I purchased this sangean clock radio about 3 yeqrs ago. I bought it because I didn't want another boring clock radio but something that looked jazzy. This radio fit the bill. It's not perfect! If you want perfect DO NOT buy this one. The atomic clock feature works great. If the power goes off; day light savings time; whatever, the clock will reset itself. The radio has a good sound for its size. The negatives are: 1. a little complicated to set the alarm, but after doing it a few times no problem
2. the clock face light is too bright for our dark bedroom so I always use the dimmer control on the bottom of the unit. Inconvenient, but no biggie.
3. it gets dusty. So does everything else. I'm happy enough with this radio to put up with a couple of inconveniences.

The radio reception and the different alarm features are great! However, the clock features are absolutely terrible. You have to be within 12 inches of the clock to see the time because it is so dim and blends into the blue background.

Had this since May 2007, retired it after about 18 months.

Pros: The "humane waking system" is delightfully gentle to wake up to, and the day-by-day options for the dual alarms were great for weekday versus weekend alarms.

Cons: Keep the book handy, this is a complicated machine.

Unless you turn it up bright enough that it lights up your room like the sun, the digital readout on this clock is impossible to read in a dark room. I liked the analog clock just for this reason, it was easy enough to read without lights. But, it continuously got stuck at 10:10, just like the picture! The first few times a solid wack fixed it, but alas, eventually that too ceased to work.

After reading the reviews here, I was worried that this clock radio would be nearly impossible to set up. Instead I found the controls to be easy to use, so no complaints there.

I also like the way the display changes color and intensity based on what the alarm is doing. It's handy when you're groggy and can't remember whether you turned the alarm off or just hit snooze.

I didn't find the humane waking system to be as nice as I expected -- it seems to ramp up too fast -- but it is still a nice thing to have.

Right now my primary complaint is that the analog clock has just stopped working, after only a couple weeks of ownership. I'm going to try a few things to see if I can get it to wake up.

Overall I am happy with this clock radio, and would recommend it except for the potentially short life of the analog portion.

This radio is great. Check the other reviews for the features, which are wonderful and for a reasonable price. The biggest issue is learning to program the thing. It is difficult, but not imposssible. The instructions are not well written and the lack of illustrations on the same page for setting the alarm don't make it better.

Here's how to think about it and it actually makes some sort of sense if you do think about it this way, I think. You need to push the alarm 1 or alarm 2 button 2 button in the front to "indicate your interest." The screen will show you the "status" of the current settings. If you press the button on the extreme left of the top during the status display you have indicated that you want to actually change some settings. At this point, you can change the time with the rocker switch on top (pressing the button on the extreme left again moves the setting from hours to minutes and back). You can also press the day selections by pressing the other buttons on top. Then, push the alarm 1 or alarm 2 buttons again to lock in your new settings. Really, not too bad.

Now you have to actually turn the alarm on or off (you've only changed some settings so far), if you want to actually turn the alarm on or off, then after pushing the alarm 1 or alarm 2 buttons, you have to push the button on the top extreme left (or you may have already gone through this part as described above). Now, you have to push the button on the extreme right of the top to cycle through alarm off/on/radio positions. Then, push the alarm 1 or alarm 2 buttons again to lock in your new settings.

To set one of the alarms to a different station, just tune in that station (radio on) and hold in the alarm 1 or 2 button for a couple of seconds until the beep. That alarm now has a new radio station associated with it (again, it's just a setting for when the radio alarm is really turned on with the button on the upper right hand side on top).

To turn off the alarms when they are ringing, push the radio on/off button on the front face upper right.

I hope this helped more than hurt, but it really does work. I'm going to rate this a 5 star based on the fact that I think it is a great machine once you learn how to work it, but seriously if you don't like fairly complex interfaces, this is not the clock radio for you. Be honest with yourself, but if you don't mind a bit of a learning curve, this radio is great (price, features, performance).

Lastly, the analog clock is more readable than most clocks, but I secretly long for it to be even larger, as I have really bad eyes without my glasses. To be honest, if it had better instructions (and maybe a wi-fi enabled version for internet radio, I'd go bonkers and buy the new one, too! Well, maybe next year, but seriously, if you don't mind a learning curve, this is an amazing clock radio at a very good price. Have fun! :-)