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 | Title : GE 74897 Clock Radio with Dual Alarm
Author : General Electric
Release Date : 20010724
Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $49.99
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Editorial Reviews :
Rise & shine everybody for the GE 7-4897 AM/FM/CD alarm clock radio! With such an attractive, compact design & features like a dual alarm, M-^SNo WorryM-^T battery back-up system & Graduwake(TM) Ramp-Up Alarm setting, you'd be ill-advised to pass this one up. It's conveniently located controls make it easier for you to hit that Snooze Bar, too!
Buyer Reviews :
We have two of these (so far)...one for the bedroom, another as a simple general CD player and clock for the kitchen! The one from the kitchen goes along in the suitcase whenever there will be an overnight in a hotel. It's been bashed around that way, but holds up solidly.
Sure, it could sound better...the cheap speakers tend to overload at maximum volume, which isn't very loud anyway. But it's easy to see the time, easy to reach the snooze button, and the low center of gravity keeps the unit from getting knocked around. It sits on the bedside stand firmly. I use it to go to sleep to music, and wake up to alarm. It works very well for that, playing a CD quietly.
There are some quirks: sometimes I have to open and close the lid to make the machine realize there's a CD in there. (Even then, it freaks out sometimes spinning the disc in both directions: we had to take one of our two back for a replacement as it had trouble playing discs.) It holds the CD very firmly: to remove one most easily, push down on the center spindle with one finger while lifting the edges of the disc. The time set buttons can be used to move the CD tracks forward or backward...but be sure you're not hitting the 'sleep' and 'nap' buttons there, else it will wake you up at a strange time! If you do hit the Nap button by mistake, it's tricky to get it turned back off before the 20 minutes are up. Every month or two I have to run the volume dial back and forth a few times to clear the static it's built up, and then it's fine. There's a lot of mechanical noise whenever a CD starts or stops.
All those quirks are sort of endearing, considering that the main function is the dual alarm clock, where it's solid and reliable. The gentle wake feature is nice: the alarm begins quietly, then gets more insistent.
Better combo machines with all these features are available, but not at this price.
(by Bradley P Lehman)
Features/Technical Specs :
* Wake to CD, Radio, or Alarm
* Green LED Display
* Dual Alarm System
* Stereo Speakers, Graduwake Ramp-Up Alarm, Battery Back-Up
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