It's digital, but has a metal bell on it for optional bell ringing (you can also do buzzer or music). Speaking of a clock radio loud enough to wake you, Panasonic came out with a model called "Big Bell". with broadcasts having gone digital, is the audio portion still broadcast in analog? If not, forget about picking up anything.
The clock radio your grandmother has is probably a GE 7-4887B. OtakuN3rd, you'd be surprised as to how many of those older flip digital clock radios turn up on "that auction site." Have a look around and you might even find the model you once had. Ron, I bought my clock radio at the same BX, only 11 years later. It doesn't seem like a hugely difficult or expensive thing to do, yet it's surprising how so many clock radios failed to incorporate it even years after the first clock radios had them. I like your modification to use a backup battery. Impressive that you built your own, CaveRat. Last edited by xevious on Apr 1:33 am, edited 2 times in total. My clock radio(s) serve as the main wake-up device.Īnyone else here use older digital clock radios instead of the newer ones? Is the convenience of cell phone alarms the main reason, I wonder? Personally, I use my cell phone for waking up as a backup. I find it rather amazing that such innovations have been lost in the new crop of clock radio models. Some models even have a gradual wake feature, whereby the radio volume starts out low and gradually gets louder, so you're not awakened with a jolt. You can even preset how long you want snooze to last (as opposed to the common 9 minutes found on most clocks). And when entering the time, it's direct entry via a keypad. The display auto-dims depending upon the room brightness. And ones for position 1 and 2 are reserved for alarms 1 and 2, so you can wake up to different stations. You can pre-program a station for several button short cuts. I was particularly amazed to find that GE made some clock radios with digital tuners! The 7-4880 and 7-4885 are two of them. So many of their products are still going strong. GE, Sony, and Panasonic seem to lead the way. Sure enough, there's tons of them out there. So I started looking into used alarm clock radios from the 1980's for sale. If I want to wake up to a particular song, I can simply use my cell phone for that (any MP3 can be assigned for an alarm sound).Īnyway, I remembered that my alarm clock was not the top of the line. Hey, I just want to wake up reliably with reasonable sound.
Everybody seems so focused on having an iPod dock. Sure, they looked cool on the outside, but I was surprised to find functionality quite lacking. I tell you, I was appalled by the junk they had on the shelves. Last year I went looking at various electronics stores. I was finding it a bit of a pain, so I figured after more than 25 years of service, it was finally time for something new. The time setting controls go forward only. I had to clean the volume and button controls with deoxit to clear out some scratchiness, but after that it was fine. I carted it with me all over the USA and to Europe. Well, the thing turned out to be built like a tank. I chose it for a couple of reasons, mainly because GE was known for making quality products and because it had dual voltage, battery backup, and 12/24 display options. Back in the early 1980's, I bought a GE digital clock radio with VFD (vacuum florescent display, looks like LED).
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