Philips Clock Radio TAR7705/98

Bought yesterday and so far it's a pain in the neck. We buy these things for the alarm of course and it fades in from zero to your chosen top volume which takes quite some time (some minutes). This is not necessary, and it also does it for the buzzer when that is supposed to be just the one volume setting straight away. When you set the alarm it has today's date, which you must scroll through, so you aren't sure if it will go off the next morning early which of course is tomorrow's date. This isn't explained in the manual, which by the way you must download from the net (box paperwork doesn't make any sense and isn't the full manual anyway). Google searches say the alarm will go off according to the time you put in (use the 24 hour clock), but at this point I can't trust it which negates the whole point of buying it. NB: It has three power point attachments for different countries, which again isn't explained properly and for Australia at first you will be stumped (but you can figure it out after a while) because it comes boxed with the Japan power point attached. FM stations don't scan in - it wants to use DAB which does scan in, including FM, but gives dozens of channels you will never use. You can't pick any radio channel you want, you must scroll through dozens of them. DAB then sets the time on the clock radio and it may override any custom time you have already put in. The phone charger on top does work on an iPhone but you need to take it out of its case. Again, make sure the phone is actually charging before you walk away. A$169 for a big headache and I still don't know if the alarm will go off early tomorrow morning (because of the date issue on it when setting the alarm). How about write proper manuals addressing everything?

You set the time and it then changes it by itself through the Dab radio sending a different time yes it can be reset but you need to google it to find out how to do this PHILLIPS need to fix this problem properly sound quality is reasonable

Works well except for an annoying problem – Numbers are easy to read and clear DAB and FM reception. There are 2x Alarms that can be preset. Wireless and wired USB phone charger is a bonus with backup battery in case of outage. One very annoying issue is the unit will not store the last played DAB or FM station even if you use the Preset function to store and program your favorite station. If you switch it off and return in an hour or later, the radio starts with a random station and you have to scroll through to find your favorite station again and again. (strangely it holds the last station after short time off and on again) For this reason, I would avoid this radio. otherwise its perfect.