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Question: The alarm can be set to make a beeping sound? Or just turn on radio? In some hotels you don't get any radio stations. Thank you!
Document: AM is great, and the SW works well enough. The speaker is small, but I'm not looking for hi-fi, just news and talk radio. The decent reception, clean lines, small size, and the built in alarm make this a pretty good deal for the price. I am happy I took a "chance" on this one...  Would have given it five stars, but there are real limitations to this. Bottom line: you get what you see.
If you are looking for a features packed radio, this appears to be a great unit. It has a great sound, gives a stereo signal with headphones, and is easy to use. But for both AM and FM stations, the tuner is terrible. It make the radio a pain to use since you constantly have to readjust your station.Even with new batteries, it will drift within 30 seconds of tuning in a station - what gives?
Superb building quality, thin like the RAZR, rubberized - feel very good.If you use the build-in speaker, it is all fine. Never need to pull out the antenna to get FM stations 40 miles away. But if you use headphones, the sound is a mess, your ears hurt. Yes I use my own hi-end headphones, so it is not them.
I couldn&#8217;t pin down the station, sometimes couldn&#8217;t turn it on or off. Took it back and they replaced it. New radio worked fine. Back home after one evening of listening, same drifting and other problems. Couldn&#8217;t set clock, couldn&#8217;t Lock station. Previous radios if battery was low the radio just faded out. Back to the store.
After I placed the batteries in, I noticed that the shortwave was useless. To make matters even worse, the off button didn't work  I had to take the batteries out to turn it off. I didn't expect much given what I paid for, but I did expect it to function. I returned it.
Very handy.Overall I give this little radio a 10 for being a good simple companion that doesn't take up a lot of space. In fact, this radio could be used in place of an ipod type player for folk's like me that don't need ,or "get", what's so great about the whole mp3 thing. I like that all I have to do is just turn it on. No messing about downloading or other such junk.
I bought two of these radios for travel, one was for my wife. Both have had the same exact problems. If you intend to use this as a travel radio and alarm clock it is worse than useless. You can set the station before you go to bed, but when you wake up the tuning will have drifted. It does not matter what station you select, the tuner will drift. Instead of hearing music to wake you there is a background hum of static.
Two or three times a week, the alarm gets set by itself like this and all of a sudden, I'm shocked by the radio coming on when I didn't want it to.2. It seems to be very poor at holding an FM signal, even with the antenna extended fully.3. It's quite difficult to dial in a frequency and hold it there. The numbers jump around a lot and often not very predictably.
Great disappointment as over ten years ago I had the same type of radio I mean it was the original that this newer version replaces. It was more metalic and worked great. This one makes you set up an alarm and set time neither of which work and then the whole radio shut down even with new batteries. Unfortunately I waited too long to return it. It's still a cute radio but I don't like the red surface and styling on this one. Maybe you will have a better experience.
This radio is perfect for my needs. I wanted a small radio to listen to baseball games (Go Nationals!). It had to have a speaker so I would not have to use a headset all the time. The reception and sound are reasonably good. Battery life seems good as well. Each set of two AAA batteries lasts a few weeks. I only listen to FM, so I can't comment on the other bands.
Answer: No, the unit will only turn on the radio. I would be surprised if you can't find a station on any band. FM usually works, and would be consistent. If you chose an AM or SW station, it could fade by the time the alarm turned on the radio. FM is the best bet. If nothing else works, set it to FM and turn the volume up. Even if you don't hear a station, the background noise might be enough to wake you. Nice little radio, but I wouldn't rely on it to wake me up. I think the "alarm" is useful for turning the radio on so you don't miss a program.