Customer Reviews

CD Player with dual Alarm Clock

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3 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(18)

 

 

I bought this radio as a Christmas present for an office mate. I wanted something small and not too expensive since in an office building things can disapear. The reception in the building is ususaly not so good and that was a concern. Three months later I am happy to report that this one works fine. We have had no problems with the radio or the CD player.

My wife purchased this alarm clock for me for Christmas 2007. It is the second piece of Coby electronic equipment that I've owned. My experience is that Coby builds extremely CHEAP (meaning, poor quality) products. My complaints with this product are:

1) The product does not keep accurate time (gains about 7-8 minutes per month - most likely an electronics design flaw that recurs in each of these alarm clocks).
2) The product "hums" through the speakers (a short in the internal electronics due to poor circuit board design - also a design flaw that probably recurs in each of these alarm clocks). Interestingly, when the product is powered ON, like when the user wants to listen to a CD but hasn't yet hit the play button, the humming quits. BUT, if the unit is left ON accidentally, the alarm does NOT work. I know. I powered the unit ON to get the annoying humming to stop and was late to work the next day because the alarm never sounded.
3) CD door is overly difficult to open and close (a coefficient of friction design flaw that is also recurring, probably).
4) The LED display is overly bright and no dimmer switch is featured (yet another design flaw).
5) All plastic parts are extremely cheap. White plastic cabinet parts are not the same color of white (do not match). Silver paint on buttons will obviously soon wear off, etc.

While this alarm clock had all of the features that I was looking for in an alarm clock (except for the dimmer switch), the aforementioned list of design flaws forced me to return the product as defective. Bottom line: VERY CHEAPLY BUILT!

I bought this for my husband for our anniversary. He had an old alarm clock that was hard to set. This one is great. Simple to use, to set, to play, everything is marked very clearly. I get up half an hour earlier than he does, so it is fantastic to have a dual alarm. We wake up to a CD. It also sounds great! We can listen to our CD's without having an extra CD player taking up room. I have had no problems with it at all!!

I've been looking for an inexpensive cd clock radio with a headphone jack and thought I had found one. I was very disappointed when I opened the box and could not find the headphone jack anywhere. There was no headphone jack shown on the owner's manual included in the box. The box stated a headphone jack but there is no jack on this unit. I returned this to Amazon and ordered the Phillips AJ3950. If you're looking for a cd clock radio to use headphones with, I wouldn't purchase this Coby model. I liked the design but without a headphone jack I cannot use it.

Well the radio worked fine, and the clock seemed to work. The Cd player would not work at all. Yea I set the alarm to wake up to a cd and the alarm turned the radio on but the cd never played. And no it wasn't a burned cd. It was an original.

This is a terrible product. The clock runs fast -- it gains a minute every few days. The CD player skips at the slightest vibration, from when I walk across my room to when someone opens the door to my building 4 floors below. Frequently, I wake up to a noise like a fan with something stuck in the blades rather than my CD.

Anyone who is looking for a reliable clock or CD player would do better to spend a few extra dollars to buy something that actually works.

This clock radio lost 3 -4 4 minutes daily so I sent it back to the company I bought it from.....Photoland NY...for a replacement after I got no response at all from the Coby company. The second clock arrived and had the same issues....losing time on a daily basis once again. I tried contacting the Coby Co. to use the warranty but once again got absolutely no respnse so I contacted Photoland NY and they said to return it and they would refund the cost plus the shipping I paid to return both units. This ia an absolute piece of junk! Useless if you need it to use as an alarm clock but the CD player and radio seemed to work Ok for the short time I had it. I don't recommend this item at all but would like to recommend Photoland NY for their gret customer service and for standing by their merchandise. The Colby Co. gets an F in all aspects of customer relations in my book.......

We had this for a little over a week. Nothing but problems. Time would not set properly. Only played CD when it wanted to. Was a real piece of junk.

Neither of the Alarms work! We didn't find out within the 30 days to return this back to Amazon because I bought this 30 days before Christmas and this was a Christmas gift. I called Colby because it did come with a limited warrant 1 year on parts and 30 days on labor. Therefore the labor will not be covered and shipping to and from is not covered. The lady told me that by the time I paid for labor and shipping - I might as well not even bother - just go purchase another. As you can imagine I am not happy about the situation. I'd set the alarm (on any setting) and within 10 minutes of setting the alarm, I'd hear a light static noise and the clock would lose its time -it would go to midnight and keep blinking.

I ordered this because it wanted the earphone jack as stated in the product description. When I received the product, no earphone jack as stated on the box. I called the company and was told they have been aware of the problem and have not really done anything about it. Sorry for the inconvenience try sending it back. What a rip off. When a company does not stand behind its product.