Groov-e Rise - Digital Alarm Clock with FM Radio, LCD Display, & Dimmer Function - 12hr/24hr Time Modes - Mains Powered, Backup Battery System - Black

Arrived next day, does the job, just what I needed, smart little digital clock, radio is good, sounds perfect, looks great, very pleased!

This quality radio alarm clock has two forward facing speakers, one either side of the display and a base port at the rear producing smooth, clear, true stereo sound, better than I expected from a clock radio! The operating manual could be clearer and many of the buttons are dual function, which I found confusing. Although remembering which button does what and how many times to press each certainly tests my memory, learning to operate it fully is well worth the effort as it has a depth of useful features. For example, the display, which dims right down, can be set to turn off completely after an adjustable time-out period from 10 seconds upwards. Pressing any button will then light up the display for the selected period, which is great if you don’t want to be reminded of the time during the night! Just a few points worth mentioning: The sudden step up in volume from increment 6 to 7 on the scale is disproportionate, a level in between would be just right for me. Also, I can’t read the small display when laid in bed without my glasses, no problem though if you have good eyesight. Just to mention, there is a removable film protecting the screen, which peels off. Additionally, a wire aerial would work as well as the telescopic type and in my view is much better, as it would hang discretely down the back of a bedside cabinet. In fact, I fitted such an aerial quite easily by attaching 50 cm of thin wire with a couple of small cable ties, holding the bare copper braid in contact with the telescopic aerial. Doing this is perfectly safe, it works well and is a much neater option as the telescopic aerial remains distended and clipped in its horizontal position (see photo). A suggestion for improvement would be the positioning of a large destinctive button placed on the top surface, which has the dual functions of Snooze and Sleep. With each press of such a user friendly button, the Sleep time periods would increase in15 minute increments before the radio switches off. With the current design it takes 13 pushes across 3 different buttons in order to set the radio to play for an hour before switching off, which is quite a challenge especially when I'm drowsy! These points aside this is a nice radio alarm clock with a solid feel, I am pleased and have no hesitation in recommending it.

This is a great little alarm clock though it takes a bit of practice getting use to the controls and features, it's a nice size very portable with a good battery life .

Good quality, numbers easy to see.

Looses it's stored stations. Fiddly to find stored programms. Alarm reporgrams it's self to come on the in the middle of the night and not in the morning. Brightness decreased 2 months after purchase and is hardly visible

I'm pleased with the sound: surprisingly good, seeing that the radio is small. The one disappointment is the operation of the presets. Despite several attempts I've succeeded in setting only one of my desired stations. I'm sure I'm following the instructions, but the radio just isn't doing what it should. It's only because I'm content to stay tuned to radio 4 that I haven't returned the radio because, in my view, it doesn't provide the preset service advertised.

After years of struggling with dual purpose controls on radio alarm clocks that only last a couple of years, I decided to spend a bit more and hopefully get a better quality product. On the whole, I am not disappointed. I had to refer to the manual to set it up, but the manual was easy to follow (not in dozens of different languages) and it was soon ready to go. The great thing about this is that there is a dedicated OFF button slap bang in the middle so when you want to sleep in you can turn the alarm off straight away without accidentally changing stations as used to happen with my old dual purpose control models. I added a white label to the button to make it even easier. I don't tend to listen to the radio - once I'm up it goes off, but from what I've heard it sounds good. The only down side of it, (and it is only a small thing) is the brightness of the display. It can be quite bright at night, so I adjusted it to the middle settin, but as daylight increases it can be quite difficult to see so a brighter setting then becomes necessary (which is quite easy to do as the dimmer display button is situated at the front of the unit). Should be less of an issue on winter mornings however. All in all, spending the extra money was worth it, and I am happy with the product

my selling points: dimmable display which becomes very dim dab radio alarm can wake at a louder volume than at sleepy time weekday alarm only annoying: you can't select which dab station for the alarm - it's whatever you're tuned in to at sleepy time. to got to bed I have to hit buttons at least 5 times to turn on, 4 times for sleep for 30 mins. if when getting to sleep you realise the screen is too bright, you have to turn off the unit, then tap same button as sleep! to dim the display. then go through it all again to set the sleep! that's 10 interactions to go to bed. why not a programmable sleep function? so easy. the step between volume 2 and 3 is too much - 2 is nearly inaudible and 3 intrudes. the power button is shared with the fm/dab switch! one you touch twice a day, the other you only use one probably - until you keep switching to FM for hitting the on/off button wrong. crazy. verdict; usable, cheap, works great, user interface needs to be redesigned by someone who has used it as intended for a week.

Leider habe ich in der Beschreibung keinen Hinweis darauf gefunden, dass der Stecker in Deutschland nicht passt. Zum Glück habe ich das Gerät ausgepackt, bevor ich es verschenkt habe. So konnte ich noch einen passenden Stecker selbst dazu besorgen.

Very hard to program, stations hard to find. Couldn't set different times for weekends/weekdays. Meh.

Great item considering the price

No 24hr setting, despite being advertised as such