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I've had this alarm clock for a couple of months now. It works great and is perfect in a room if you would like to either play a CD with a timer or on repeat to help sleep through the night. I bought this becuase it was inexpensive and fairly compact; it doesn't take up alot of room on my nightstand. I don't have any problems with reception. The only one thing is there are alot of buttons on it doing many different things which confused me at first. Overall a great buy.

When I took it out of the box and set it up, I found out that the CD player did not work at all. That makes it pretty much worthless to me. I'll be returning it to the store.

I got this to upgrade to a clock radio with a CD player. However, the FM reception was terrible. It makes no difference where I move the antennae wire around. The inexpensive Panasonic (no CD) I had before sounds better and reception was good. Therefore I'm returning it to find one with better reception.

This is the worst alarm clock I have ever had. From the moment I bought it, it has made an irritating sound (like somone is drilling) whenever it is near my computer, my cell phone or anything electronic. There is no way to make the sounds stop. It can go on for hours before it fades away. DO NOT BUY THIS ALARM CLOCK!!!!

We first purchased a more expensive GE CD/Clock Radio and after getting frustrated with poor radio reception as well as bugs with the CD player, we returned it. We then got the Emerson primiarily because it had a fairly largedigital readout for night time viewing. We have been using it in our kid's room for the past six months. To date we have had absolutely no problems with it and have found it to be a very reliable. It has a repeat and random play option, so we can leave the CD player on for a couple of hours while they fall asleep. We are planning to buy another one for our room. Pros: Very good overall. Great price. Good quality. Good sound. Cons: Buttons small and not well positioned. But, after a few nights one gets used to them.