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This review is from: Teac HD-1 Clock Radio with iPod cradle and AM/FM HD Radio Receiver (Black)I've had this radio for about a month. I purchased it as a replacement for my 25 year-old alarm clock radio, and also to see what HD radio was like. Overall, the workmanship of the radio is fine, and the sound quality is decent, given the size and price. The radio has quite a few features packed in for the money, and from that standpoint, it is a good buy. FM reception is good. AM reception is average.As I primarily use this as an alarm-clock radio, my review comes from using the radio for that purpose. I don't use the iPod docking function, or use the radio for casual listening. As such, the radio has some short-comings as an alarm-clock radio, and that's why I only gave it three stars. If used the radio primarily for something else, like casual daytime listening or an iPod dock, I could easily see rating it higher. The issues with the alarm clock function are as follows:1) The display is way too bright for an alarm-clock radio, even on the dimmest setting. Particularly if the radio is sitting on a nightstand next to the bed. There are are three brigthness settings, but very little difference between them. Due to the brightness of the backlight, it is very difficult to glance over and see the time when it is dark if you've been sleeping and have just waken up. Backlit LCD is not the best display technology for an alarm-clock application.2) When the alarm starts the radio, the time is no longer displayed. You can push a button to display the time, but it reverts back to the radio information. Not exactly convenient if you are laying in bed and need to see what time it is. During the alarm-clock function, a time display is more important than the radio station frequency or other HD information. The radio display function should have a display modes with a large time display that can be permanently selected. Perhaps along the bottom where the HD radio information scrolls by. The Sony radios have this feature.3) When the radio is used as an alarm, the radio turns off 1 hour after it first goes off. For me, 1 hour is a little short, especially if I hit snooze a couple of times. My old radio used a two hour time period. Ideally, this setting could be adjustable.4) The snooze is 6 minutes. That's a little short for me. Again, it would be nice if this setting was adjustable.The last three issues could be fixed with some software changes. The first item would require a hardware change. Maybe I can find some tinted plastic film that could be fitted over the display to tone it down a bit....
This review is from: Teac HD-1 Clock Radio with iPod cradle and AM/FM HD Radio Receiver (Black)I have had the radio two days so it's a little early to write on the the overall quality but I can tell you a few things I have discovered. First and foremost, the FM/HD is a real treat. I live in an area where picking up radio stations is difficult at best. With the FM antenna that came with the unit, that problem is gone! Stations that broadcast HD usually have several different formats to choose from. For instance, 94.9 has three different choices; HD1 is music, HD2 is a different style of music and HD3 is talk. The sound from HD stations (which is a digital/analog hybrid) is really good especially for a clock radio and the regular FM (non-HD) and FM stereo are good also. A bit more about the FM antenna - it is 5+ feet long. I pinned it vertically on the wall behind a door so it isn't too obtrusive - others may be a bit challenged to find a good place for it. As far as the AM band is concerned - so far I am not impressed. The unit comes with (yet) another antenna for AM. It is a 5 1/4 inch hard loop. I haven't messed around with it much but so far I have only been able to pick up a couple of stations and those have static. AM can also brodcast HD and there are two that do in my area but I cannot pick them up. My old $20 clock radio does better on AM. I did discover two FM stations (there may be more) that use one of their HD channels (HD2, HD3)to simulcast AM stations.The iPod dock seems to work pretty well. The quality of the sound is pretty good - not concert quality, but hey - it's a clock radio! It does have a line-out connection if you want to hook up an amp. It comes with four dock adapters - none of them fit my iPod (Nano 3G) but one came with iPod so no big deal. There is also a connection on the back to feed your iPod video (if yours supports video) to a TV through a composite connection. It also allows for tagging. If you hear a song on the radio you like, just hit the 'tag' button and it is supposed to...
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