And, given how good voice recognition is these days (literally as good as people), that is debatable. Nothing wrong with that.īut, at the same time, if he is willing to deal with a bit of that, today's phones are far more accessible than any old MacBook in the corner for pretty much anything except, maybe, typing. Which doesn't mean he should get one, after all, there is a learning curve there, and it is perfectly reasonable to not want to go there or simply like his old fashioned tech. Which is to say that, in terms of accessibility, they are miles beyond an old poorly designed clock radio. They work for blind people, people with limited mobility, etc. I sort of disagree with this, I mean, modern phones are the most accessible computer type devices that we have ever invented. I had been wondering recently if anyone still used clock radios or even had simple AM/FM radios other than the ones in their vehicles. It's funny you posted this thread however.

It's possible to exist and live just fine without stuff like that. They don't use the internet at all, nor computers. Hell, i know someone who has not only never used Amazon, but didn't know what it was. Seriously, y'all are being pretty awful to this guy. I would get my money back for having a dumb feature like that and no documentation for it. And that's that you got a bad clock radio. One comment, however, seems to be on point. You stated what you want and like and they are telling you that you are wrong for it. We have a lot of people here, some with accessibility issues. They are also forgetting that not everyone has lightning reflexes nor perfect hand-eye coordination from years of playing twitchy fps games. Sorry, people on this tech forum are getting offended at the notion you don't want to use some high falutin' gadget like a smart phone or a tablet. Or maybe my reflexes are slowing down at age 81.Įdit: A UI that requires pressing and turning buttons isn't a GUI, so this thread didn't belong in Audio/Visual Club. Or maybe the person who writes the Operating Instructions for various Sangean products refuses to mention the five-second deadline. Maybe the Taiwanese person who designs the GUI for Sangean radios has the reflexes of a Western-movie gunfighter, and thinks potential customers have equally-fast reflexes-after all they’re likely to be Americans. But for either model, an overly-tricky UI that I want to warn about. Interestingly enough, I had bought another Sangean model in January 2022 I had to return it for what I now remember were similar button-pressing problems-for which I never received an explanation from B & H’s in-store return-approving person. There's, unfortunately, absolutely no mention of this deadline in the Operating Instructions. It turns out there is a five-second deadline on how fast one has to press the next button or rotate the current one as described in the RCR-20 Operating Instructions. In addition, when I rotated the Tuning control knob I could only set the hour for a DAILY alarm I couldn't advance the minute beyond the current minute shown on the clock.Ī Sangean repair technician at (562) 941-9900-the California number a Senior Manager in B & H Marketing Customer Advocacy eventually gave me after I filed an unfavorable Customer Service Satisfaction Survey (the only time I've gotten real reaction to a survey)-solved my problem. When I pressed and released the Tuning control button, the only options I got were DAILY and WEEKDAY and WEEKEND. According to page 19 of the manual, one of the frequency options for Alarm 1 or Alarm 2 should be ONCE, which would allow me to set an alarm to go to an appointment. However I do need to set one-time alarms for various doctors’ appointments etc. I am a retiree, and therefore do not need to set a daily alarm. However I had repeatedly been unable to set alarms, despite following the English section of the RCR-20 instruction manual shipped with it.

The radio works fine on FM and AM, including correctly tracking Eastern Daylight and Standard Time via FM Radio Data System (RDS) on 93.9Mhz. So I immediately ordered a Sangean RCR-20 clock-radio over the Web from B & H Photo UPS delivered it a few days later. When I returned from a rehab facility after triple-bypass surgery in early October, I found my 7-year-old Sony FM/AM clock-radio ICF-C414 Dream Machine had died (I'd unplugged it to charge my travel shaver for the hospital). (AFAIK I've never posted in Audio/Visual Club before, but it seemed like the right place-which it turned out not to be.)

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