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Message: [QUOTE="Rickideemus, post: 104694, member: 12677"]Update:I was able to wake to music and get bopped by the beeper a few minutes later, as expected. One thing I was not able to do however, is set the radio alarm to one station, and go to sleep to a different station. The station you hear with a radio alarm is whatever station you heard last, even though the manual recommends you tune in the desired station before setting an alarm.The modes interfere with one another on the NRC-172, making it impossible to do certain things. For instance, after you hit the SNOOZE button, you can't listen to the radio. If you want to listen to the radio while waiting for a second alarm, you have to a) switch to clock mode with the mode button (upper left hand corner) thereby turning the radio OFF and the snooze function OFF b) set an alarm several minutes ahead of the current time, and c) start up the radio again with either the the mode button or the Sleep button. Then when the beeper bleep bleeps, naturally the radio turns off and you're back to square one. Another simple example: you have to turn off the radio in order to set the time. Once the time is set you can turn the radio back on, but it makes my point that separate devices for separate functions are often more functional and more intuitive than all in one solutions. The problem is not unique to this product -- most clock radions, including the popular "Dream Machine," have similar issues.Like most digital time pieces, when you set the clock or an alarm, the time moves in only one direction -- forward -- for the hour button as well as the minute button. The Dream Machine has a little lever, similar to the pitch wheel on a synthesizer, that lets you move forward or backward in time with a single stick. It's incredibly efficient and intuitive, so it'll never catch on.WARNING: I noticed the highest volume allowed is 16, which won't be nearly loud enough for the hard rockers among us. It's loud enough for me, but as I mentioned, I still wish the beeper could be louder. It's twice as loud as the Dream Machine, but not nearly as loud as one of those old-fashioned wind up alarm clocks -- BRRRIIIIIIING!!I've had no more issues with the power cord, though I've yet to locate a roll of electrical tape. I feel as though I've mastered the button interface, so I guess I'll have to keep the NAXA NRC-172. At $11.99 it's an unbeatable deal.This will probably be my final update. :bolt:R.[/QUOTE]

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