Low Battery Lamp on the Emerson SmartSet CKS1708 Clock Radio Accepts a 3.5 mm cord plug from a CD player, iPod, and such. Auxiliary InputĪllows you to play your favorite media player through the built-in speaker. Press to silence the alarm / radio for some minutes to catch a few more Zzzzzs. Clicking again turns it back off when done listening. One quick click turns the radio on, and then. Finally, it stops when it finds a station. There, it begins at the current frequency, and scans through the next or previous frequencies. Hold down the UP or DOWN tuning arrow keys for a second or two. It neither lights the LED display, nor powers the radio. The backup battery only sustains clock time and alarm programs. Note that the radio itself will not play with main power disconnected. No analog knob style tuning means no broken dial cords and no dirty tuner controls. You tune by pressing up and down buttons. The CKS1708 resets the alarm to go off at the right time on the next scheduled day. You need not remember to turn on the alarm again after shutting it off. The Emerson SmartSet CKS1708 Clock Radio Features Auto Alarm Repeat The alarm indicator also blinks, letting you know which alarm is going off. It also shows the current state of each of the two alarms whether it’s set to sound, and what that sound is to be (radio or buzzer). The display shows the time and day of week. Go to sleep to the radio playing, for up to 90 minutes before shutting itself off. Every weekend day (Saturday and Sunday).Plus, you may program each alarm to go off on… Set it to play the built-in radio or buzzer sound. Does that until either the alarm hits max loudness, or the sleeper either snoozes or turns off the alarm. To avoid abruptness that startles many sleepers, the CKS1708 alarms start out with a low repeating beep sound. However, CKS1708 sounds plenty good for run-of-the-mill clock radios. But the small speaker at the back can play at room filling volume. Rear Firing Speaker on the Emerson SmartSet CKS1708 Clock Radioīy no means is the radio high fidelity. No buttons, sliders, or lever switches on the underside or back of the CKS1708. Alarm 1 and alarm 2 programming buttons.įind all of these across the top panel.Nor does the dimmest setting appear too dark to read at all. Even at full brightness however, while easily read, the blue LEDs are not so bright as to become obnoxious. Shows Day of Weekĭisplays the current day beneath the time display (MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, or SUN).Ĭhoose from two display brightness levels. The jumbo sized 1.4” blue LED readout can be seen ten or more feet away in most any lighting condition except for direct bright sunlight. The clock radio can be set to Atlantic Time, Eastern Time, Central Time, Rocky Time, Pacific Time, Hawaii Time, and Yukon Time. The Emerson SmartSet CKS1708 Clock Radio Has Six Time Zone Settings The clock automatically sets itself to daylight savings time on the second Sunday morning in March, and falls back to standard time on the first Sunday in November. However, a smaller driver plays the alarm sounds during power outages probably to more effectively conserve backup battery power. Sure Alarm®Īssures that set alarms will sound at the correct times, whether main power is present or not. Takes three to five seconds for this automatic operation to finish. Ours set itself to the right time right out of the box when plugged in. The battery powers a very low power internal clock through such outages, and the current time is transferred to the main clock upon main power returning. Clock does not lose track of the current time during power failures, due to the included CR2032 lithium backup battery. Refers to Emerson’s patented automatic time setting system. Benefits, Features, Pros, and Advantages of the Emerson SmartSet CKS1708 Alarm Clock Radio SmartSet® Technology Emerson CKS1708 SmartSet Clock Radio, top front view, showing blue LED display and the buttons. Over all, for the casual clock radio user, Emerson created a winner here. Large, bright digits as well, with adjustable brightness. We paid $20 for ours at Walmart a virtual steal by yesterday’s clock radio standards although prices like this for products like this, are typical these days. But then, there’s also the purchase price to consider. With these two features alone, this unit overcomes so many limitations of earlier model clock radios. Plus, any set alarms will still sound during the outage, even though the LED display shows nothing during outages. Often, it lasts quite a bit longer if the over all time off of main power is short. This alarm clock system retains time and settings in memory powered by a CR2032 lithium battery. It automatically sets itself to the correct time after a power outage. The Emerson CKS1708 SmartSet Clock Radio is small enough to fit on any nightstand, table, or desktop.
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