inputs.text: great radio fatal flaws bedroom clockradio - know teac bills \\table radio\\ not \\clock radio\\ bought replace aging clock radio anyway say radio sounds great plays music ipod beautifully however others mentioned two fatal flaws operation keep bedroom 1 volume control works nicely digital steps 0 40 however timer requires set wakeup volume enforces minimum 10 way loud still cant believe teac would make arbitray stupid decision technical behavioral reason teac engineers would prohibit setting softer volume wakeup doesnt timer use existing volume setting ive already using obviously like instead overriding cant life understand decision 2 no battery backup power fails night radio clock setting lost within 30 seconds period omission alone could lived power failures rather rare blasting wakeup volume mentioned certainly cant live however like said like radio radio ipod speaker system im going keep purpose however wonder teac company put timer function great sounding radio ruined usefulness mysterious stupid