Customer Reviews

Rca Rc59I Clock Radio with Ipod Dock

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(20)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(20)

 

 

I saw this for sale at a local store, so I thought I would do some digging for information. Unfortunately, there is almost zero. It doesn't say it anywhere online or on the box, but this will indeed charge your iPhone 3G. It's possible that they did not want to pay for licensing. Since it will charge the 3G, it should charge all of the new non-firewire iPods (Nano 5G, etc).

It's nice and compact, but certainly sturdy. Once you take a leaf through the instruction manual, it's very easy to use. Not one of those things I recommend to start pushing buttons feet-first, because you'll probably be woken up at 2:30am by accident.

What else can I say about it? It charges my iPhone, plays pretty well (a 5.1 system this isn't), has an aux-in for a Zune, etc, has dual-alarms with 3-4 different options each. If you're looking for a cheap replacement for your firewire-charging alarm clock, this is a good choice.

This item is great. It fits good on a night table and doesnt take up much space. The only issue is that you must remove the black plastic piece that surrounds the mounting jack and replace it with the one your IPOD came with. If you dont have that piece the IPOD may not seat right and it wont work. Once we figured it out it started working.

This alarm clock is easy to operate with buttons that make sense and are easy to press even when half-asleep. Also, it is one of the only ones out there that has the numbers light up, not the whole background, so you can see the time but the light doesn't keep you awake. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that the one I bought died after 24 hours and I had to send it back to the manufacturer. However, they sent me a new one in return, so despite the inconvenience I guess I can't complain. It was worth the wait. Loving it! It looks great too.

I browsed for weeks to pick out some choices for my Christmas present and I'm glad my husband chose this little clock radio. It has several good features and only one that I'd change if I could. First the good things. It's small and leaves me room for books on my nightstand. It doesn't have a lot of hideous stylish flourishes that only add bulk. It's a clock radio - not a sculpture - and I like that. My iPod Touch fits easily into the dock and charges quickly. A removable adapter's installed that you may have to pinch out depending on your iPod model. The stereo sound isn't bad for a $30 radio and I like the digital tuner. We live in a mountainous ravine and have a lot of reception problems, but this radio picks up more stations than our component system. The time display isn't so bright that it lights up the room. The snooze bar is long and doesn't feel like any other button - good for flopping fingers in the morning. There are two alarms and you can wake to iPod, radio, or electronic alarm. The battery backup's nice since our power frequently goes out in storms, but you have to supply your own 9-volt battery. The only thing I'd fix would be a way to adjust the volume on the electronic alarm. It's so loud it'd wake the dead. I like to set the alarm as my backup in case I sleep through the music, but the alarm's so loud that I jump in bed when I hear it. If you sleep through alarms, though, this might be you cup of jolt. Recommended!

I've been looking for a new alarm clock for quite a while. I bought the iHome a few years ago, but stopped using it in favor of a much older alarm clock because of the back-lit numbers. That was the main appeal of this alarm clock. The numbers are green, so it doesn't make your room bright at night and you are still able to see what time it is, even if your eyes are not quite awake.

This comes with an adapter to make the iPod Touch fit into the top slot. I have an iPod 5g, but you have to have your own adapter if you have anything other than the Touch. I had to pry the Touch adapter out with a knife because it was set into the unit so firmly. This unit will also charge the iPhone, although the iPhone makes sure to inform you that the alarm clock is not made to go with the phone.

The sound on the alarm clock does not get very loud, so if you want to use it to listen to your iPod, don't expect too much--it has that alarm clock sound to it. However, as an alarm clock, it does exactly what it's supposed to do. It has two alarms, both of which will wake you to a beep, the radio, or the iPod. The radio tunes digitally on the face of the clock, rather than with a dial. I had trouble getting radio stations to come in clearly, but it helped when I set another object on top of the alarm clock or rearranged some objects on my nightstand.

Overall, I'm pleased with this purchase. It charges my iPod, and wakes me up. The buttons are easy to push and find when you've just woken up, especially the snooze button. The radio function is not the best, but I can live with that. And it doesn't have that annoying back light that so many alarm clocks seem to have now.

I got the radio as a present for my sister and when she opened it, it looked durable and had a nice weight. Its a perfect solution because she had an Ipod Touch and needed somewhere to charge it at night. This does the job perfectly and it just replaced her old alarm clock radio. As an added bonus for her it was also able to play songs from her Ipod and use the Ipod as the alarm clock. All in all this is a great deal, its reasonably priced and has many good features.

An excellent alarm clock. Works with my Ipod (just had to remove the Itouch adaptor thingy), good sound quality, good radio reception, easy to use. Has two alarm times, allowing radio, buzzer or ipod for each.

I bought this from Amazon when it was a low price of $29 for my son to use with his iPod touch.
It connects and works perfectly, is easy to use and the sound quality was surprisingly very good.
I had a $25 Amazon gift card to use with this purchase so it was an exceptionally good buy!

I received this as a present. The description said it worked with all iPod models. But it doesn't. It comes with a dock adapter for iPod Touch 1G only. If you have a different generation Touch, the manual says to use the dock adapter that came with your iPod. Since I cannot find my dock adapter, it was disappointing not to be able to use it. The Apple store does not carry a replacement dock adapter for the 3G Touch.

I received this as a gift and loved it until 2 months later when it stopped working. I had no problems with set up or using my Ipod;then one day it suddenly goes out and has not worked since.