Oregon Scientific Rm313pa Exactset Fixed Projection Alarm Clock

by Oregon Scientific

Product Description

Featuring a colorful, curvy design for your bedside or desktop, Oregon Scientific's ExactSet™ Fixed Projection alarm clock automatically synchronizes to the U.S. Atomic Clock and has a daily wake-up crescendo alarm with 8-min snooze.

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• ASIN: B004OV57F4
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (187 customer reviews)

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231 of 234 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the punctual minded, August 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Oregon Scientific RM313PNA Self-Setting Projection Alarm Clock with Indoor Thermometer, Blue (Kitchen)

Most of my life I've had early shifts for my occupation (i.e. being into work at 6:00 am or earlier). I used to have a clock that didn't have a battery backup nor did it keep the correct time. I saw this model clock that had both plus the time projection on the ceiling so my wife didn't have to try to roll me over to see the clock, so I decided to give it a try. The clock looks a bit futuristic, but that is its function. The exact time feature is great. I set the houses clocks to it whenever the power goes out, which is regularly (where in a rural town). The battery backup is another great feature that I've never had prior to this. The only drawbacks that I have with the clock is that in order to project the time on the ceiling so that you can read it on a decent angle, is to turn the clock so that you can't the time on its face. You either get to see the one on the ceiling or you get the face of the clock, not both. Another drawback is the buttons on the clock don't make much sense when you need to program the alarm. Once you know the buttons to push, its easy, but they aren't marked well. Hope this review is helpful for you.

59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NICE CLOCK but buy it LOCAL and SAVE YOUR RECEIPT, February 7, 2004

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superbzmom (Rockford, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oregon Scientific RM313PNA Self-Setting Projection Alarm Clock with Indoor Thermometer, Blue (Kitchen)

I've had four of these clocks so far and only two have survived. Don't get me wrong... it's a GREAT clock with easy and logical buttons and features, but one was dead on arrival and another one lost half of its print on the screen after only two months. BUY ONE LOCALLY if possible and definately save your receipt and packaging so that you can return or exchange it if it acts up. When we bought our first one several years ago, it was REALLY expensive. Recently, I found one at my local Target and it was much more reasonable. This clock is great for me as an adult and two of my children use it as well. The time projection on the ceiling is a nice feature for children that sleep in a top bunk bed. It's easy for a young child to turn the alarm on at night and off in the morning. My six year old uses his faithfully. The time is dead-on accurate and doesn't have to be re-set after a power failure. All busy moms should appreciate that feature. From now on, I will always buy an atomic clock for my kids!

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product at a great price, November 3, 2001

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Dan Crevier (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oregon Scientific RM313PNA Self-Setting Projection Alarm Clock with Indoor Thermometer, Blue (Kitchen)

I was very surprised to see such a nice product at such a nice price. The automatic synchronization, and the projection are features you can't find in any other clocks at this price. My main gripes are:

* You can't change the orientation of the projection. I'd like to have the clock facing me when I look at it from bed, but if the clock is facing you, the projection will be side-ways.

* As someone else mentioned, if you change the time manually, the clock will not synchronize. This is very frustrating because the clock will not initially be set, and you have to wait up to 72 hours for it to synchronize. Your clock is totally useless during this time. If you manually set it, you will have to reset it for it to synchronize. This is not well documented in the manual. I found this process to be frustrating, but now that it's set up, it works well.

Even with these two shortcomings, I give it 4 starts because it's a nice product for a nice price.

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