Sony ICF-C414 Clock, Great Simple Alarm Clock

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Great Simple Alarm Clock

I bought this to replace my old alarm clock. It has a sleek design that takes up very little space. It has two alarms and can be set to radio, beeps or songs and has an adjustable snooze setting. The built in radio works well and there’s a sleep setting so that if you like to fall asleep to the radio you can have it automatically shut off after a certain amount of time.

It has an adjustable brightness level, but I found its default/highest level to be suitable. At that level it’s bright enough to see in the dark, but not bright enough to keep me up. The alarm is easy to wake up to and gradually gets louder on the beep setting. It automatically set itself to the correct time and date as soon as I plugged it in, all I had to do is set the time zone. It has a DST feature that can be turned off or on.

The only feature lacking is the ability to customize the alarm for either weekdays, weekends or both. It’s not a big deal, especially with two alarms but it would have been nice. Overall I’m very pleased with this alarm clock.

Update (2/21/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Sony ICF-C414 Clock Radio with Large 1.4 LED Display Electronics, was written by B. Jackson.

The average rating for this item is 4.3 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

B. Jackson

April 14th, 2010 at 9:21 pm    


Overall Rating55555

Great Simple Alarm Clock
Rated 5 stars.


Jody & Dave

May 9th, 2010 at 2:42 pm    


Overall Rating33333

Decent Alarm Clock
Decent Alarm Clock for the price. Pros: cheap, dst preset time, auto adjust, battery backup for power outage, radio stations to vote easily, easily read display, the display brightness is adjustable. Cons: Alarm "A" can be set to chime or radio, alarm clock "B" can only be adjusted one way or an electronic carillon tune. Both alarms can not be set on the radio. Can not set or read the alarm setpoint when the alarm is on, so if you happen to activate the current time the alarm clock. Radio sound is poor, but in line with the price of the alarm clock. The snooze function can etc increased from 10 min to 20 min to 30 min, but if you alarm the snooze button twice to beat, while silencing the first, go directly to the 20 minute snooze function. Overall: a good alarm clock for the price, but I would have more for a fully equipped radio alarm clock I had paid prior to know his limits.


Deborah M. Papallo

May 18th, 2010 at 7:39 am    


Overall Rating55555

BASIC BUT GOOD
The item description is very accurate. If you want a dual alarm clock radio similar to those from 10 years ago, that is exactly what you will get and that is why I ordered it. Nothing fancy, just basic but with the Sony dependability. There are a few nice things though - the time is preset, options for the dual alarms sound, adjustable brightness, battery backup, very easy to operate and the AM radio actually works well, unlike other clock radios. This clock radio has no frills but for the price, it is good and dependable.


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