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The External connection is safe and hidden out of the way. Overall I LOVE this clock. There are some neat features especially the "nap" timer. The sound is great even for a single mono speaker. Super easy to manually set the time, alarms, etc. I LOVE this clock radio. Much easier than I had prepared for. Great to not have to reset your alarm like you do with other clocks.
You can hook up any device such as a phone, iphone, blackberry, mp3 player, anything with a 3.5mm headphone jack to use as external speakers which is a nice plus. The only real issue I have with this item is the display; the display is bright, like another reviewer had noted, its bright enough to be a night-light.All-in-all I do recommend this product. Its a Sony product that delivers a digital alarm clock radio for a fair price. I have also noticed that when I have my Blackberry device within a foot of it, it will cause interference, making the radio sound staticky which is annoying.
Be patient. You can adjust the brightness of the LED screen, which is a good feature and the numbers are quite easy to read. The sound quality is not wonderful - very tinny. Setting the alarm can be tricky. took me about 45 minutes.
As with a lot of things, there's a learning curve. I do, however, like the "musical" selections for the alarm. The automatic time set did not work for my central time zone, so I had to manually set it. I had difficulty programming this clock radio. Aesthetically, it's about as basic as you can get.
The radio stations are manually set - they don't automatically scan.
Moving the power cord around can help but requires much fussiness. Sadly, as much as I have historically been a Sony loyalist, their heyday from the 80's appears to be long over.I would not recommend this radio to anyone. I could overlook the poor sound quality if I could at least get decent reception. It has a tinny, metallic sound. I was looking forward to the digital tuning and improved appearance. I bought this clock as a replacement for my old Sony Dream Machine purchased new many years ago. Unfortunately, the sound quality is far below my old radio. I live in the middle of San Francisco, a city with dozens of powerful radio stations and I have problems getting most of them without static.
My husband pointed out that it is not stereo (one small speaker up front), and so I shouldn't compare it to my other two-speaker Sony clock radios, but honestly, even two of these speakers would be irritating. This has been returned, which is unusual for me, since I hate paying for return shipping. When we turned it to radio, however, it was still just as bad--FM sounds like AM. I was concerned that the Fuze connection cord was causing the problem. This seemed to be the ticket and it was small enough not to take up too much space. I was looking for a clock radio with digital tuning and an audio-in cord option for my Sanza Fuze. When it was first turned on I noticed how scratchy and tinny it sounded. I had a battery operated transistor radio in the late seventies and this new Sony sounds EXACTLY like that old transistor.
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