The controls drive me nuts every day. If I need to change the settings, I HAVE TO TURN THE ROOM LIGHTS ON!!  Because the settings light up, but the words to tell you which setting is which do NOT light up, so I have no way to tell which setting I'm choosing.  The remote control is even worse - you can't read it or set it without a light.  So every time I want to change it I have to completely wake up, turn on a light and set it.  

On top of that, it has the horrible beep - so you have to wake your spouse every time you make a change.

If this machine didn't cool well and pretty quietly, I would have thrown it out the window by now.