Customer Reviews

Emerson CKS3528 SmartSet Projection Clock Radio with Dual Alarms (Silver)

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4 star:		(34)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(15)
1 star:		(31)

 

 

I had to laugh at some of the remarks by others. It has a warranty so use it! I've had mine for 2 years and works perfect everyday. Plug it in and stand back it does the rest. If I recall you do have to set your time zone. There is the dual alarm feature and the radio to setup to your liking but the very best thing is the "projection time" for me (my wife likes it too). I have never needed an alarm - I just wake up when I should and it so nice to be able to just look up and see the time on the ceiling. The alarm does work because my wife uses it. The large RED time on the face is easily seen in the daytime or night. I came online to order 3 more for each offspring. For the sound experts out there, the radio works but is in no way a Bose unit. It does the job intended (for me) perfectly. I mean really, what do you want for around $25.00? We have had the power go out a half a dozen times and it is right back to the correct time when power is restored. The really cool thing is that should you need to move or unplug the clock it does all the resetting for you. A very satisfied customer. :-)

I was looking for an inexpensive clock with big numbers and easy setup time. This clock exceeded my expectations. All I had to do was plug it in and it automatically set the time and date in less than 5 seconds! I couldn't ask for an easier setup process.

The projected time cannot be seen very well during the day but what can you expect. I would take a lot of power to project the time bright enough during the day ... on the other hand it works great at night.

I don't use the radio much so I don't have much to say about the radio.

Lastly and most importantly ... cannot be the price for what I got!

I loved this clock for about the first three months that I had it, then the auto set feature broke, or something with the power supply broke, or something with the receiver broke . . . well, something broke. It now auto sets itself to 12 am on Tues, Jan 1, 2007 every morning at 8 am - it's currently October 2009. Nothing was changed or moved, it just stopped working. It was too cheap to justify paying shipping to have it repaired, so I've decided to trash it and buy a new alarm clock. That said, I loved the features and everything worked wonderfully . . . for about 3 months.

I love this clock!! I live in an area where we loose our power often. The clock resets itself to the correct time without worry. The projection is not too bright (I'm a light sleeper and even the dimmest light bothers me). I love having 2 alarms on it which can be set for Monday - Friday, Saturday and Sunday, or both. I can't say anything negitive about this clock. It works great for us.

The projeted light for the time is so faint you can barely see it in the dark.........
Very,VERY disappointed...............

I have tried 2 of these clocks from Target and both had problems. If only the projection worked better, I would love this clock. With the first one, the numbers for the hours on the projection was very faint while the numbers for the minutes was nice and bright. If I woke up during the night to look at it, I had to squint and concentrate to read the numbers. Returned it to try another one since I wasn't sure if that was just how projection models work. 2nd one, 2 of the lines on the hour don't show up so 3 only has the bottom half. Since this only has a 90 day warranty, I'm not going to chance another.

The clock has a lot of nice features but once I took it out of the box it worked fine, for about an hour. Then the display froze, so I tried unplugging the clock and replacing the battery. After plugging it back in, the display was completely blank and the clock never worked again. It was an OK clock for about an hour...

I purchased this clock radio in 2008, and have loved it for the ease of set up and use and the wonderful wall/ceiling projection feature. The radio, however, was of terrible quality, having cheap, tinny sound and a weak tuner that could hardly pull in any stations in this New York City suburb. Its pluses outweighed this negative, till 2 days ago, when all features, including the on/off switch, suddenly stopped working. The only way to shut the radio is now by pulling the plug, and ALL other features have failed. I replaced the lithium battery, to no avail. I won't buy this again.

This alarm clock is by far the best alarm clock I've ever purchased. The jumbo LED display is easily seen from anywhere in the room. It has a projection feature that allows me to see the time without rolling over, and can be any of 3 colors. The lighting isn't so bright it keeps me awake. The dual alarm is great for mine and my husband's different work schedules. It is super easy to push the snooze button without worrying about turning the alarm off accidently. And it's easy to turn the alarm off once I decide to finally get up. It allows us to set the alarm for work Monday-Friday and not worry about setting it again, as it won't go off over the weekend. (You can choose everyday, weekdays only, or weekends only for the alarm.) The snooze goes off every 9 minutes until you turn the alarm off. It has a radio and buzzer alarm. But the best thing to me is that it is so easy to set, you can set it in the dark. My last alarm clock was so complicated I had to get out the instructions every time I needed to reset the time. After searching the internet for hours looking for a new alarm clock that would meet all my needs, with trepidation, I decided to get a talking clock that was going to cost me a little less that $100. I went to Target and found the Emerson SmartSet 3528 on clearance instead and bought it. Needless to say, it is one of the best purchases I've ever made. I've had this clock for several months and have no complaints. It is wonderful!! I highly recommend it!

I purchased the emerson clock as a Christmas gift, they took the clock home and tried it out and needless to say it did not work right. You could barely her the alarm and the radio alarm did not work. After we unplug the clock the alarm started to go off very loud not sure what was up with that. I do have two other clocks similiar to this that I purchased off of QVC they work fine. Qvc no longer carries this item that is why I ordered from amazon. Very disappointed and so was the person receiving the clock. I will be sending this clock back.