see who could write instructions using the fewest words. I'm still not %100 sure I have turning the alarm on/off down. You push and hold the alarm set until it blinks, but I think you need to wait 3-4 seconds before tapping to switch between buzzer/radio/off. At least the instructions cryptically refer to waiting 3-4 seconds for something. Poking at it long enough I get what I want but it's more difficult than it should be. I just wanted a simple clock radio/alarm with a battery backup with a red display and this fits the need nicely. I think the rating of this would be better if they just included a decent set of instructions.

I was looking for an LED digital clock and eventually decided that my best choices were with clock radios. I wanted something small, and one that didn't use either 9V or coin-type batteries for backup: this one uses two AA cells. (I wanted battery backup, so I don't have to reset it every time there is a momentary power glitch.) It is easy to operate. I have had it for just over one week. It is keeping good time (as expected). The battery backup worked fine when I unplugged it to carry it from one room to another.I am updating this review as a result of the clock "dying" (no display, no radio) approximately two months after I started using it. The cost of shipping it, insured, to Buffalo, NY, was only slightly less than the cost of the clock (less S&H). I received my replacement yesterday. It does not work perfectly (minutes do not set as they are supposed to).As a result of this review, I was eventually contacted by the Amazon supplier. The supplier was very good at handling my complaints and remedying the situation to my satisfaction. I now have a working model of this radio in my house, and at an acceptable out-of-pocket expense. I appreciate their concern for customer satisfaction. Evidently my experience with this product is not like that of others who have purchased it. I look forward to a long use of this clock radio.

This clock radio was mostly OK. The directions were a bit difficult to decipher, but I got it set up and learned how to use the "nap" function by trial and error. That was one of a few items not discussed anywhere in the printed directions (I think I found some help on-line). I bought this model primarily for the large digital read-out for my husband; never heard of Electrohome previously. Well, today it's little " brain" chip must have gorked out because I awoke to all digits reading out "8" and every light on the face lit - am., p.m., Alarm 1, Alarm 2, you name it. For $25.00, I expected more than a year out of it. I'm still using my old GE radio alarm clock from college, 36 years later in the guest bedroom for God's sake. I did try putting in a new button battery for the battery back-up, but no dice, it's DOA. So now I need another alarm clock. Going to get a cheap model from my local big box dept. store more than likely. Even the last one of those I got lasted at least 4 or 5 years before the radio tuner gave out. I did like the digital tuner on the Electrohome, by the way. Otherwise, I am not impressed.UPDATE: After reading through some of the one star reviews, I came across a comment on one of them stating what steps Electrohome had outlined to solve my exact problem. So the clock gets 4 stars, but the lack of troubleshooting info in their printed directions brings it down to 3 stars. After all, they know the back up battery is going to fail eventually, so why not include in the directions that COME WITH the clock specific steps to follow if the digital read out "freezes" due to the dead battery?

I like the big display. It is easy to read from across the room and does not light up the room--which was my main priority. However, the battery backup does not work--even after I changed the battery. And the controls are awful. Fortunately, I didn't buy this as an alarm clock. So I don't have to figure that out. But just programming the time is less intuitive than any other clock I've ever owned. Keep the manual handy.

The Good: love that I can program it to have separate alarm times for weekdays and weekends, or not on the weekend at all. Fairly good sound, and better radio reception than our old alarm clock. It can also have two separate alarms each day, if desired. Display is nice & big - if you're nearsighted, you'll know how important that is. It also will tell you the temperature!The Bad: Although the directions are fairly easy to follow to set it up the first time, I find it almost impossible to remember the correct buttons to use for the various functions. They're labeled, but sometimes you have to do a long hold on the same button to get another feature. and of course I lost the directions. We keep our clock up high on a shelf in our bathroom, so these teeny mysterious buttons drive me nuts.The Ugly: We haven't had this clock for a full year, and several months ago, I noticed that the numbers are no longer as bright. The digital display has the typical numbers that are actually little lines lit up in various patterns to form the numbers (as in the illustration) - well now, some of those little lines are bright, while others are very dim. Hard to explain, but sometimes, if I don't look carefully, I think it's a different time because the brighter portions stand out much more than the dim. I haven't taken the whole thing down and fiddled with it. I'm sure there's a brightness adjustment - it might just be that if I fiddle with that, it might fix itself. However, I find it irritating that I should even have to think about doing that.All in all, if I had known that this brand might have the problem ours does, I wouldn't have bought it. But, we did, and other than that and the buttons being a bit difficult to master, it's an 'ok' clock radio.

I purchased this clock because I wanted digital tuning for the radio, sleep function and alarm. First of all, it comes with an external antenna, which is perfect as we live in the country with spotty reception and this allows me to get the stations I like. Second, the red digital read out can go to the dimmest setting and it does not light up the bedroom. However, the lowest setting for volume is way too loud to listen to as I fall asleep. I fixed that by putting packing tape over all but a small part of the speakers in the back. I ignored reviews that discussed the difficulty of setting the alarm...too bad for me. I just wanted the alarm to go off one day a week and, after it did not wake me up at the set time, I spent hours trying to figure the settings. The manufacture website just has a copy of the manual that came with the clock, so no help there. Any reviews here did not go into technical detail on how they finally got it to work. After doing a half dozen different tries, I discovered that the setting that allows the alarm to go off one day a week, or the 1-1 setting, does not work. When I set it to the 6-7 setting, or Saturday and Sunday, it works perfectly. So if I turn it on Saturday night, it should go off Sunday morning so I won't miss church again! Would I buy it again...perhaps as I am so happy with the reception. If I was not retired and needed to have the alarm set M-F it would be perfect.

Update Oct 3, 2016 - After 16 months of use, an extended power outage has managed to kill it. We've had power outages before, though not for 2 hours, and the battery has always kept the settings. With this outage, it is almost as if a surge happened first - though I'm pretty sure it did not - because when power was restored, it has an odd display, like some of the LED lines no longer work. I cannot get any button to do anything, so I can't reset it. I even unplugged it and let it sit a minuter and then plugged it back in, but no change. Since it lasted less than 1.5 years, I'm downgrading my rating from 4 to 3.Nice clock with a large display. I bought this primarily for the digital tuning as I was getting tired of having to constantly re-tune my old one. As some have mentioned, it is a tiny bit complex to get started with it. While the instructions are easy enough to follow, I probably would never have gotten the alarm set without those instructions. The auto time feature was not working on mine - when I set it to my timezone, the time was still many hours off. I'm assuming that feature just didn't get set up on mine at the factory. No major issue since you can easily override the time setting, though I'm not sure if that will negate the auto adjustments for DST.One thing that I really like is that I play my radio pretty loud while getting ready for work, but I like a lower volume for the alarm. On all previous alarm clocks I always had to remember to reset the volume when turning on the alarm at night or I'd be blasted awake the next moring. With this clock, the alarm music volume is one of the remembered settings and it sticks regardless of what the volume is set to when just playing the music. Also, I love the fact that I can set the alarm to work Mon-Fri only.One complaint is that the volume for the buzzer alarm is pretty low and there is no way to adjust it. Additionally, even with three light intensity settings, I would really like to be able to dim the light even more.

Let me begin by saying a simple purchase should be just that...simple. This is a basic alarm clock that has terrible instructions. Pay attention to all the questions posted people...there should not be this much confusion over setting up a simple alarm clock!!! That being said, I'm struggling through trying to make do as the old one this one replaced makes a buzzing noise that I cannot stand. It isn't worth sending this one back in my opinion.I feel like I'm a fairly intelligent individual and have had to refer to answers from other users to figure out some options on this alarm clock and by seeing some of the answers, many of the other people who purchased this product aren't sure what some things mean. My main complaint is the volume option on the alarms. The lowest level we've been able to find is still way too loud and is a rude awakening. I am not a morning person and do not need to be abruptly woken up to loud music. I also don't like an alarm.As mentioned, I'm going to make do with this but would advise other shoppers to pass this one up and keep looking.

It claims to have a snooze button and says it does but it does not work. Also AM reception is horrible. I do like the compact size. Could not figure out how to set the alarm and think the "weather" part is unnecessary and does not work correctly. What it does welll is tell time, but that could be done with a watch!

The clock is very well built I like to digital tuning on it and the sound is good but it does have one drawback in my office at my job I can't get no reception on this radio even with the antenna hanging out. One of my co-workers has a little radio but I bought from Family Dollar it picks up all the stations. That's the only reason I was disappointed it wouldn't work inside. But it would work at my house. I need one that's very sensitive to radio stations that are weak. But other than that it's well-built It's All Digital

It looks nice, has a very visible display and keeps good time even through a power failure. Even though it has a very small speaker, the radio sound quality is good. If you want a nice digital clock that keeps time through a power failure with adjustable display illumination and a minimal AM/FM radio, the Electrohome Digital AM/FM Clock Radio will well meet your needs. If you want an alarm clock with two alarms that an average human can set, activate, and deactivate, look elsewhere. This device has only seven buttons to handle all functions which requires that each button control multiple functions. Button usage is not intuitive and even when following the instructions it is difficult to set and activate the alarms. The instructions do not include how to silence or deactivate (turn it off before it sounds) the alarms. Trying to use this clock radio as an alarm clock is very frustrating and cannot be accomplished without consulting the limited instructions provided.

I read reviews of people saying they had a hard time with the controls, but foolishly thought that I was perhaps smarter than the average bear and it wouldn't bother me. I had no trouble figuring out how to set the time & it wasn't hard to figure out how to set the time for the alarm... BUT turning the damn thing off is ridiculous. It's simply cruel to have an alarm which is so tricky to turn off! It's also tricky to set the alarm again - I set it to alarm instead of radio on accident the first time. Very counter intuitive. These should be a key, easy to use features.The radio has digital tuning so I figured it would do better than the ancient alarm dial radio with no antenna that I was replacing. WRONG! It sounded ok when I first tested it, but the first time I tried to use it as an alarm, it was only quiet static. I extended the antenna all the way to no avail. When I tried later manually without having the alarm turn it on, it tuned in better, but still not great. This is located in the exact same spot as my old alarm radio. I cannot understand why it doesn't want to work with the alarm. That was the whole reason I bought this. I like to wake up to the radio, but it looks like I'll be switching to my phone for an alarm.I advise not getting this product, but others seem to have liked it... Maybe the radio on mine is defective.The good things about this alarm clock are that it is compact yet sturdy enough that it isn't going to fall off your nightstand when you hit the snooze button. The red lit clock is easy to read without being too bright.

had to return it before he threw it out the window!not a single push but a series of clicking the button a certain way with pauses to get the alarm off.as you face the radio, the second button from the right button must be used to turn the alarmOff. Click quickly once... pause a second then click -holding a second, click again -holding another second.the alarm time should now be blinking. if it is, click same button quickly once if you have the radio as the alarm or twice if the buzzer is the alarm until the red dot is not visible on the left side of the time. the alarm is now turned off.to turn it on again for next day. repeat the button sequence to get the alarm set to go off again.too much for us to deal with too early in the morning!

After dealing with numerous clock radios that couldn't stay tuned to a station and made crackling noises when the volume was adjusted, all I wanted was a unit with digital controls. I dismissed the other reviews that complain about the user interface. Look, you can learn it if you have the directions, BUT, really, it's pretty bad. All the buttons except snooze are the same size and shape and evenly spaced in a single row, making them difficult to tell apart from bed without your glasses. So many buttons have a different function depending on the mode the system is in and how long you hold them. For example, the same button that changes from am to fm also turns the radio off. The button that decreases volume sets alarm 1 and the button that increases volume sets alarm 2. The snooze button doubles as the sleep button and also dims the display. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with all this, it just seems totally random. If you have room in your brain to learn all this stuff then you may find the EAAC200 digital clock radio acceptable. The only other issue is that the volume on the lowest setting is quite loud.EDIT:UGH!!! So here I am at 5 in the morning trying to unset the alarm before it turns on so as to NOT wake up the wife, couldn't figure it out, and woke up the wife. Here's what I was unable to guess after 2 minutes of screwing with it (Alarm #1 quick, Alarm #1 long, Alarm #1 quick, Alarm #1 quick):SETTING ALARM 11. Please ensure the radio is off.2. Press the (Alarm #1) button once to view current alarm setting then press andhold the (Alarm #1) button to set alarm 1. The alarm time will flash onthe display.3. Press the HR button to increase the hour.4. Press the MIN button to increase the minutes.5. Once alarm time is set, press the (SET) button once to confirm setting. * To toggle between buzzer and radio alarm mode, press the (Alarm #1) button until the desired option is highlighted on the led display. * Radio Alarm 1 (Red led dot appears to the right when set) * Buzzer Alarm 1 (Red led dot appears to the right when set)EDIT x2:So now that I've posted this comment about the usability of this product, I get contacted by the seller directly, offering to teach me how to use the product, and after I indicate that it is not a problem with my understanding of the product but with the design of the product, they send a follow-up email asking me to update my comment since there's nothing wrong with the product. Always fun to be harassed but people that can't read. I assume people - could be a computer contacting me, based on the responses.

[Update] The reseller put me in touch with the manufacturer. They RMAed my unit and replaced with a new one. I had to pay shipping back to the company which was not great. The tech I spoke to confirmed this does not set the time automatically, rather it is pre-set from the factory. Not worth it. I'll keep using this until I either find something better or it breaks again.------------------------------------------------I purchased the red one several months ago. I was surprised the setup was so complicated for a device advertised as automatic. The next day the clock had locked up. I unplugged it and pulled the battery, went through the setup again and all seemed fine. And it was for a while. Today it locked up again and I unplugged it, pulled the battery and wen through the overly complex setup again. Which was when I realized something.I had to pull the manual down from the internet, and the buttons didn't match. I purchased an automatic setup alarm clock and mine is a manual model, which is why the setup had so many steps. I should have noticed before this. I think some of the bad reviews might be the same issue.I'm going to contact the seller, and Amazon, and see if we can work something out. Check you volume buttons, it looks like the picture on Amazon is the manual clock, with the volume buttons on the back. The manual says the volume buttons are on top for the automatic. I could be wrong, there could be more models, the manual could be old, or wrong.

An okay alarm clock if you're looking for *really* large digits. Note that the picture is not really accurate: the digits are larger in relation to the actual device size, which makes the ratio far less harmonic -- to my eye at least: the whole thing looks like somebody glued a bunch of overly large digits to a surface.Some reviewers here complained about the complicated handling, and I agree -- though I figured out most of the functions without consulting the manual. That notwithstanding, this clock has hands down one of the WORST user interfaces I have ever seen. If you need to include a big yellow card with the box reading "Contact tech support before you return this product" (I'm not making this up!), then clearly something has gone horribly wrong. The handling feels awkward, button-heavy, counter-intuitive at times, overly convoluted while at the same time arbitrary restrictive. For instance, instead of a volume wheel or a rocker, there are two buttons on the back. Using these, you can cycle through only 7 volume settings, where the lowest one was already too loud for me. This is a showstopper -- and a completely unnecessary one on top of it: I'm sure the internal speaker can handle any volume just fine!

I just need a nice big visible clock with an alarm reliable enough to be my back up in case I sleep through my main alarm. This alarm clock tries to go above and beyond but definitely falls short. Way too many stupid bells and whistles, multiple functions packed into single small buttons with labels that are ambiguous at best, and it just acts really weird to boot; for instance there are a few settings that I can change that are not mentioned in the manual and don't seem to actually do anything.This would all be fine if the alarm did what it's supposed to. But it doesn't. For weeks I thought I was sleeping through it or turning it off in my sleep or something because it would only go off once in a while. Trying to figure out why is a nightmare because none of the buttons make any sense. There's a button labelled SET and NAP and it has nothing to do with setting the alarm, or the clock, or snoozing, and I've pressed it so many times hoping it does something useful, but alas.Another example is that when you set an alarm, after you input the time you'd like to wake up, you are given this set of choices:1-11-51-76-7Trying to figure out what those numbers could possibly mean should give you an idea of how dumb this thing is. I admit that once you know what those choices are it makes sense, and it should have solved my problem, but it didn't. The thing still decides on its own when to go off and I have no idea how to change that. And when it DOES go off the buzz is short, quiet and staccato, and not at all similar to the standard alarm sound I'm used to waking up to. Worth mentioning that the clock part works fine and looks good, it's really just not at all what I was looking for in an *alarm* clock.TL;DR - This clock is an exercise in frustration. But hey, the LEDs look nice.

The description is inaccurate and incomplete, this product does not work the way it was advertised!There is no volume control for the alarm, the alarm is soft and does not increase in volume over time.When the radio is selected as the alarm again there is no volume control as the alarm. You can turn off thealarm and turn on the radio and adjust the volume. The radio volume at level 1 is too loud for a soft night timesleeping. The settings are complicated and way to many option that are really needed (M-Sun, M-F, Sat -Sun)The two different alarms are set by pressing the button once and then holding it or pressing it several times forBuzz or radio. This also has 6 different preset radio channels. The radio volume controls are on the back,they are very small buttons. Over all the buttons are small and hard to push, hurting your fingers. This clockis a complete waste of your TIME, Don't Buy !!!! This is a puzzle that you don't need!!!!

There is something that I like about this clock & that is the large white display. But that is not enough to convince me to keep it. It is ridiculously hard to set up! After multiple tries to get it to set the indoor temperature to read in Fahrenheit I gave up. And I couldn't figure out how to get the temperature to display anyway - either in C or in F! I used both the Quick Set-up Guide and the full instruction book & still couldn't figure it out. And I don't mean just the temperature either....I mean, the dimness control for the time display; changing the station on the radio - pretty much everything!It's a nice looking clock but good grief people - simplify the set-up! It's an alarm clock for heaven's sake!!

I currently have a GE clock radio but it's not digital. I bought this with great expectations but was disappointed. First, the buttons are too small. When the alarm goes off, you want to be able to manipulate the buttons without looking. These buttons have multiple functions and not dedicated to a single function like my QE. Second, the volume doesn't go down low enough. I like to go to bed and barely be able to hear the radio as I go to sleep. Third and lastly, the presets. I like to set 3 presets and not have to go through all the presets I didn't set to get to them. These may be minor details to some but we all have our preferences and these are mine.

When my alarm clock of 15 years suffered fading digits and other issues, I decided I needed a replacement. Simple needs: dual alarm, AM and FM radio, snooze alarm and battery back-up. Ordered this and once it arrived I plugged it in, set time and alarm, installed the batteries and went to the bedroom to move the other one to the guest room. Well, major pain. Had to move the night stand, then the bed to get to the outlet then had to thread a light cord through a hole to permit the new one to go in. Went to retrieve my new one and when I unplugged it, the display went off. Weird, thinks I, it is supposed to be battery back up. Maybe it just holds the settings until power is restored. Nope, neither time nor alarm settings were preserved. Checked to be sure the brand new batteries were installed correctly and they were. Reset the time and alarm and figured I would find out at the first power glitch whether it can hold the settings.Turned out that I woke this morning out of habit. I had set the clock to a radio station but evidently during the lack of power it did not retain that either and I forgot to re-set it. Sought out a station then hit the snooze button. Nine minutes later, as promised it went off again. I hit the alarm button to turn it off and that did not seem to work. Got my glasses, put on the lamp and dug out the instruction sheet. Said to turn off the alarm press the alarm button and cycle through buzzer>radio>off. Well, no cycle for me. All it did was flash "0-0" so I gave up.Happened to be at my local warehouse outlet later so checked out their offering. Yeah, it was $30 more, 3X the price but for that I got a unit with well defined buttons and obvious controls. Gave up the AM station which I never listened to anyway but gained the ability to bluetooth songs from my phone or pad computer, as well as charge them plus I can stream from a variety of music sources to a machine with much better sonic properties. Oh, yeah, still had the dual alarm, snooze and battery back-up which actually works!Here's hoping the Goodwill customer who ends up with my donation fares better than I did.

I could not get the AM band to work. That is the primary reason I bought this radio for AM!No matter how I toggled the button it was either no number or FMThe FM is beautiful for a radio this size.I could not find a way to contact you on the documentation!

This clock radio is the most frustrating piece of machinery I have ever owned. No matter what I do or how carefully I follow the directions, it has a mind of its own. I have not gotten it to work properly yet.

I am returning this alarm clock. It is not at all user friendly and the instructions are poor. Once I managed to get the alarm set, I couldn't figure out how to change it to another time of day and there is no off button! You have to hold down a button while the clock cycles through to off. When i tried that over and over, the alarm still didn't turn off. Save your money and buy an alarm clock that is easier to use.

This clock is very hard to set. In fact it is so confusing that I had to have a jpeg made of the steps to set it, and I had to have that jpeg on hand just to set it. It became too much of a pain to even bother with so I just throw it out at some point. Most clocks have a logical way to set them, but this one made you go into sub menus to set it. I want an easy to set clock so I just use a devise now.

This clock has small buttons and is difficult to set. The radio alarm has worked and turned on sometimes, but most other times, it has not even when it is set the exact same way to the correct time and the alarm button is lit. It is not reliable to use as an alarm clock so unless someone just wants a small radio to use, I would not recommend it.

We bought the white one. Primarily, we wanted the digital radio tuner so we could listen to our favorite station while we slept. We didn't think about the alarm, since most clock radios have fairly decent alarm sounds that will wake a heavy sleeper. But the alarm volume on the one we got is so quiet that my husband and I sleep through it. We can't find a volume control on the alarm to make it loud enough to wake at least one of us. We had to keep our older clock radio for the alarm. We're very disappointed. We are purchasing another of a different brand (that specifically states the alarm volume is adjustable). My husband will use this one in his wood shop for the visibility and the radio. The radio sound is a little tinny, even at this price.

It never fails to amaze me how cheaply made today's products can be. This is an example. I've had it 4 months and the display is now unevenly lit and fluctuates in intensity -- truly annoying at night. For people who plan to have this facing them while in bed, be forewarned that the "dimmest" setting on the display is still very bright -- think flashlight in your face. Because the display defect occurred beyond the 30-day return deadline, Electrohome is requiring I ship it AT MY EXPENSE back to them to determine repair or replacement under the 1-year warranty. I've determined this would be nearly half the cost of the unit, so forget it. Giving it away. Avoiding Electrohome products forever.Update: After complaining to Electrohome, they sent me a free shipping label to return the item. Apparently, they chose not to repair, as I received a new one (after...3 weeks, at least), with no notice as to why. Putting in a spare room, as I don't want it in our bedroom. Not changing my 1-star rating unless it can last a whole year w/o problems.

UPDATE #2 (5/24/16): Shortly after posting my update the clock broke AGAIN! Just like the first one did. I really want to like this clock but this is ridiculous!UPDATE: After finding nothing that met my needs, I decided to give this clock a 2nd chance and ordered it again. This one works fine. I really love the fact that I can dim the display to my preference. I do not like light shining while I am sleeping so I turn it completely off. The little power indicator does still shine dimly but I put a small piece of tape over that area. The two alarms work just fine. Yes, the instructions are somewhat complicated but not too difficult. Others have also complained about the small buttons on top but this has not been a problem for me. I usually have no problem remembering which one to push for what I need. Hopefully, it will last a good long time.I started out really happy about this clock. It has a large, bright display with4 levels of brightness. You can even turn the display off which is good if you need darkness to sleep. It has dual alarms which still work while the display is off. You can preset your favorite radio stations. It was just about perfect - until a day later when it stopped working. The display locked up with and all of the buttons stopped working. The picture shows the clock with the locked up display. I even tried to unplug it hoping that would reset it but no luck. When I plugged it back in, it was still locked up. Returned it.

I bought this clock in November; it is now the beginning of March. That's how long this clock lasted -- barely four months. I was going to bed when I noticed it was lit up like a Christmas tree -- the time was 28:88! Interesting. There's a one-year warranty but I didn't keep the original packaging (required).This was just the icing on the cake. The buzzer was too quiet and did not wake me up half of the time. The controls were complicated and required referring to the consumer guide several times over the first days. There was one setting I never could figure out what it was -- it was a random number (1-14) in the sequence to set up the alarm. I assumed it was the volume control for the radio, as it did not appear when the alarm was set for the buzzer.There was a setting that only let the buzzer go off on Mon-Fri. This sounded good to me. Too back it didn't seem to want to work on Wednesdays.All in all, a very disappointing purchase.

Don't usually write reviews but this clock worked for 2 days then broke. Hard to set up, instructions are hard to follow. Would not recommend.

I bought this clock to replace my trusty old Emerson alarm clock that I bought in the '80s. I've had this one for two months and now it doesn't work. The numbers come on intermittently, whenever they want. Tried to return it but it is outside the 30 day return window so I'm out my money. So disappointed.