AJL308 Clock Radio

Loved the package of features included in this item, but they did not work as expected. It was very bright for an alarm clock, even on dim. Had to cover it to be able to sleep, which rather defeats the purpose of a clock. It quit working for no obvious reason. It will power on, and recognize when a USB drive has been plugged in (not an SD card, however). After that, nothing else works, can see only the Source tab, and it will not let me navigate to any other screen or function. Would love to know if there is a reset button, but that information is not mentioned in the product manual.

I bought one of these and thought it would be great. At first it was. The longer I had this the worse it got. It would play the radio fine, and my phone fine. If you used the device with a SD card it would play one song, shut off, and begin looking for the card. It would also get hot the longer that it was used. The formats used for this were also useless. Everything had to be formatted just to fit it, and then most of the time items still would not work.

I thought this product was pretty innovative. My 10 year old son can easily use it. It costs about $10 more than a good digital alarm clock and it can store photos. The picture quality is not top quality as compared to a $200 digital picture frame but it has some good features like an radio and calender. It also has multiple alarm sounds for someone who doesn't want the traditional alarm beep. I really liked it, I bought one for each room.

After searching for some time for a new alarm clock I stumbled across this Philips one and decided to take a risk and buy it. What a great deal! I had no idea it would be so cool until I saw it for my very eyes; great features like auto dimming and two separate alarm functions make it do all I need. The alarm sounds themselves are limited but all very nice (I use the forest sounds and it wakes me up less suddenly which is nice for a change). As far as photos go I was a little disappointed it didn't have a small capacity SD Card included but I borrowed the one from my Wii and it showed the JPEG photos (only supported format, not sure why) all on its own. Setup was easy but there is a noticeable delay/lag between button presses and the action on the screen but it's not that huge a deal. Resolution is a bit low... but for the price I wasn't expecting an HDTV and it is very vivid none the less. At any rate this is a sweet item and a welcome addition to my nightstand.

I am really impressed with this unit for the price. If you are looking for a great clock/radio, digital frame and media player for your desk, look no further cause this is the one. I plugged in a USB flash drive with photos and some mp3 music and the frame began displaying the photos in the frame next to the clock automatically. Pressing the "Music" button lets me listen to any of the mp3 songs while still having the clock and photo frame on screen. There are a couple of shotcomings with the product, but they don't really affect me that much. Every time the unit loses power, you have to reset the date/time. If you are using it for an alarm clock, that could be a huge problem. You can't load any photos or music to the device as it only plays what is on the memory cards (SD Card or USB Drive) you plug into it. Video playback is always displayed in full screen (distorted) even if you set the photo display to normal instead of widescreen. A counter is always displayed on scrren when displaying a video which is really distracting and spoils the video and there is no way to turn that off. Since that is not a feature I intend to use much it isn't a big deal, but what a shame Phillips engineers didn't think about all of these little details when they designed the product. Overall for photos and music on the desk it is a great value.