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Review: This Sony ICF-C115 Cube DAB radio alarm represents excellent value for money. On the plus side it looks great (particularly if you have a silver bedside phone close by). It also has some genuinely useful features. For instance, the ability to set the radio and buzzer alarm concurrently and independently is nice. It means you can take an impromptu siesta and use the buzzer to waken you for the footy results, without interfering with your regular morning radio alarm setting. Also, the radio has a sleep timer for those who like to float away with the airwaves at night. It also has a nice big snooze button. The major plus though is the large, clear display - easily perceptible through hazy spectacle-less 4-AM eyes. At this price something had to give, and it is the features you might expect as standard but in all probability will not miss. You cannot adjust the brightness of the display. This may or may not bother you during the night. Also, there is only one buzzer to (not) choose from, and it is akin to a lorry reversing into your bedroom. OK, it'll waken the heaviest sleeper, but the ability to fade it in would perhaps have prevented an early morning heart attack or two. It doesn't really matter; as if you have any sense you'll waken to the radio instead. On the whole, for the good looks and large, clear display - indisputably worth the lolly. |
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