Sony ICF-C318 Automatic Time Set Clock Radio with Dual Alarm (White)
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Manufacturer: SonyModel: ICFC318WHITE
Color: White
Product features:
- Green LED display alarm clock with dual alarms
- 0.9" number display
- Extendable snooze bar
- Built-in calendar
- Full power memory backup
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Customer Review: Exactly What I Was Looking For!
Summary: 5 Stars
I needed to replace my old alarm clock that wasn't keeping time correctly anymore and since I'd begun having some sleeping problems I decided I would look for one that had a dim display. My first purchase was one from Target that claimed on the box that it had an adjustable brightness display. What a joke that was! Yes it did have two brightness options, but even the dim one was way too bright. Even worse is that it was a blue display, so I spent one night with a very bright blue light shining in my room. That got packed up and returned. Then I decided to stop wasting my time trying to decipher the product info on boxes and just come on Amazon and read the reviews. I am so glad I did and found this clock! This is not a fancy alarm clock, but it does everything I need it to and more.
First, the brightness of the display . . . There are three brightness options. The lowest is perfect for night. It is bright enough for me to see the time when I want to, but does not give off a lot of extra light to bother me. Some have mentioned that even on the brightest setting, though, you cannot see the time during the day. That is true if you have a lot of light entering your room during the day. This is not a problem for me, though, because it is not a clock I use for daytime.
The alarm . . . I have no problem with it and actually have grown to like it. It is not very loud and it is a beep instead of a buzz. I have found that even though it is not very loud the beep is high-pitched so it wakes me up without any problem. It actually has two loudness settings and I have found I can have it on the quieter setting and it still wakes me up. It beeps a few times and then pauses before beeping again. I really like that it is not a constant beeping and I can usually get it turned off before it beeps the second time. It has two different alarm times which is great when the hubby and I have to get up at different times. When you hit the snooze button it will snooze for 10 minutes. Another feature I've grown to like is that if you immediately hit the snooze again it will add another 10 minutes for each time you hit it. The display will show you your total snooze time. This comes in handy when you had great motivation in the evening to say get up early and go exercise, but when morning comes you decide you'd rather sleep. No need to completely reset the alarm time to later or be awakened every 10 minutes and have to hit the snooze. Just hit it until the display shows how many more minutes you want to sleep and your done. The thing I love most about the alarm function is that when you go to set an alarm you can move the time forward or backward. No more going all the way around again when you bypass the time you wanted or if you need to get up 15 minutes earlier than usual. It's such a simple thing that I'm glad someone finally thought of doing for an alarm clock.
Automatic time . . . As has been mentioned this is not some atomic clock that automatically knows the time. It simply already has the time set for you when it arrives. It has a battery back-up so that if you lose power you don't have to reset it and it automatically resets itself for DST. I've never had difficulty setting the time on electronic gadgets, so these were not all that important to me. Well, maybe the battery back-up was important. We lose power quite frequently during summer thunderstorms, so this is one less clock to reset when that happens. I didn't think the DST option was all that big of a deal, but once again it is nice to have one less clock to have to reset twice a year.
One other feature that I would not have looked for, but comes in handy occasionally is that it will display the date. If you hit the snooze button while the time is being displayed, it will display the date for a few seconds.
I do not use the radio, so I cannot comment on how well it works or doesn't work.
Overall I am very happy with this clock and would recommend it.
Description of Sony ICF-C318 Automatic Time Set Clock Radio with Dual Alarm (White)
Always know what time it is. The ICF-C318 has a 0.9" green LED display, which is easily viewable from across the room, but takes up very little space on your nightstand. It hosts a number of features including dual alarm, extendable snooze bar, built-in calendar and full power memory back up.Digital Cameras and Photo Categories
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