Memorex MC2850-01 Blueberry CD Clock Radio

by Memorex

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 x 5.5 inches ; 3.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TZI6
• Item model number: MC2850-01
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #388,601 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Memorex MC2850-01 blueberry clock radio suits your taste and décor preferences with this translucent, stylish color. It has a top-loading CD player, an AM/FM radio, and stereo sound.

The dual alarm allows you to set two different wake-up times, which is great for working couples or varying weekend/weekday schedules. You can wake to CD, radio, or buzzer. The LCD screen is easy to read, and time and alarm settings are preserved using a backup battery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lots of problems, November 20, 2001

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K. Halloran "bridgenet" (Franklin, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MC2850-01 Blueberry CD Clock Radio (Electronics)

Worked for a month, then CD died, got another under warranty and CD died after 6 months. It is a design problem, stay away from it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Mine has been a lemon!, July 30, 2001

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E. Mesker "cybertoad" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MC2850-01 Blueberry CD Clock Radio (Electronics)

I am normally a patient person and generally never write reviews but I have had such a terrible time with this particular item that I felt complelled to post my experience.

I have had this clock radio for almost a year and it worked fine the 1st month... but then it started to have quirks. The 1st problem was that it didn't always read the CD. These were standard audio CDs that worked in every other machine I have. At 1st I thought it was a particular CD but I tried several and it refused to play any of them.

After a few weeks, it started to read them again by some miracle. But ever since then it skips on CDs. Again, I thought it was a scratch on the CD. But I have tried dozens of CDs and they ALL skip. Now it skips every time I try to play a CD so I so longer use the CD player out of frustration.

My other complaint is the radio reception. It (stinks). The radio has no antenna and I have to readjust it several times a day to keep the station somewhat in tune. Once I do get it in tune (aided by placing it on books, using makeshift antennas out of paperclips, etc.) and leave it, it phases out of tune without even touching it. After about half an hour, I realize the station is full of static and a readjustment is needed again. Often times, it becomes impossible so I just turn it off.

So I can't decide what is more annoying - the CD skipping or the station never being in tune.

One final note to be fair - my co-worker has the same exact radio and she has had no problems with either the radio or CD player. So maybe mine was just a lemon... but after reading the reviews for the other colors, it seems that my problems are prevalent in this model so BEWARE!!

14 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Dream Machine of Sony, October 14, 2000

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"bertinco" (Guatemala) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorex MC2850-01 Blueberry CD Clock Radio (Electronics)

I travel a lot, usualy carry my dream machine, because of a bad handling of my bags my dream machine got lost, well i bought one of these little clocks, and fall in love with it, it sounds realy good, its a great disign, i love buy it its great.