GE 74901 AM/FM Stereo Clock Radio with CD player

GE 74901 AM/FM Stereo Clock Radio with CD player

Product Description
Product Description:
For over 100 years, what has remained constant is GE's dedication to change and progress. And that's what will keep the company growing over the next 100 years. From jet engines to power generation, from financial services to plastics, from television to medical imaging, GE people worldwide are dedicated to turning good ideas into products and services that make the world a better place.

GE 74901 AM/FM Stereo Clock Radio with CD player
Average customer rating:

Good product once it works.

Quality Issues

Excellent

Problem playing CDs

Functionaly Best OVERALL

GE 74901 AM/FM Stereo Clock Radio with CD player

Manufacturer: General Electric
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

CD Players | CD Players & Recorders | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
CD & Cassette Clock Radios | Clock Radios | Radios | Portable Audio & Video | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
Radios | Portable Audio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Accessories:

Memorex 700MB/80-Minute 52x CD-R Media (100-Pack Spindle)

KHypermedia 80-Minute/700 MB 48x Blank CD-Rs (200-Pack Spindle)

Monster Cable MB 4-UHCRC AA Ultra 2100 Digital Camera Power 2100 mAh 4-Pack, with Digital Charger

Product Features:

GE AM/FM/CD Clock Radio, Low Profile, 0.9" Green LED Display, Dual Wake, Wake to Alarm, Radio, Or CD, Nap Function, Programmable Snooze Function, Graduwake, Gray.

ASIN: B00008UVA9

Product Description

For over 100 years, what has remained constant is GE's dedication to change and progress. And that's what will keep the company growing over the next 100 years. From jet engines to power generation, from financial services to plastics, from television to medical imaging, GE people worldwide are dedicated to turning good ideas into products and services that make the world a better place.

Customer Reviews:

Good product once it works........2004-12-15

I purchased one of these GE clocks and found that there were no instructions on the clock in the box. Actually there were, but to a different clock by GE.

The automatic time set "did not" work, the clock is more complicated than others and I, to this date still have not been able to locate a manual on this thing. I have addressed it directly to GE and have not been redirected to anyone or even heard from them yet.

I have figured out the settings of the time, wake alarms etc..., but still have yet to figure out how to set the day. The week bar up top just continues to flash and anoying the crap out of me.

The product is rather neat in appearance and has great features and it is for that reason I give it a 4 star. If it were for the service in which a person gets when it comes to locking for product knowledge, I give it a "1", and that's generous.

Quality Issues.......2004-07-08

I've had this clock for about 9 months. I got it because it had CD, nap, & headphone capablilites. The features are great, but the quality of the unit is not very good. I found:

1. Controls confusing to use (& remember at 6 am!)

2. It made a humming sound on FM stations at low volume when using headphones.

3. CD player made clicking sounds when playing. At low volumes this is really distracting.

4. It began making random clicking sounds at all hours of day and night about a month ago. Bad wiring?

5. The "automatic" time feature is misleading because it only works if there are batteries in the unit. They install these at the factory, set the time, & ship it out. It uses the batteries to keep the time until you buy it. If you unplug the unit and remove the batteries, it has no idea what time it is when you turn the unit back on. You have to manually re-set the time.

6. Today it fell off my 12" high nightstand (cat) & the LCD display packet broke. So, now I can't tell what time it is.

I'm not buying another one.

Excellent.......2004-02-18

When setting it up no hassle, just plug in and set the time zone underneth. Has full back up of the time. There's evin a place for headphones or better sounding speakers. Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Problem playing CDs.......2004-01-17

I almost had to return it for a refund, the 2-3 CDs I most wanted to play all in the morning caused such bad clicking, there's just no way I could put up with that. Here's what someone wrote about another similar product, and it's exactly the problem I had:

Clack-clack-clack! That's the sound you'll hear too often when you put a CD in this player. The CD itself seems to sit on the turntable fine, but the part of the lid that rests on the CD is loose and often misaligns. So when you lower the lid and spin up the CD, it clatters.

I ended up mailing it back to the company for a replacement, and the new one works much better. The only annoyance is when you hit snooze and a CD is playing, it keeps spinning the CD at a reduced speed or something, where you can quietly hear it spinning (which you can't during normal playback if you turn sound all the way off). It's just annoying enough when you are laying in bed, you can't quite put up with it. :)

Overall it is the perfect CD alarm clock, except for the snooze annoyance. I either get up and don't snooze, or use the radio alarm instead...

Functionaly Best OVERALL.......2003-12-29

I've been shopping for a cd clock radio for atleast 2 months now.I wanted the cd feature, but it was extremely important that I had an alarm clock that did it's primary job of waking me up even during power outages. Another feature that was important, is that the cd player could play burnt CD-R's. After all of my online research, I finally purchased this cd clock radio. I read one review on here that complained about messed up time settings... and after playing with the clock itself at home, I could see how a mess up might occure without reading the instructions. Because there is a nap timer alarm as well as the original dual alarms. And the less buttons approuch works well, but needs to be understood. So far I am pleased with my purchase. I enjoy the fact that the clock displays the time, AND both alarm set times all at once. The display is very informative about the settings. The beeping gradu-wake alarm is nice and loud, as well as the radio alarm... but for some reason the cd sound dosen't seem as loud as I would prefer it to be without becoming muffeld somewhat. But it is an alarm clock afterall. I also enjoy the daylight savings feature, and the display brightness controls. This clock has the best overall package. Less mechanics, self top loading cd door = less mechanical problems in the future. The features are good and effective. The price is resonable. If I had to complain at all, I guess I would wish for this clock, but with bigger speakers and a treble bass controller.

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