Emerson CD Stereo Clock Radio

by Emerson

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• ASIN: B0002DG9JG
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,080 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2006

Product Description

Emerson CD Stereo Clock Radio and Motorized Door, Touchless Snooze and Remote ControlCD Stereo Clock Radio - Emerson CD stereo clock radio- Vertical, motorized, front loading CD player (front cover flips up vertically)- CD player plays CD-R and CD-RW- Programmable CD memory- High-speed music search- Forward/reverse skip track- One track/all track repeat playback- AM-FM stereo with digital frequency display- 24 Hour set-and-forget alarm- Touchless snooze control (simply wave a hand in front of the unit to snooze)- Wake to radio, buzzer, or CD- Battery back up system (requires 2 AA batteries, not included)- Illuminated, unified LCD display- Automatic display dimmer- Wide range, side-firing 3" speakers - Includes credit card sized remote control- Box dimensions: 10"L x 8.25"W x 7"H- Silver

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Laughably bad, August 5, 2005

By 

Pimm (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emerson CD Stereo Clock Radio (Electronics)

This is such a bad product. I seriously want my money back, but it's not even worth the hassle. Luckily, I decided to use it as my CD player in my bedroom, and not as an alarm clock. I keep this thing all the way across the bedroom from my bed, and I STILL have to drape heavy clothing over it every night in order to be able to sleep, and I am NOT a sensitive sleeper. The display is so freakishly bright, it actually illuminates my entire (rather large) bedroom with it's horrible blue glow. There's some garbage about an "automatic dimmer" in the description of this product, but that is pure bull. It's supposed to dim when the lights go out, but if anything, it actually gets brighter. I cannot imagine how anyone can sleep with this next to their beds. Furthermore, what's the point of the horrifically bright time display if you can't ever read the time unless you're facing it directly face-on, and about an inch from the display? Whoever designed this is an idiot, as the bright blue background almost completely obscures the black numbers that show the time. The colors are too close in tone or brightness for there to be enough contrast to read what the display says.

Another problem, and this one is even "funnier" than the aforementioned: as we speak, my month-old Emerson clock-radio is speeding through the time, literally. It has some weird tick, where, if you use the remote control to control the volume, it affects the minutes part of the time as well as the volume. If you hold down the up or down volume buttons for any amount of time, the minutes start freaking out uncontrollably. For instance, as I write, my clock is going through 11 am over and over and over again at warp speed. It would be funny if I didn't pay for this piece of garbage.

All of that being said, the CD player in my experience is serviceable. Mine plays burned CDs as well as normal ones. The sound quality is decent for such a small player.

If you are thinking of getting this as a clock or alarm, please think carefully: the screwed up volume-time function, the horribly bright display, and the almost complete lack of contrast between the time digits and background make this virtually unuseable as an alarm clock.

40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars There isn't 4.5 stars, September 6, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Emerson CD Stereo Clock Radio (Electronics)

Well, I just bought this today, and I loved it ever since I've had it. Blue lighting, auto dimmer, so many options. This was the cheapest I found with the standards I had (digital tuning, CD player, etc.) The remote is very useful, but too bad they don't save the radio stations (have to tune every time). But they do save the order of how you want your tracks to be played on your CD. The motorized door is such a special thing. The themal snooze is also sweet, so you don't have to find the snooze button to keep on sleeping. I did find it hard to use set the minutes and hours for the alarm and clock (hit one accidentally). But, the light on the side of the glass makes up for all of that (it looks so cool...)

Pros:
Digital FM/AM radio
Motorized door to play CD
Auto Dimmer
CD-RW player
Thermal snooze
2 3 inch speakers
2 antennas (for AM and FM)
Memory for track order

Cons:
Confusing for setting time and alarm
Small wire is antenna for FM radio
No saved radio stations
Knob used for tuning
Have to hit the alarm off button after snooze (probably standard for all alarm clocks)

If they had saved radio stations, I would've given this a 5. Its kind of a hassle using the knob to get to the exact station.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Bad Design, December 19, 2005

By 

Jaffy Rider (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emerson CD Stereo Clock Radio (Electronics)

I agree with the majority of reviewers. This light is much too bright. If you want a clock radio that doubles as a night light this product is for you, but most people prefer to sleep in the dark.

Another horrible feature is if you want to wake to a CD it always plays the CD starting with the first track which can get repetitive very quickly. There is a "random" feature but it DOES NOT work for the alarm. Of course you can change the CD daily to wake to a different song but you're still limited to the first track on each CD.