tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420955090968383054.post7375847380194219670..comments2024-01-24T00:54:56.116-08:00Comments on Technology News: Sony ICF-CL75iP: alarm clock, picture frame and docking station for iPodMANOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306074921884969202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420955090968383054.post-83533839858200003522009-12-21T15:06:40.858-08:002009-12-21T15:06:40.858-08:00Missing a valuable setting: Ability to set dimness...Missing a valuable setting: Ability to set dimness lower or on a schedule .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420955090968383054.post-42073581950833208762009-11-02T06:09:51.931-08:002009-11-02T06:09:51.931-08:00Good in theory, Lousy in execution. Picked up one...Good in theory, Lousy in execution. Picked up one of these last night. It has some good qualities, but for the money the cons don't make it worth the price.<br /><br />Pro: Big bright screen, sound is pretty good from the little speakers, 2 separate alarms that can be programmed for 2-5-7, for fun you can make your own recording to wake up too.<br /><br />Cons: There are several ways to configure the display, but once the alarm goes off it defaults back to the large digits on top of an image. If you want it back to the way you had it you need to reset it.<br /><br />Demo images that come from the slide show can't be deleted unless you reformat the internal memory. This also wipes out the nature sounds that come with the clock. So your choice is keep the nature sounds and the demo image of someone's kid, or wipe it all clean.<br /><br />The wallpaper image behind the clock cannot be selectively chosen. It appears to give you the option but it doesn't work. The default is a slide show of all the images you have loaded. If you stop the slide show, the image behind the clock will default to the first image in memory. If you go to the select wallpaper option, and then select an image, it shows that image and lets you manually move through the other images, but it cannot be set as the wallpaper behind the clock.<br /><br />Sony has its own MP3 players, and they just released on that's comparable to an iPod, but yet none of their docking stations handle their own MP3 players. Seriously Sony, the people in your R&D need to talk to each other.<br /><br />Bottom line...not worth the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com