Friday, 5 August 2011

Radio Design

I've decided to critique my own clock radio from my room. It is made by Sony.
I hate it.
firstly, i find the yellow light way too bright and when you're struggling to get to sleep because your clock illuminates half your room, you don't want to know that its 3:57am
secondly, the radio frequency is a dial, which makes it very hard to get exactly on the station, also there are no markers along the fm/am screen so you have to guess where you are within 4 increments
Once you've finally found your radio station, unless it's a radio station with a very strong signal, you'll have a tough time hearing it through static.
The antenna is that floppy wire that is sitting on top of the radio. So after you've spent 20minutes doing an interpretive dance to get the antenna in the right spot, it won't even stay where you want it, because it has no rigidity.
the two notches that say "radio" and "buzzer" don't actually do anything. I have no idea why they are there. The don't light up, beep or flash. they do nothing.
lastly, the buttons along the top a very small. yet despite their size, i've accidently hit the "sleep" button, instead of the massive "snooze". which i'm fairly sure turns off the radio and doesn't turn it back on 9minutes later.
It's also a little bit fiddly to change the time of the clock and the alarm, because you need to hold down either the "clock" or "alarm" button, while also taping the "H" and "M" buttons, to get where you want.

Harris Koutrouzas

1 comment:

  1. Time to invest in a new clock radio it sounds. At least you get free reviews here!

    -motey

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