Cheap Kng 028616 Mater Alarm Clock Radio (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of Kng 028616 Mater Alarm Clock Radio

Controls and display are designed poorly
So many things are wrong with this thing. Most have been mentioned before. <
>* Some control switches are on the BACK! <
>* The buttons are iffy when they work. <
>* The buttons are labeled poorly. <
>* Nothing makes sense. <
>* The manual is both useless and necessary. <
>* I had to hit the 'Reset' button a couple if times to have the thing accept new entries. ?? <
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>Hopefully the previous reviewer looks are my review because I can help him out about the 'alarm' going off every hour. For the past month I actually had not powered the thing because of the same problem and I couldn't find the 'manual'. That isn't the 'Alarm' going off every hour, it is actually the 'Chime'. Certainly sounds like the alarm though, HA, what do I know. From the manual: <
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>"Pressing the 'MODE/ALARM OFF' during the normal display will enter the alarm mode setting. ("AL" will be displayed on the LCD panel) Pressing 'SET' will cause the following sequence: Alarm off & Chime off ** -> Alarm on & Chime on -> Alarm off & Chime on -> go back to **: (Alarm and chime icon will show on the LCD panel)" <
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>The reason I am out on the internet looking for information about this stupid thing is that I can't tell which icon is 'Chime' and which is 'Alarm'. Dollars to donuts it is going to wake up my son at 9:00. :-( But then I will know.

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Poor design
This clock-radio looked like a good idea, but after receiving it and setting it up, that idea quickly faded. First, there is no radio tuning knob, only a button that scans through the FM dial with no indication what the frequency is. Second, setting the clock is an exercise in non-intuitive design as the buttons are not labeled logically. Third, the switch to turn the radio on and off, the switch for alarm radio/alarm sound, and the switch to change Mater's phrases are all on the back of the clock-radio. Even with all these issues, I would have tolerated them (because my son did enjoy it), but ended up returning it because the time display was failing (some clock digit segments were disappearing).

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Great clock, if it would STOP TALKING!!
Okay, it's a great looking clock and it's funny! <
>'Wake up sleeping beauty'!, in Mater's voice. HA. <
>Unfortunately, though it is set for 9AM, it goes off every HOUR. <
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