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Philips HF3490 Wake-up Light with Dock for iPod

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Product Features

  • Gradually wakes you up by light for a more pleasant feeling
  • 20 different brightness settings allows you to use as a bedside lamp
  • Detachable dock to charge your iPod/iPhone and play your favorite music
  • Optional FM radio, 4 nature sounds
  • Dusk simulation helps you drift to sleep by gradually dimming light and sound

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Total List Price: $569.97
Price For All Three: $420.41

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Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Wake up naturally. Gradually wakes you up by light. The Philips Wake-up Light gradually wakes you up by light for a more pleasant feeling. The light gradually increases for 30 minutes before your wake up time to gently prepare your body to wake up and feel more energetic at the start of your day. With optional FM radio, nature sounds, or music from your iPhone or iPod, waking up will be a pleasant experience. It’s innovative design includes a light that can be adjusted to 20 different brightness settings, making the product suitable to use as a lamp in any bedroom. A detachable dock for your iPod or iPhone allows you to charge your device as well as play your favorite music. The Wake-up Light also includes a dusk simulation that drifts you to sleep by naturally dimming the light and sound.

Technology Explained


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Light intensity

Up to 300 Lux for natural awakening

The senitivity to light differs a lot per person. In general, when using a higher light intensity a person needs less time to become fully awake. The light intensity of the Wake-up Light can be set up to 300 Lux. This makes sure you can wake up to the light intensity that suits your personal preference best.



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Dusk simulation

Drift to sleep with gradually dimming light and sound

The gradual decreasing light and sound help you to drift to sleep. You can set your preferred time for the duration of the dusk simulation.



Light wakes you gently

Energy saving lamp

Wake-up Light is the only dawn simulator that makes use of an energy saving lamp. It consumes up to 24% less energy compared to a Wake-up Light with a normal light bulb.



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Gradual light prepares your body to wake up

Light gradually increases in 30 minutes before your set wake up time. Light falls on your eyes and positively affects your energy hormones, preparing your body to wake up. This makes waking up a more pleasant feeling.



Wake up to your favorite sounds

Choice of 4 natural and pleasant wake-up sounds & FM-radio

At your set wake-up time, you will start hearing a natural sound or the selected radio station. It starts out quietly and takes a minute and a half to reach the volume level you selected. There are four sounds you can choose from: morning birds in the forest, a relaxing beep, the sounds of the African jungle or soft chimes in the wind. The gradually increasing sound will make the wake up process even more pleasant, ensuring you are never rudely woken up.



Wake up to your favorite tunes

Great sound quality thanks to the integrated sound box

The speaker in this Wake-up Light is backed up by an integrated sound box, assuring a great sound quality when listing to the FM radio or when waking up with the natural wake-up sounds.



Play & charge your iPod / iPhone

Play your favorite music from your iPod / iPhone. Your iPod / iPhone will be charged when it is in the docking station, so you are always ready to use it when you are ready to go.



Wake up to the tunes from your iPod / iPhone

The iPod / iPhone docking station lets you wake up to your favorite songs. Just select your favorite song from from your iPod or iPhone and at your set wake-up time it will start to play, at first gently, gradually increasing over ninety seconds to the volume level you selected.


Specifications

Easy to use
Anti-slip rubber feet
Yes
Alarm test function
Yes
Snooze button for sound and light
9 minute(s)
Compact size
Limited bedside table space required
Electricity back-up function
15 minute(s)
User interface
3 wheels (push & turn), 1 switch
Technical specifications
Voltage
110 V
Frequency
60 Hz
Cord length
200 cm
Type of lamps
Philips Energy Saving Lamp
Insulation
Class II (double isolation)
Lifetime of lamps
expected >6.000 hours
Safety
Cenelec certified
Yes
UV-free
UV-free
Logistic data
Country of origin
China
CTV code
884349060
Display
Display brightness control
4 settings, increases to max during 30 min wake-up
Hidden LED display
Invisible display projected to the product
Sound
Digital FM radio
Yes
Compatible with iPod / iPhone
Yes
Sound off function
Option to mute sound immediately
Wake-up sounds:
4 natural wake-up sounds, Digital FM radio
Premium sound box
Integrated sound box
Light
Light on/off function
Yes
Sunrise simulating process (0-selected intensity)
30 minute(s)
Light intensity dimmer
0-300 Lux at 40-50 cm

What's in the Box

Philips HF3490 Wake-up Light, iPod Dock Inserts, Power Cable, Quick Start Guide

Product Description

Introducing the new Philips Wake-up Light, a more pleasant and natural way to wake-up in the morning. Light gradually increases for 30 minutes before your wake up time to gently prepare your body to wake up and feel more energetic at the start of your day. With optional FM radio, nature sounds or music from your iPod or iPhone, waking up will be a pleasant experience. Its innovative design includes a light that can be adjusted to 20 different brightness settings, making the product suitable to use as a lamp in any bedroom. A detachable dock for your iPod or iPhone allows you to charge your device as well as play your favorite music. At the end of your day, set the dusk simulator to drift you off to sleep by gradually dimming the light and sound.

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 12.6 x 9.4 inches ; 4.8 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
  • ASIN: B002CGSYQW
  • UPC: 075020008992
  • Item model number: HF3490
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,495 in Health & Personal Care (See Bestsellers in Health & Personal Care)

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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Does one thing well, everything else poorly, October 22, 2009
By April King (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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I own this product (the Philips HF3490), although most of the review also applies to the Philips HF3480 as well, with the exception of the iPod functionality, of course.

First, let's cut to the chase: this product does one thing really, really well. Luckily for this product's rating, its single proficiency is its main selling point: waking you up with a gentle progression of increasingly brighter light. Over the course of 30 minutes, the lamp in the alarm clock will get brighter until it reaches the maximum brightness setting you have selected previously. I find that the amount of light that I need to wake up varies - sometimes I wake up about 15 minutes in, other times, it takes the full 30 minutes to wake me up. So, I just leave it on its maximum setting (20) and wake up when I wake up.

BRIGHTNESS INFORMATION: I find that the technical information that Philips provides on the bulb is a bit difficult to relate to, without any context. This bulb is rated at 300 lux - not bad, but that brightness is typically given without context. It is 300 lux at *45 centimeters* - only about a foot and a half of distance. 300 lux is a pretty standard indoor room brightness. However, since brightness drops off by the square of the distance, a doubling of the distance (to 3') will halve your brightness. What this boils down to is that the light inside the lamp is roughly equal to a 60W incandescent bulb - good enough if the lamp is on a bedside stand, but because of the covering on the lamp, it might not be bright enough for you if you place it on a dresser across the room.

BULB REPLACEMENT: The reviews here that are claiming that this alarm has a LED lightbulb are clearly mistaken. You only have to look inside the holes in the top of the unit to see that it has a compact fluorescent (CFL) lightbulb - not an LED lightbulb. The manual that comes with the unit even says not to throw it away with your household waste - I can only assume because of the mercury inside the bulb. Now, I haven't disassembled the unit, but it does look like a standard (14W?) dimmable CFL - the sort of thing that you *might* be able to replace at the end the bulb's lifespan. I can't say for sure, of course, since I don't want to void my warranty.

Unfortunately, I think this product does quite a few things poorly, so the list of Cons is pretty long:

* iPod Functionality: The iPod functionality is pretty limited. It basically just plays whatever you're currently listening to on your iPod. I purchased the HF3490 over the HF3480 because I wanted an extra dock to charge my iPod Touch in at night. When you plug the iPod in, the unit will always switch to the iPod input and start playing whatever your iPod had last left off at - even if your iPod was stopped. Whenever I plug my iPod in for charging, I have to stop the iPod and then switch back to the radio. Needless to say, this is pretty irritating.

* Alarm (Wake-Up) Sounds: I really want to like the wake-up sounds - especially the birds and the drums. The birds are cheerful and the drums have a good beat. However, the clips for these sounds are annoyingly short - I would be surprised if they are longer than 30 seconds in length. As such, they tread that infuriating middle-ground between purely repetitive (beep beep beep beep) and music - after hearing the same clip a few dozen times, you will really want to get up and MAKE IT STOP. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing in an alarm clock is purely a personal preference. :)

* Sound Quality: Why they chose a rear-fired speaker is completely beyond me. Now, maybe I'm just spoiled by the sound from my previous alarm clock (a Tivoli Audio Model Three), but the sound emerging from this alarm clock is just bad. Pushing the alarm clock up closer to the wall improved things somewhat, but in general, the sound is muffled and muddy. There's a reason why audio systems fire bass from the rear/side and other frequencies from the front/top - because it sounds much clearer.

* Button Layout: This is a complaint that a lot of reviews here have, and it's true: the way the button/knob/lever system works is far more confusing than it needs to be. I've had this alarm for a while now, and I *still* press the wrong buttons from time to time.

* Radio: I get surprisingly good reception with this unit's built-in antenna. My house is made out of stucco, and it can be difficult to tune into radio stations without static. However, this unit has no AM tuner(!!) - only FM. If you're like me, and like to lie in bed while reading a book and listening to the baseball game on AM, you're out of luck. No AM for you!

To sum it up - this product is great for waking you up on those dark, winter days. I live in Minnesota, and it's a real treat to wake up in the morning and not feel bone tired because of the darkness. Just be aware that it's a good wake-up tool, and pretty poor at everything else. I would absolutely recommend the dockless version over this one.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Overall, happy! But- could use some tweaks!, October 22, 2009
I had been searching for a light-up alarm clock for some time. I've always had good experiences with Philips products (even Magnavox!) and though this is a pretty expensive alarm clock, overall I am VERY happy with it. Takes a minute to fully understand how the 3 wheels on the side work, but once you lock into the process, it is very easy to use and program.

Good stuff:
*You can remove the iPod base and just use the lamp if your tabletop space is limited.
*You can adjust the brightness of the display.
*Dock charges the iPod (initially, I thought it just played)
*Sleep timer!!!

Things I wish had been better thought out:
*When you place your iPhone/iPod on the dock, it automatically opens up your music and begins to play. Sometimes I just want to charge the phone, without having to struggle with turning off the music.
*You cannot set the light level for the alarm-- so whatever the last brightness you had used the lamp at, that is the brightness that you will wake up to. The light has a range from 1-20, and at night, I would love to set the light at about 5 and use the sleep timer... then in the morning, I'd like to wake to a light level that hits about 15. Unfortunately, that is not possible-- if I set the light at 5 at night, then I wake up to 5 in the morning. Not a huge deal, but a noticeable drag in my life. :)


Overall, I'm very happy with this product-- I wish that Philips would tweak the circuits to allow for a more customizable use experience, but given the choices out there-- I would still buy this again if anything happened to it...
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Easily wakes me up. No sounds needed. Learn how to lower price, October 12, 2009
I have always had trouble waking up in the morning and my usual morning rituals have included loud alarm clocks. But I have been able to discontinue all these loud alarm clocks after my purchase of the Philips HF3490 Wake-up Light.

At its maximum, the light generated from the Wake-up Light is about the equivalent of one of my medium sized lamps. The entire room is illuminated. The Wake-up Light begins to glow 30 minutes before your set alarm time. It starts off dim and gradually brightens over this period of time. The light has waken me up every single day that I have used, true to the product's promises. Even on days when I have had to had slept late (2AM) the light has been able to wake me up 5 hours later (7AM), no problem. The wake up is gradual and peaceful and I do not need to hit a snooze button (which I would hit 5 times when using a conventional alarm clock). Additionally, the light itself does not make any buzzing noises, and if it does, I can not hear it so it is not a problem.

Although I have never needed the sounds available from the Wake-up Light to wake me up (the light has always waken me up before that), the sound quality is very good. The Wake-up Light comes with bird chimes, wind chimes, and jungle music. It can also play music from the radio (FM/AM). The sounds begin a few minutes before the set alarm time, and like the light, start off low and gradually get louder and louder. The sound can get loud if you want it to be.

Finally, the ipod touch/iphone charger. To be honest, I don't think this product is worth the extra 50 or 60 dollars for the ipod unit, but nonetheless it is pretty good. The unit can charge your ipod, so I have been able to discard the ipod touch computer charger that came with the ipod. Additionally, the built in speakers in the Wake-up Light are at least 10X louder than the ipod touch itself, so sound quality is good as well. You can use the ipod touch/iphone to wake up to your favorite tunes.

All in all, it is a very good product and I have been able to wake up much easier as a result. I have no need for audible alarm clocks. However, it does seem a little pricey at $200 compared to the alternative without an ipod touch/iphone dock at $140.

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