Customer Reviews:
 It is just a clock radio December 11, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have been using this for weeks now. I left it a minute or two off to see if it would ever correct the time. It has not.
It has a little flat battery inside. There is a warning light on front to tell you if the little flat battery needs replacing. I replaced the battery with a new one and the light is still on.
When you cut the power the display goes dead and when you turn it on again it remembers the date time etc. That is because of the little flat battery, not any wireless atomic clock connectivity.
This is an inexpensive clock radio. Nothing wrong that.
 Excellent low cost clock radio. October 26, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This clock radio works very well. I like the adjustable display as the display on my previous clock radio was like a spot light even on low. The radio reception is excellent. I live in the hinterland about 70 miles from Austin and yet I can pick up my favorite Austin radio station. I tried an Emerson first from my local Walmart and ended up taking it back because it had terrible reception. It would not receive even the local station.
Tells me the TIME October 17, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a standard alarm clock, with the bonus of two alarms. Decent design and has an inbuilt backup battery, but the only floor is that it is MASSIVE! It takes up a lot of space.
It's OK. Don't really trust it. October 1, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bought this to replace an ICF-C760 I've had for 11 years (pressed the "Alarm A" button and it just kept going--button inside clock). Had this about a month and in the past 5 days it has not gone off twice. First time, the volume was low somehow. This time no reason. Checked it before I went to sleep and checked it again when I finally woke up--all set properly, right time and volume, and ON. Will return. Trying same model, so we'll see. It is very loud (when it works) and very clear. Will probably go ahead and open up the C760 and get the button out and see what we can do. I need four alarms anyway.
ICF-C318BLACK September 17, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Nothing that special about it; like the previous review mentions, the "Automatic Time Set" is a load of crap. It's just preset at the factory and they give you a button to change your timezone.
Mine wasn't even set correctly (it was set to 12:00am but my cellphone showed 11:55am...hmmm). Aside from some initial frustration learning how to set the time (had to look it up in the manual on Sony's site: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=ICFC318&LOC=3 ) it's just a typical alarm clock except that you get 2 alarms. Nothing really wrong with it, but I definately expected more (I *already* had an alarm clock after all, so the only real difference for me is battery-backup and a 2nd alarm).
Personally, I'd like to see alarm clocks have a better (ie. EASIER) method for setting both the time on the clock and the alarms. This one makes you push + and - buttons for hours then minutes. I like the idea that Aiwa had on my stereo: use a dial to quickly select the number and press a button to set it. Although, the cell phone method (press 0-9 to set it directly) isn't a bad idea either. Too bad alarm clock manufactures can't figure that much out...
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