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Users can choose to wake up to a beeping tone, an FM radio station, an iPod track or Philip’s preloaded relaxation sounds or music, which includes bird song and breaking waves. It would be nice to see controls such as bass adjustment and there is no remote, unlike higher-end units of this type. The 20 programmable pre-sets for the FM radio are a plus, as is the USB port, so you can play music from collections stored on a USB stick.

Aux-in can also be used to connect a CD player. Most iPods are supported, including the iPod Touch, but if you’re using a Shuffle you’ll have to use the auxilliary-in port and cable. There are also two dedicated alarm buttons, which is useful if you need to wake up at different times on different days. The snooze button will turn your alarm off for 15, 30, 60, 90, or 120 minutes. In addition, there are buttons for brightness control/repeating alarms, switching between music sources, a power button, alarm snooze button, time set and iPod menu button. There are twin, five-way navigation controls for tuning the FM radio, selecting songs on your iPod and setting the clock. The range of buttons makes the unit quite easy to use, without having to look at the instructions. The white backlight of the LCD display adds a touch of class to the overall look, but you’ll need to adjust the brightness if you don’t want to risk the constant bright glow keeping you awake. The white body and black speaker grille are a sensible choice, given they’ll be complementing the look of your iPod.Īt just under a kilo and dimensions of 80 x 20 x 80 mm, it won’t be hard to transport between rooms either. It’s a rectangular box coloured white, with the design similar to many other clock radio/iPod dock products. Yet, considering the size and output of the double, two-way front stereo speakers, music quality is strong, clear and perfectly suitable for a small room.
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The iH41BR lingers in the $60 price range and offers a similar feature set (sans radio, but you get a remote) to the DC190, and the iP47BR gives you even more functionality, including iPhone shielding and Bluetooth capabilities.It’s not designed to operate as a genuine indoor sound system. If you'd rather stray away from Philips altogether, iHome has two products we'd recommend. While we haven't heard the DC315 (it's due out in September), the $80 step-up properly supports iPhone playback and appears to have slightly larger speakers. If you can get beyond the disappointing sound quality, the DC190 works as advertised and is affordable at $50. The FM radio fared a bit better, but we chalked that up to FM radio's already decreased source quality. Everything played out of the speakers is incredibly hollow, lacking any definition whatsoever. It's tough to expect such a small package to sound great, but the DC190 didn't even sound average. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the sound quality. When an alarm goes off, the volume gradually increases until it matches your set level.ĭuring our testing, we found that all the device's features performed well. Additionally, you can manually set the maximum volume you'd like the speakers to reach. That said, you can separately select the days of the week on which they go off. You can't have one alarm go off to the radio and the other to an iPod. The DC190 offers two separate alarm clocks, though they must share the same wake source.
