Customer Reviews

Coby CDRA140 Digital AM/FM Alarm Clock Radio with CD Player

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1 star:		(8)

 

 

Okay I wll try and write everything I can think of that may help...:-)

I wanted soemthing simple for my litte studio- this had everything I wanted. Radio plus CD, Sleep function (you can only set it to 90, 60 or 30 that I know of) Dual alarm, headphone jack...

Manual tuner, but I get pretty good reception considering I'm in a valley. The CD quality is fine, but it would not play a CD I had burned myself. This may be important to some of you folks.

I love a sleep function, the only thing is if you fall asleep to CD, you wake up to one, no big deal for me, but who knows.

The actual player is lighter than in this picture (lighter gray, lighter blue) more attractive in person. And the clock display is neon green (not red like above)

I love how small it is, the top loading is pretty cool. It fits right on my nightstand. Overall a good value for the money, as I did a lot of reaserch.

Here is my experience with this piece of junk: I bought it and it worked fine for a week. After that, it started to stick after playing two songs on any given CD, playing the same note over and over. I cleaned it, cleaned the CDs, played different CDs, tried anything to make it stop stalling. Finally,after 3 weeks of this, I snapped. I took it outside, threw it to the ground, and spent the next 20 minutes alternately jumping on it and smashing it with a hammer. You could GIVE me the $39.95 and I still wouldn't take it.

This is cd/radio/alarm combo, perfect for the office or home. I bought it for my desk and I am please to say that the reception is very good. The building where I work is know for poor reception, but this radio has done very well. I will recommended for people that need a compact system and don't want to spend to much.

I purchased this model from Amazon about a year, and what a disappointment! For the price, I certainly wasn't expecting a top-of-the-line product, but this thing couldn't even perform the basic function of playing a CD -- no matter what the CD, it always skipped, perhaps due to the product's design which plays CDs in an "upright" position. Sound quality and radio reception were also poor. Its only use now is as an alarm clock in a second bedroom. Save your money -- there's better choices available in this price range.

Just received it today. Radio works fine. It is compact and lightweight, which is good for me. But CD player doesn't recognize that there is a CD loaded, and it won't play. Really poor quality!

I bought this item three years ago to replace a similar unit that had failed -- oddly enough for the same reasons I'm finally replacing this one. The unit started off well enough, playing CDs as I fell asleep. However, after 6-8 months of regular, but hardly abusive use, the CD player no longer recognized discs.

The multi-voltage is helpful, though the clock does lose/gain time if the power isn't running clean.

The dual alarm works great, when it keeps time. And the snooze button is easy to hit.

In these last few weeks, I've found that the analog tuner tends to drift off station.

After going through two vertical-loading CD clock radios, I think I'd recommend against that style. The construction is solid and long lasting, even if the technology inside isn't.

THE CD PLAYER SKIPS CONSTANTLY. I cleaned it over and over again, i cleaned my cds over and over. even when i put a brand new, unscratched CD in the piece of crap, IT STILL SKIPPED. i truely want my money back. I am so dissappointed. and on top of that, sometimes, when i have it on the cd player alarm mode, it doesnt go off and makes me late for class or work. i only like the fact that if it worked it would be perfect for my dorm because it is compact and it has multiple wake up times so me and my room mate can use it separately.

This works okay except it won't play burned CD's.

i think this is a great product, but the only feature I would like it to have is to be able to select any track to wake up to. the way it is now, the alarm clock just plays the first track on the cd.

Good sound from a little CD/Radio. Also gets really good reception in my office area considering not close to any windows, loads of computer/electronic equipment around. Only wish there was an option to scan/select certain song numbers on the CD. Great item for the price - recommend it to anyone.