Update - less than 3 month after purchase ... this ALARM CLOCK have die ! it geek and reset itself to 12:00 be whenever the alarm be due to go off ... so not only do it not wake you up when it should it cant even keep time . so I buy it on May 11 , 2011 and by August 1 , 2011 ... I have to go out and buy a new one . save you money buy something else !!!! I have expectionally high hope for this radio ... but really all I want it to do be wake I up effectively . its not that hard , I want it to tell I the time -lrb- and not consistently just change the time for I , like my old clock -rrb- and wake I up on time . oh it wake I up on time alright ! unless you wanna use the snooze button ! the sound be fine on the unit in term of the speaker . the sound like ... you know ... the sound . and I be happy ... until one morning I hit the snooze button . HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Wtf ? HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!!!!! so I hit the sound button , in a groggy stupor . and the sound stop ... problem solve right ? no it turn off the alarm . yeah ... I be late to work . the next morning I again hit the snooze button of hum death ... and the Humm -lrb- Im serious ... its not quiet ... its not something you can sleep through -rrb- begin again ... but this time I think OOOOOH no you dont ! and ... -lrb- btw im now fully awake -rrb- I stare at the clock , uselessly . how can I cercumvent this ? answer ? you cant ! and dont bother look at the meaningless manual it come with . you can however , set alarm 1 for the time you want to start wake up and alarm 2 for the time you best get up . but that really be useless if you and you hunny use the same clock . the clock be crap , and not worth the amount I pay and honestly if it wasnt such a pain in the arse , I would send that clock a packin back to amazon . save you money ... buy a USEFUL clock .