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It has an alarm clock feature as well. I bought this for my daughters bedroom and we have both been very happy with it. She listens to the radio frequently, and also enjoys plugging her ipod in it to listen to that. The sound is decent on it, I would recommend this product. We have owned it for 1 1/2 years with no problems.
remote works well. very happy with the clock dock. ipod fits nicely and there is an adjustable piece the back rests on. the sound is absolutely amazing for the price, even turning the volume up high. much nicer looking and sounds way better than the ihome. the brightness i agree is a bit too much. but the way i have it set up it doesnt bother me.
Excellent prodoct. and you can use your remote to change your ipod songs, the remote does everything. Nice size, sound, quality like you would expect from sony. Love it. someone said you couldn't do that on a review and yes, you can. Great item from sony at a great price.T
This is functionally a well thought out product wrt to being both a clock radio and an iPod docking station. The sound is most adequate, but not that of the Bose iPod dock station which cost about 3.5X. The adjustable back support is a nice add-on when pressing iPod buttons.
But really, if this uniit had the option to turn off the blue-green glow in the display, the Sony Clock Dock would have been perfect.If you are looking for a quality, white, iPod clock radio and you DON'T need 2 alarms, then you have more choices. The first-generation Luna had chrome knobs on top of the unit, which always showed fingerprints. It had to be white in color.2. Under $100 would be ideal.Clock radios that met these requirements were few.
But then I found an annoying problem - the display is too bright.The snooze bar is used to step the display through three brightness settings (low-med-high). It didn't have to fill a room, but it had to be good enough to sound as good as desktop PC speakers or any other stereo clock radio costing $100.4. But even the "low" setting is far too bright for a dark room. Being made in china, it doesn't quite have the solid feel that the Dream Machine clock radios of the 80s had. The first-generation XtremeMac IPD-LUN-00 Luna Alarm Clock Audio System and this Sony Clock Dock were immediately the front-runners. It had to have a snooze bar.5.
It had to have decent sound quality. It had to have the following:1. I had to install a piece of fabric over the display to keep it covered most of the time (lifting the fabric only when I wanted to know the time). My requirements were specific, which is why it took so long. But it seems durable enough.
It had to cost less than $150 including tax and shipping. And in the more affordable range (under $100), the iHome iH6 Clock Radio for iPod (White) is very popular, as is the JBL On Stage II with RF RemoteI am happy with the Sony Clock Dock. Meanwhile the Sony had about the same audio quality, a better-reviewed radio tuner, and no silver buttons. I was looking for an iPod clock radio for over a year. If you prefer to sleep in a dark room, with as little outdoor or indoor light as possible, this display will drive you nuts. Being a full-face "glow" display, it lights-up a room like a flashlight. It is a poor solution, but given that I like all the other features, it is an improvised solution I can live with.Now if only Sony had add a fourth step in the display setting: OFF.
They probably thought that would confuse users. I just wish it had the option to turn that display glow lamp OFF. It had to have dual alarms, since my partner and I don't always go to work at the same time.3. One software feature. Also, the Luna radio tuner got poor reviews here at Amazon. So when MacXtreme released the second-generation Luna in black, with no white version offered, my decision was made for me.I like Sony products, and the Clock Dock is a good example of a Sony device. At the high end (over $300), the Tivoli iYiYi High-Fidelity iPod AM/FM Stereo System (White/Silver) is great, as is the Creative Labs Cambridge Large Radio with iPod Dock - White (CD745i).
That's how close to 'perfect' this unit was.
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