Audiovox CE256 CD AM/FM Alarm Clock Radio

by Audiovox

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 19.8 x 14 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002HBSUM
• Item model number: CE256
• Batteries: 1 9V batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,562 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 25, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Audiovox CE256 CD AM/FM Alarm Clock Radio is compact and portable, and represents Audiovox's commitment to design and quality at an affordable price. This unit combines a top-loading CD player with an AM/FM radio and alarm clock. The CE256 features snooze and sleep functions, and a dual alarm for either weekday or weekend wake-up times. The wake-up alarm is a buzzer, or it can be set to the radio or a CD. This alarm clock runs on AC power, but has a battery compartment for a nine-volt battery backup in case of power failure (battery not included).

What's in the Box
CE256 CD AM/FM alarm clock radio, AC power plug, and user's manual.

Product Description

The Audiovox CE256 CD AM/FM alarm clock radio has a dual weekend alarm. It has a CD/Radio/Buzzer wake-up alarm. It has an AM/FM radio. There is also a snooze/sleep function.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I wouldn't recommend it, January 24, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Audiovox CE256 CD AM/FM Alarm Clock Radio (Electronics)

I'm not a kid -- 18 years, in fact -- I just didn't want to have register to write one review -- especially when the review was for this thing.

This device has given me a fair amount of grief... The largest problem for me being that I'll often put CD's in and they WON'T PLAY. They spin for a second or two, and then the display reads "no." Previously, I've always managed to eventually get them to play by cleaning the CD, blowing the dust out of the player, etc. Now, however, the CD function has just decided not to work at all. I've never had a problem changing the CD tracks in the alarm setting, but my sister went through two of these, neither of which allowed you to pick the CD track you'd be waking up to -- hers always defaulted to the first track on the CD.

The user interface on this is TERRIBLE. Positively HORRENDOUS. You change between CD and radio mode via a TINY little sliding switch on the side, and you change between buzzer, CD alarm, standby, and play CD mode via a similar switch. Both are labeled by TINY little raised letters that haven't even been painted or colored to stand out from the surrounding plastic.

I think that the greatest punishment for the people who designed this product would be to make them have to use it for a year.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars confusing controls, July 18, 2005

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D. M. Andert (Tustin, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audiovox CE256 CD AM/FM Alarm Clock Radio (Electronics)

With 20/20 vision in bright light, it is very difficult to read the switches that switch between cd and radio. Two switches must be set correctly to switch between radio and cd. If you're only going to use it for one use, radio or cd then it's ok, but if you want both, do this test. Look at the unit in the store, imagine you're in bed in dim light and try to switch between cd and radio modes. If you can do it, buy it.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not as advertised, January 28, 2006

By 

Sean D. Sorrentino (Chester, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Audiovox CE256 CD AM/FM Alarm Clock Radio (Electronics)

Audiovox claims some sort of "weekend alarm" and the description here indicates that this is the sort of clock alarm which you can set to go off only on the weekdays, thus saving you long suffering roommate from being blasted out of bed early in the morning on a Saturday when you are out of town. sadly it does not do this. it, like many alarm clocks, has two alarms. you can set them manually, but the alarm has no idea what day of the week it is. we are going to return it.