Spectra CR-500 AM/FM Stereo Shower Alarm Clock Radio w/ CD Player

by Spectra

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00006ISA1
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,599 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #100 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Radios > Shower Radios
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 17, 2003

Product Description

The Spectra CR-500 splash-proof CD Player w/ AM/FM Radio comes with hangers to hang from the shower head or curtain rail, and an foldaway desk stand. With the included desk stand it is equally at home in the kitchen, den, garage or just about anywhere you want to enjoy your favorite radio tunes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If I had an option for NO stars.. i'd have picked it!!!, December 27, 2003

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E. Alderette (Point Richmond, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spectra CR-500 AM/FM Stereo Shower Alarm Clock Radio w/ CD Player (Electronics)

This item is a waste of money. I purchased this item last year and it survived in my shower all of one day. I returned it, got another, and it too died in one shower. I didn't even open the cd player.. I only wanted the radio part to listen to traffic reports before I left for work.

Apparently it's not waterproof. The electronics almost immediately went on the fritz as soon as water came within a two-foot radius of it. It was mounted on the wall in a place where it wouldn't get "soaked," and it still didn't make it through a complete shower without dogging out.

After the second loss, I gave up. Don't bother with this one. Its cheap price doesn't make it a great bargain, it just reflects the quality of the workmanship. It's cheap and shoddy, through and through.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Piece of Garbage. . ., February 3, 2004

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R. McLeod (Freeport, ME United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spectra CR-500 AM/FM Stereo Shower Alarm Clock Radio w/ CD Player (Electronics)

. . . that's putting it nicely. The CD player - when it works - skips if you even so much as look at it. The sound quality is same as those tin-can string "telephones" that we used to make when we were kids. My expectations were pretty low when I ordered it because of the low price, but if I knew then what I know now of this product they couldn't give it to me.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't turn off!, January 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Spectra CR-500 AM/FM Stereo Shower Alarm Clock Radio w/ CD Player (Electronics)

This radio lasted 3 days in my shower. Then suddenly it just wouldn't turn off. Even though the power was supposedly turned off, it would suddenly emit noise. I finally had to remove the batteries...and return it to the store!