Kng 028616 Mater Alarm Clock Radio

by KNG

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FBJZ3W
• Item model number: 28616
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,677 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 6, 2006

Product Description

Product FeaturesBacklit LCD digital alarm clock5 alarm phrases featuring Mater's voiceFM auto scan radioWake up to radio, voice, or alarmOil barrel snooze and setting buttonsTechnical DetailsBrand Name: KNGModel: 28616

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Controls and display are designed poorly, February 11, 2007

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Timothy Cera - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kng 028616 Mater Alarm Clock Radio (Personal Computers)

So many things are wrong with this thing. Most have been mentioned before.
* Some control switches are on the BACK!
* The buttons are iffy when they work.
* The buttons are labeled poorly.
* Nothing makes sense.
* The manual is both useless and necessary.
* I had to hit the 'Reset' button a couple if times to have the thing accept new entries. ??

Hopefully the previous reviewer looks are my review because I can help him out about the 'alarm' going off every hour. For the past month I actually had not powered the thing because of the same problem and I couldn't find the 'manual'. That isn't the 'Alarm' going off every hour, it is actually the 'Chime'. Certainly sounds like the alarm though, HA, what do I know. From the manual:

"Pressing the 'MODE/ALARM OFF' during the normal display will enter the alarm mode setting. ("AL" will be displayed on the LCD panel) Pressing 'SET' will cause the following sequence: Alarm off & Chime off ** -> Alarm on & Chime on -> Alarm off & Chime on -> go back to **: (Alarm and chime icon will show on the LCD panel)"

The reason I am out on the internet looking for information about this stupid thing is that I can't tell which icon is 'Chime' and which is 'Alarm'. Dollars to donuts it is going to wake up my son at 9:00. :-( But then I will know.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor design, January 18, 2007

By 

J. Bovitz (St. Cloud, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kng 028616 Mater Alarm Clock Radio (Personal Computers)

This clock-radio looked like a good idea, but after receiving it and setting it up, that idea quickly faded. First, there is no radio tuning knob, only a button that scans through the FM dial with no indication what the frequency is. Second, setting the clock is an exercise in non-intuitive design as the buttons are not labeled logically. Third, the switch to turn the radio on and off, the switch for alarm radio/alarm sound, and the switch to change Mater's phrases are all on the back of the clock-radio. Even with all these issues, I would have tolerated them (because my son did enjoy it), but ended up returning it because the time display was failing (some clock digit segments were disappearing).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars mater clock, October 10, 2007

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Robert A. Mcgrath "ramair" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kng 028616 Mater Alarm Clock Radio (Personal Computers)

horrible product...impossible to set time...a huge waste of money and time...disney should be taken to task for putting their name on this piece of junk