AT&T 360 Clock Radio Corded Phone with Caller ID

by AT&T

Product Details

Product Manual [439kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.9 x 3.5 inches ; 3.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000J1DX
• Item model number: 360
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Clear away some clutter on your desk or nightstand with the all-in-one clock, radio, telephone, and caller-ID system from AT&T. You can wake up to music, news, or a forceful alarm and place nighttime calls with the lighted handset.

Setting up the 360 was easy--we just plugged in the AC adapter and telephone cord. The backlit LCD display prompted us to set the clock, which we were able to do without the manual. We did glance at the manual before entering the caller ID settings, but the instructions were straightforward.

Programming the memory dialing was almost intuitive. The process was a slight variation of AT&T's usual method of pressing the Prog button, dialing the number, pressing the Mem button, and then pressing one of the buttons to store the number. This time we had to press Prog again instead of the Mem button.

Setting the clock-radio alarm was a little unusual. On the LCD screen, the radio is called Alarm A, and the buzzer is called Alarm B. (Why not Radio and Buzzer?) In our test, the telephone sounded clear and bright; the lighted handset worked on ordinary line voltage, requiring neither the AC adapter nor the battery; and even without the 9-volt battery, all settings were preserved without AC power for a few minutes. The caller-ID/call-waiting feature includes a bright indicator to let you know you have new caller ID entries in the history list or that a new call is coming in (if you're already on the phone).

Pros:

• Sets up in minutes
• Sturdy construction

Cons:

• Imprecise volume control
• Can't view the time when the radio is on

Product Description

Clock Radio phone with caller ID and call waiting

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terribly designed; not up to AT&T standards, December 18, 1999

By 

Glenn Fleishman - See all my reviews

This review is from: AT&T 360 Clock Radio Corded Phone with Caller ID (Office Product)

This product obviously never saw an AT&T test lab.The features to set the alarm (both to set the time and turn it on and off) is completely obscure. Why is "radio" labelled A and "buzzer" B? There's enough room for the names. Why do you have to press one button then change the time then press another? Why does it flash the time for a while then stop?

More aggravating points: a very bright red light stays lit until you go through and view EVERY new call in the caller ID interface. You cannot turn it off; pressing the Caller ID button brings up another interface. There is no radio on/off, but a "radio" button that serves that function in an obscure manner.

Yes, it takes a 9-volt battery for backup, but in a power outage last night - this was the last straw - the clock pooped out after a few hours with a fresh, tested battery. Why? Because it had to devote so much energy to keeping the caller ID red light lit up.

Ay, caramba.

I'm returning this. It has good electronics, but awful design. This product reminds me of the Nutr-I-Matic from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: you're so overcome with joy at defeating its minor design flaws that you overlook that it has major design flaws rendering it less than useful. (Or, to put it another: it's almost, but not entirely, exactly unlike a clock radio or a phone.)

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Why Would Anyone Buy This?, February 19, 2000

By 

Marie Brown (Kernersville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AT&T 360 Clock Radio Corded Phone with Caller ID (Office Product)

Based upon other customers reviews, I bought this product because I wanted a digital radio that would reliably wake me up in the morning. The radio quality is the only redeeming feature I can see in this product. It is worthless as a clock - the face is angled so one must be above it and within 2 feet to read the pale display of the time. The illuminated display area is too bright making sleep all but impossible while the readout is practically invisible. Contrary to the advice of AT&T tech support, the alarm MUST be activited each night even when the word ALARM remains in the display area. The volume control is poor, but that seems the least of this products problems. Too much technology and too little common sense!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars too complicated to set the alarm; radio volume in bad place, November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: AT&T 360 Clock Radio Corded Phone with Caller ID (Office Product)

Excellent clarity on the phone and radio. Has volume control for phone. Volume control on radio/alarm is in a very bad location. Reach over and turn the clock where you can see it and you have inadvertanly turned the volume all the way down. That is a real problem come morning. While this is a first rate phone and radio, I have a problem with having to push so many buttons to set the alarm. To reset the alarm for the next day, you must turn off the alarm and then remember to turn it back on for the next day. Alarm A is radio; alarm B is buzzer.