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This philips clock radio is a neat gadget that combines a clock radio and a digital picture frame into one single unit. It can wake you up with a buzzer or a sound-of-nature sound and help you fall asleep with relaxation music.

Philips AJL308 Clock Radio with 7-Inch LCD Color Display and USB/SD Card Slot

What is it? It is an original and versatile electronic device combining the functionalities of alarm clock, calendar, radio, digital picture frame, movie viewer and mp3 player in one compact unit for bedside or office desk use.

What are the main features?

It has two alarms with 9 minute snooze. You can choose to be woken up by a buzzer or by a selection of sound of nature sounds such as church bell, singing bird, ocean wave, forest etc. Alarm volume gradually increases from low to high.
It has a sleep timer to automatically turn off radio or music playback after a set period of time. When sleep timer is running, it can also be accompanied by one of 3 preset relaxation music files.
It has 7-inch LCD color display with 4 level of adjustable brightness and 4 choices of color as background.
An auto dim function is available to dim LCD display within a set time span for use in the night.
An SD/MMC card slot and a USB port (for USB flash memory) are provided for you to display photos or play music/video clips.
When it is in clock mode, it displays the clock, calender and alarm settings. It supports photo browse in this mode (but not slideshow). A default photo of your choice located in external memory can be selected and zoomed in.
When it is in tuner mode, it is an FM radio with digital tuning and 20 preset radio stations. Both manual and auto tuning are available.
When it is in music mode, it plays .mp3 or .wma music files stored on external memory.
When it is in video mode, it plays MPEG4 DivX video files stored on external memory.
When it is in photo mode, it displays .jpg picture files stored on external memory. The picture display can be in browse mode or slideshow mode, and in widescreen or normal format. Slideshow can be sequential or random, and slideshow intervals range from 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds ... up to 2 hours. There are also 16 slideshow effects available. The photo slideshow can also be combined with music playback.
It uses an AC-DC adapter.

What are the benefits of having this Philips clock radio?

You can choose to be woken up by a buzzer or a sound of nature sound. It can also help you fall asleep with a choice of relaxation music.
It is nice to have your special photo, favorite song or video by the bedside.
It can also be used as a clock on a desk at work in the office.
It is a compact all-in-one device and depending on your mood you can listen to music or radio, watch a video or look at a photo slideshow (with or without music in the background).

Some users have commented on a number of features that they would have liked to see on this Philips clock radio. For some these missing features are important whereas for others they are not. These are some of the issues raised by users:

There is no built-in internal memory to store your photo, music and video files.
The alarm music cannot be chosen from your own .mp3 file.
In clock mode, pictures cannot be viewed as a slideshow.
There are no AM reception, no headphone jack and no line-in jack.
There is no back up battery. The unit relies on uninterrupted AC power.
The display is a little bright for some users but others find it quite OK when it is dimmed.

The Philips AJL308 clock radio has received mostly positive reviews. For most users it is a fantastic clock radio with many additional functionalities whereas for some it lacks certain necessary features. It really depends on your specific needs to see if this Philips clock radio is the right one for you.

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