Philips AJ3231 Mirror Finish Clock Radio

I paid $10 for this on Amazon Prime. Worth every penny, but probably not much more. As others have mentioned, I had to actually read the instructions to set the time, radio stations, etc. Boo, hoo. No big deal. It took all of 5 minutes. This clock has a battery backup (in the event of a power loss) that will still maintain the correct time, keep all your settings, and trigger the alarm at its set time. To me, this is an important feature. (I have a $100 Sony HD radio that loses every setting whenever we lose power, which in Wisconsin, can happen often.)It has settings for two different alarm times which is nice but not unusual. The non-radio alarm is not crazy-loud (as some are) but it's enough to wake you without wanting to hit the damn thing with a hammer. The radio comes on full loud, but as I don't use it, I don't have an issue. (Do you really want to wake up to a deodorant commercial?). The radio uses a hanging string-type antenna that works okay (I'm about 20-miles outside of Milwaukee) and even brings in the one college radio station that exists here, and without static. (If you want the antenna to work, though, it must be fully extended.) No bass to speak of, but the sound is crisp and clear. Works for me as I didn't buy it for "fidelity", just for the news.The one issue I have is that it has 10 FM pre-sets, but you have to cycle through them all to change stations. For instance, if you are on pre-set 2 and want to go to pre-set 1, you have to move up through ALL the pre-sets (even if you have set none) until you come back to number 1. A "back" button for the pre-sets would have gone a long way for me.Nevertheless, I think for ten-bucks this is a great bargain. For a bit higher price, it's still worth having (unless blinking colons bother you (see top-rated review). Not disturbingly bright, works reliably, has battery backup and decent radio reception and sound.

I purchased this clock through Amazon and, so far, it has functioned well. I like the appearance of it, the alarm functions very well, I like the fact that I don't have to programm it everyday and also that I can programm two alarms at the same time. I programmed them to wake me up with the radio, so it's good to listen to music in the morning. You can connect your MP3 or IPhone which is very convennient if you want to listen to your music next to your bed at night. I also like that you can make the time in the screen look brighter or not. The only thing that I don't like so much is the reception of the radio, you can listen to it well but it doesn't receive many radio stations. That is not a big deal, I would buy it again in spite of that because it is a very good product, good quality, good appearance, good functioning. I am very happy with it.

I have been looking for "the perfect" clock radio for quite a while and I think I found it!A marvel of engineering and design -- it's light, airy, amazing looking yet sturdy and substantial at the same time. This is so well designed! I find that the buttons are in the right places, easy to get to and intuitive, they feel very substantial and not flimsy and cheap like so many other electronics today. I don't know how they were able to make a piece that is so substantial and solid feeling yet airy and light and unobtrusive looking. A really great job done though! I am quite impressed and very pleasantly surprised, this feels like a product that will last, which sometimes seems like a thing of teh past- toay everything is made to toss...I love the non digital radio station dial-- I live in a mountainous area where it's very hard to get any reception, and the manual tuner is a must. And this one is well made and sensitive -- I actually get several stations with this, which I have never been able to get with others I have tried.On top of it the light display is brilliantly done! The mirror finish is really cool it's a smoky color so not like a shiny standard mirror. And the time is displayed in a golden color that makes it really easy at a quick glance see what time it is whether it's light or dark in the room, yet at night it's very unobtrusive. Living in the mountains we have no ambient light (except the moon when it's full) coming into the bedroom. So, any light source really pops out and I have a hard time sleeping with that in the room. So I have been looking for one that didn't keep me awake. I have tried several ones with adjustable displays but ended up having to toss a piece of clothing over each one I have tried, which makes it a useless time keeper. This one was just perfect.I really, really like this clock radio and can highly recommend it.

Display is great. I enjoy the green LED much more than red. Numbers are large and clear. Indicator lights for alarm options are easy to decipher. Radio is digital, no rolling a dial and hoping that you can land on a station.Now the bad. The volume. The default volume setting is #8. That means, when you first turn on the radio, it turns on at a volume setting of #8. You can adjust after that, but that is after you have endured the initial loud blare. Additionally, and here is the real kick in the pants, the same goes for using the radio as your alarm selection. Volume comes on at #8. (Just an FYI, volume setting #8 is pretty loud.) So when the alarm goes off at 5:15AM after you have been sleeping for hours, that #8 volume is quite a jolt. It can actually be quite unnerving.