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Heed the other reviewers opinions who rated this unit low. One star is too much, if I could rate this a ZERO I would. This unit was obviously designed and assembled by MORONS! Here is a list of features: lousy control layout, flakey operation, useless battery backup function, and poor stereo sound - I can get better sound quality from the drive-thru speaker at Mickey Dee's!!! Finally, to top it off the CD laser quit working after the PALTRY 90 day warrantee expired, so guess what - I'M OUT OF LUCK!!! I guess they make these things to self destruct after 3 months and expect that we are stupid enough to buy another one from them. Save your money and don't get ripped off by this company who cranks out sub-standard junk. This will be going in the trash tomorrow! I will make a note to NEVER BUY A PRODUCT FROM EMERSON AGAIN.

Purchased this Emerson clock radio with CD player, very poor reception noted. CD player only worked sporadically & indeed stopped after 4 monthes, over the 90 day warranty now, unfortunately. My last radio in the kitchen worked over 20 years!This was a sorry replacement.

I tried 3 or 4 clock radio CD players, but returned them when I discovered that you could go to sleep to the CD player or wake to the alarm, but not both. How stupid is that??? I was pleased that the Emerson did both and was reasonably priced. The buttons were somewhat awkward, but I was generally happy with the unit until the CD player stopped working after only 5 months. Of course, the warranty is only for 90 days. Very disappointing...

Although the features list is great, the layout is pitiful. I wish there had been pictures showing the controls in close-ups. There were no reviews when I bought to point out the poor design.

The buttons are small, the labels are tiny, the button layout and usage is counter-intuitive for even basic functions. (How hard can a clock radio with CD player be? It isn't rocket science!)

The on/off and setting and stopping time and alarm take some real getting used to. There are only forward and backward buttons for time; I'd prefer they had assigned the buttons to hours and minutes instead.

Spend your money on a different CD clock radio, and don't bother with this one.

This is a pretty decent alarm clock. Its pretty cool because when the alarm goes off all you have to do is hit the power button and the alarm is still set for the next day. The buttons are a little small and are kind of a pain to press when setting the time and alarm, but hopefully you wont have to change the times that much. The sound is good, of course its not stereo material, but for a clock radio its pretty good. Overall its a decent clock.