41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
A++ Style Function Sound,
July 16, 2010 David E. Abramson (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony ICFC707 Clock Radio (Electronics)
The clarity of the voice, even from another room is outstanding. The digital readability that another reviewer finds fault with? I don't know what he's talking about because this radio's readability is as good as it gets. He must have it set on dim read out. The reception on FM is excellent. On AM, it's absolutely amazing! I live in an NYC apartment with so much ambient AM radio interference that I seldom enjoy AM -- up until this Sony ICF-C707! Nearly FM quality on AM! All this with great style. This is one of those rare machines that is nearly perfectly pleasing.
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Great little clock radio,
July 8, 2010 Mike Zuro - See all my reviews
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This clock radio is much better than I expected. The reception is excellent...much better than my previous clock and my wife's. The blue light on the display has to settings, both of which are very bright at night, so I turn it off. The only feature I would change is how to set the alarm. If you miss a step, you can easily put the alarm type in the wrong mode (e.g. AM vs. FM vs. Nature sounds). The speaker is very loud, but is nice for listening to the radio because of the volume. Another nice feature is that you can independently set the volume for alarms A and B. Also, you can have the alarm for only weekdays, weekends, or both. That is a great feature and now I will not have my wife yelling at me on Saturday mornings for forgetting to turn the alarm off. I recommend this.
50 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Poor LCD display ruins an otherwise good product,
July 13, 2010 D. Snow (SF Bay, CA) - See all my reviews
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This clock has many nice features, including multiple alarms, nature
sounds, auto daylight savings, battery backup, and a wide snooze bar.
But if you can't glance at the clock and read the time easily, then the
product fails. The numbers are BLUE, and the backlight is also BLUE.
The backlight on the LCD display has 3 settings: bright, dim and off.
You can switch between these by pressing the snooze bar on top.
The bright setting is too bright, and the dim setting makes the clock
difficult to read at night or early morning when you're half-asleep.
Instead of blue numbers with a blue backlight, Sony should have went with
something more readable, like black numbers with a white backlight.
Disappointing...
** UPDATE - Problem with Buttons/Controls:
In the morning when waking up, most people hit the Snooze button once or
twice, then press the Alarm Off button. The Alarm Off button...Read more
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