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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful: By This review is from: RCA RP5640 CD Clock Radio with Auto Time Set (Electronics) I've had this clock radio up for one night so far, and I'm fairly happy with it. It's got the basic features of a clock radio/alarm right, in that it has a battery backup, tells the time, and does both the regular radio and weather radio things, as well as more which I haven't explored yet, I think. It has a number of other features, such as the ability to play and wake up to CD, which I was looking for. I was able to burn a mini-CD and use that in this unit.
The unit includes autodimming based on (lack of) ambient light, and you can select any of four colors for the display: green, blue, white, amber. The autodimming feature gets very dim indeed. I'm going to have to move the unit closer than its predecessor, which was around 6ft away. That's not a problem. People who want a dimmed display to be dim may be quite happy with this unit. One big deal from my point of view is similar to those included in reviews here of older models of this clock: the...Read more 18 of 18 people found the following review helpful: By Tbone Jenkins (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: RCA RP5640 CD Clock Radio with Auto Time Set (Electronics) I got this for a Christmas present. Right away, the CD portion was broken--it played CDs too fast, so what came out was chipmunk speed. At the time, I didn't worry about it because I had an mp3 player. I enjoyed the clock for a couple of months, then the CD door broke--not because I was playing CDs, but because when I woke, I confused the CD open/close button (on top of the clock) with the snooze button (at the bottom of the clock). Very poor button placement.
A week after the CD door broke, I came in and noticed that the clock screen was blank--the light was on, but no numbers were showing. I couldn't turn on the radio, play the CD. Nothing. I got the gift in January. It completely broke in April. I am never getting it again. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: By ToryLewis (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews This review is from: RCA RP5640 CD Clock Radio with Auto Time Set (Electronics) in reading others peoples review I felt I must chime in and tell you that after about a year of use... we are talking at night just pressing play for the cd player in my daughter's room, very light use. the CD player stopped playing and the cd door will not open. I think I will have to break the thing to get my miles davis cd back. I am disappointed. It is ugly and not user friendly either. wish I could return it and get my money back. Now I am on amazon looking for a replacement. don't buy it. |