Accessories

Pretty worthless in Arizona
I think that they should state on the outside of the box the information about Arizona (and other areas) that do not observe DST. Thus, with this clock, we are required to reset the clock whenever DST goes in or out. I bought it for the power failure reset feature (not the DST feature).

I purchased this clock because it has "Smart Set." I guess it's not too smart if I need to reset it when we don't even observe DST. Why wouldn't you have a "non-DST" time zone in the unit? Luckily I can return this unit easily. Great concept, just a tad weak in your execution--don't they ever give this to a consumer to try before they market it??.

Avoid this if you live in a DST area of the country
If you happen to live in a DST area, I would avoid this product if you expect it to automatically adjust when most of the country switches to daylight savings.

The product manual states that all "Daylight Savings and Leap Year adjustments are made automatically by the SmartSet internal computer." The Start of Daylight Savings Time is to be 1:59:49 AM on the first Sunday in April. The End of Daylight Savings Time is to be 2:59:59 AM on the last Sunday in October.

Those dates no longer apply to the new daylight savings standard, so I would recommend looking elsewhere if you desire a clock that can work with the new daylight savings dates.

This is a great clock
I've had this clock for two years, and bought one for my mother as well.
My power went off in the middle of the night last night, and I fell asleep peacefully after reminding myself that the clock would keep my alarm settings and reset itself when the power was restored. It was, and the Emerson clock woke me up on schedule. I used to have alarm failures constantly, but with dual weekend and weekday alarms, I haven't had to change a thing, and power blips (which we have constantly here) have never caused me to worry. This is a great product-- I only wish the smart set technology was in my coffee maker too.

AMAZING!
This clock is so amazing! It's smarter than me! I came in today thinking it was 11:45 because my stupid cell phone told me so, but my fantastically smart alarm clock told me otherwise! The time changed and my clock knew it before I did! AMAZING!

A Shame It Can No Longer Set Itself
I bought this clock about two years ago and then they go and change the day the time changes occurs so now my clock changes the time on me a week early so now I have to set the clock manually in addition to remember when the time changes used to occur so I don't get messed up on time...I mean what the heck is the point then? I know they didn't foresee such a change but the changes forces me to buy a new clock if I want to have a working self setting clock? Ridiculous!

Other than that glaring flaw, however, the clock is good. I enjoy the dual alarms so in case I sleep through or in a "sleep induced haze" turn off one I can have a back up make sure I'm awake...hopefully.