Time's Up! TV and Gaming Time Limiting Device

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 4 x 8 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B0016FYIJM
• Item model number: Time1
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #84,317 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2006

Product Description

Product Description

Control your child's TV and gaming time! Set daily or weekly play or watching allowance. The Time's UP! devise shuts off game or TV when the time is up. Easy one-time setup. Simply plug TV/Gaming system into Time's Up! and then plug Time's Up! into an outlet and you are ready to go! Features include: Time's Up! automatically shuts off power to the device when allowance time is up, then automatically resets for next play time. Five (5) minute and one (1) minute warnings alert child that allowance time is expiring. Tamper-resistant system, with two keys for parental control Convenient Bypass mode (with key) to use device without drawing on allowance time Works with all versions of Playstation, Gamecube, XBox, stereos and most televisions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheapest alternative for a simple time monitor, April 6, 2007

By	M. J. Evangelista - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I researched this product after being recommended to purchase the Time Scout. For a simple timer for an electronic item such as an X-Box, it works fine, at about 1/3 of the price of it's competitors. The concept is similar for all devices: the power cord for the offending electronic device (TV, video game, etc., computer) is plugged into the box and locked, and a separate power cord is plugged into the power supply. This device allows you to set time in 30 minute increments, and to set the box to re-set either daily or weekly. It has worked effectively with our son and has ended numerous battles with the X-Box, but the main drawback is that the timer starts warning at 5 minutes and then 1 minute. The warning alarms are very loud and obnoxious, particularly to other persons in the area who are not playing the game. The sound is loud enough to interfere with enjoyment of the game, but it also serves the purpose of getting the child off the electronic device quicker. It is a quick behavior modifier, because allowing the device to run down to zero and perform a hard shut off of a TV or video game can be fatal to the device. Plasma TV's and computers are especially vulnerable to sudden power losses. Bottom line, these types of timers are simple devices that take the argument and battle out of game usage. It is amazing that a child who will argue that there is no logical place to stop a game for 45 minutes can somehow manage to stop the same game in less than 5 minutes when faced with the dire consequence of permanently destroying a game cartridge or console! None of the devices I researched was perfect, but I'd rather pay $35 (inclusive of tax and shipping) than $100, just to control the amount of time my child spends with an X-box.

2.0 out of 5 stars Good idea, but the beeper will make you crazy!, September 20, 2008

By	K. Fuehr "bRaingear" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While the concept of this product is good, there is an INCREDIBLY annoying beep on this that warns you at 5 minutes -- and there is no way to turn it off. Every time, it scares the whole family and is louder than a fire alarm and it beeps once every 2 or 3 seconds for 7 beeps. It's awful and terribly disruptive. My husband or I would come running into the room whenever we heard it because we kept thinking there was a fire. I'd recommend you buy another product without the beeper.