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My first complaints was that the display is way too bright. Not bright enough to read a book by, but it's darn close. I'm finding that to be the case with most clocks with green displays.

The second issue is that, while this has a second alarm time feature, you do not have the option of having one wake up time for CD and one wakeup time for the buzzer. It's either both buzzer or both CD. I like to wake up to a relaxing CD, then have the buzzer kick in if I still oversleep.

The fact that it only plays the first track is bearable for me, as I just burn a Wake Up Mix onto a CD (and this reads CD-Rs). Other than those two complaints, the unit worked fine for the week I kept it. I just could get to sleep with a night-light 6 inches from my nose and blocking the display sort of defeats the purpose of having a CD Alarm CLOCK.

If you want to relax yourself to sleep with a cd and wake up to both a buzz and a radio (on two separate alarms) DO NOT get this machine. It can't handle it. The volume level isn't even the same when going between radio and cd. It's cost is alot more than it's worth.

This makes an annoying buzzing sound when the CD stops playing. The buzz is louder when you turn the power off. Within a year, the CD won't play unless I open it, give the disc a spin, close it, and press play. This has been in my daughter's room since she was a baby. She learned at 20 months how to get it to play. Wish I'd payed more money for a better one. I'm looking for one for the new baby's room and it won't be this one again.

We picked this cd clock radio for our nightstand in order to downsize from our current one. It was the perfect size, but unfortunately this is where the positives end. I don't like that it doesn't have an automatic shut off or sleep timer (power stays on all night if you go to sleep to cd), the alarm reset and other buttons are hard to engage, and most dissappointing is the sound quality. A cd sounds like an AM radio station that isn't quite tuned in. We're returning this item.

I ended up buying two at the same time. One to put in the bathroom (perfect since it had a clock, a CD player and it was small) and the other for the office. Ironically the one I bought for the office which I use the least is already broken. The CD player doesn't work. It's pretty much useless to me now at the office. The one in the bathroom is still working fine; we use it frequently and haven't had a problem since we got it. I've concluded there's only a 50 50 chance it'll work. :)