Timex T617S Nature, MP3, dual Alarm, CD player,..
| Overall Rating |   |
 |
MP3, dual Alarm, CD player, what else can you ask for?
UPDATE: It has been 3 years since I purchased this product and unfortunately problems have arisen. The dimmer fluctuates every so often but even worse, when you try to set the alarm, the digital displays illumination dims so low that it makes it very difficult to see what time value you are entering. I have not been able to correct this problem and it only gets worse as time goes bye. The radio reception is pretty poor, even with the provided cable antenna. Other than that, everything else works fine. I would give this product 3 stars for durability if I could.
Overall this is a great alarm clock with the exceptions of: the
loud synthtic Nature Sounds and lack of a 5 day week alarm (which is included in
the T307S model)… yes, there is NO 5 day week alarm !!!!
The synthetic Nature sounds are NOT soothing at all and are better as a wakeup call rather
than for falling asleep. These 4 sounds would be much improved if they got rid of the
annoying and loud bird calls and frog calls. If they even put these calls into the
background, then it would be satisfactory… if they removed them entirely, then
it would be fantastic. However, since you have a CD player, I highly recommend
true nature sounds from the people who brought you “A Week in Hawaii” & “A Week in Brazil”. The surf
and rainforest sounds are the best and you will calmly fall asleep to this cd in 90
minute sleep mode at half sleep volume. Yup, you have a separate limited volume (3 settings)
control for sleep mode so that it does not affect your alarm volume.
This is NOT a stereo folks, so the speakers are good (but not great) and the fact that you can
attach your mp3 player is a nice bonus, especially for all you ipod owners.
The dimmer is great and there are 3 intensity settings that won’t blind you at
night.
It would be great if the buttons were categorized by size or illuminated by
touch, so you could easily select the buttons in the dark.Unfortunately, you
have to guess at it and interestingly enough, the button layout was much better
on the T307S model.
Haven’t had any problems with the CD player so far, eventhough it looks pretty flimsy. I do like
the height over depth ratio and think that the vertical CD player is much better compared to a
horizontal cd player, in terms of space
on my nightstand.
The automatic time setting is great especially when you forget about setting
your clock ahead or backwards… this clock does it for you automatically.
Batteries are included…. nice.
**** I give this product a soft 4 stars and would have given it a solid 5 if only the
Nature sounds were revamped and 5 day week was included.
Update (5/20/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.
The featured review for this product, Timex T617S Nature Sounds Auto Set CD Clock Radio with Smart Knob Tuning and MP3 Line In Silver Electronics, was written by H. Friedman.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
- Related posts on alarm
- Alarm systems » Blog Archive » Alarm System Monitoring – Protect …
- Ultimate Guide To Home Security And Alarm Systems.
- home security alarm systems » Blog Archive » Home Security Alarm …
- Related posts on alarm clock
- Alarm Clocks That Will Not "Alarm" Your Stress Reactors « Emil …
- I cant ever wake up in the morning i have a crazy loud alarm clock …
- Sony ICF-cl75ip FM/AM Clock Radio ipod Digital Picture Frame …
- Related posts on alarm clock radio
- iHome iP88GC Dual Dock Alarm Clock Radio for iPhone/iPod, Gunmetal …
- Wake Up To An Ipod Alarm Clock | Clocking Systems
Related posts:
- HoMedics SS-4000 Sound, Great White Noise Producer..
- Sangean RCR-22 AM/FM, Top notch alarm clock -..
- RP5512i RCA Universal, Great Alarm Clock
- Coby CRA108 Digital, Excellent Clock
- iHome iH16S Portable, I LOVE THIS CLOCK!
Tags: alarm, alarm clock, alarm clock radio, alarmclock, all in one sounds, am fm cd radio, aux, aux line in, baby book mom, brightness, cd, cd alarm clock, cd alarm clock radio, cd clock radio, cd player, clock, clock radio, fancy alarm clock, nature sounds, radio
Posted on: April 11, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
Michel Avery
March 6th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Yes, but it has a headphone jack!
I read all the negative reviews posted here, then bought this product with some misgivings because it has something hard to find in CD clock radios–a headphone jack. That’s important to me because my spouse likes it quiet at night, and I like background noise, so I use a pillow speaker. My Sony Dream Machine had one, and was a good product, but the time display is too dim and too small for my baby boomer eyes.
This product works for me. True, there is an annoyingly bright, light-up-the-room-in-neon-blue light that comes on whenever a CD, the radio, or nature sounds are playing, but that light is easy to cover–I pasted a piece of construction paper over it. The digital time display itself is perfectly acceptable at the dimmer settings.
I agree with most other reviewers that the nature sounds are unrealistic, overly dramatized, and not at all relaxing. That is a feature I will not be using. The radio reception is better than the Sony’s.
A. Savla
March 24th, 2010 at 10:58 am
No such feature!
Great product, and solid frame. It doesn’t feel cheap. The “Nature Sounds” aren’t great, but I didn’t buy it to hear low res recordings of nature. I bought it for the fact that it can do a 5-day alarm…saving the weekend for sleeping till double digits. Wrong!
The product description lies! No such feature! I ended up buying this from timexaudio.com, since amazon didn’t have it available. The problem was that when I double checked the product description at timex, there were only a few bullet points. When I searched for a manual, the one clock radio that they didn’t have a manual for was the T617S. So I trusted amazon’s product description. Never again.
Other than that bad experience, I like the sound and the radio reception is fantastic. The MP3 input is just a simple 3.5 mm jack, so you can basically play anything through this.
My recommendation is that if you like everything but the 7/5/2 day feature, go for it.
H. Friedman
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
MP3, dual Alarm, CD player, what else can you ask for?
Rated 4 stars.
Leave a reply