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SOUND SPA™ CLASSIC PROJECTION
ALARM CLOCK / SOUND MACHINE

Sound Spa™ Classic Projection Alarm Clock / Sound Machine, retail $29.50
Manufactured by HoMedics (www.homedics.com)
Last updated 03-10-10

(In reference to the package I received from an Ebay seller at ~2:19pm PST on 11-28-07):
{sung like the Foreigner song "Feels Like the First Time"}
Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a FLAAAA-aaaash-liiiight!!!
Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a FL

BREAK IN 32769
READY.
CONT

?OUT OF DATA ERROR IN 49152
READY.

Let's try that again...as soon as I started to open the package, I *knew* it wasn't a flashlight...

CONT

?CAN'T CONTINUE ERROR
READY.
LIST

10 POKE53280,15:POKE53281,15:PRINT CHR$(147);
32767 READ A$
32768 PRINT A$
32769 PRINT A$
40960 END
49152 DATA "{b}Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a {i}FLAAAA-aaaash-{/i}liiiight!!!{/b}"

READY.
49152 DTTA "{b}Feels like an alarrrm clock...feels like an {i}ALLLLLAAAaarm{/i} clock!!!{/b}"
RUN

?SYNTAX ERROR IN 49152
READY.
49152 DATA "{b}Feels like an alarrrm clock...feels like an {i}ALLLLLAAAaarm{/i} clock!!!{/b}"
RUN

Feels like an alarrrm clock...feels like an ALLLLLAAAaarm clock!!!
Feels like an alarrrm clock...feels like an ALLLLLAAAaarm clock!!!

READY.

This is a radio/digital alarm clock that has a couple of twists: in addition to the time display on the front of the clock where you'd expect to see one, it projects the time in soft blue digits onto a light-colored wall or ceiling, and it has six "nature" sounds (with fully adjustable volume) that you can easily select with labelled buttons on the top of the product.

It also has the standard features you'd expect to find in a clock radio: decent-sized LED digits (yellow-green in this case), AM/FM radio tuner, alarm, and generously-sized snooze bar.

The six "nature" sounds are as follows:
Rain Forest, Ocean, Thunder, Summer Night, Rain, and Waterfall.

SIZE

This product is fairly complex, and I don't feel like writing a book tonight, so I'll direct you to the manual that comes with the product.

To install the backup battery, on the underside of the clock is a battery door. Remove the battery door, gently place it on the ground, and kick it into the garden so the hungry, hungry praying mantids will think it's something yummy for their insect tummies and subsequently strike at it...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

If necessary, unclip & remove the used 9 volt transistor radio battery, & dispose of or recycle it as you see fit.

Clip a new 9 volt battery onto the battery clip, tuck the battery into the opening, and place the battery door back on.
Aren't you glad you didn't kick that battery door into the garden with all those hungry, hungry praying mantids now?

Here is what a praying mantis looks like.
I found this guy on the morning of 09-08-06 clinging to the basket of my scooter.

The product has a female receptacle for an AC adapter on the rear of its base. The adapter has an output 6 volts DC at 300mA.
Center of plug (+) positive, barrel (-) negative.

The Sound Spa™ Classic Projection Alarm Clock / Sound Machine is not waterproof or drop-resistant; it was meant to be put somewhere and not {vulgar term for having had intercourse} with, not a flashlight meant to be thrashed, trashed, and abused. So I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the {vulgar term for feces}bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a patio, use a sledgehammer to bash it open in order to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again

- candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout, a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or a pack-of-cards-sized instrument that Fergy Fudgehog uses), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analysis, or inflict upon it punishments that a flashlight may have inflicted upon it.

So this section of the Sound Spa™ Classic Projection Alarm Clock / Sound Machine's web page will seem ***SIGNIFICANTLY*** more bare than this section of the web page on the web page about a flashlight.

In fact, the five photographs, spectrographic analysis, and sound clip below will probably be about it; other than my own observations.

Speaking of my own observations, I had it set to generate the "Summer Night" (chirping crickets and a cacaphony of other "summer nighttime" sounds) sound last night, and I could have sworn that from certain positions in bed that I also heard country music. I know this wasn't the case, but it was an aural illusion, as I do not listen to this type of music in general (so it wasn't something I'd heard earlier and then "heard" again after bedtime). I've never used a sound machine before; I fell asleep no more quickly and did not sleep for any different a duration than normal (~11:00pm to ~6:00am), so at least I know that it did ***NOT*** have a deleterious effect.

Every time I see the phrase "Summer Night" on this web page or on the clock itself (such as when I'm reaching for the "Summer Night" button), it reminds me of the company called "Summer's Eve", which makes - among other things - disposable dooshes {spelling intentional} (this link is just a harmless .WAV file I made using a Commodore 64 computer speech synthesizer program).

This is the screen from the program used to make the above audio clip.
Yes, the misspellings are intentional; the program would not say the words properly without them.

The alarm can be set to discharge ("go off") in three manners: the standard "alarm sound", the radio, or any of the six nature sounds (Rainforest, Ocean, Thunder, Summer's Eve...er...uh...Summer Night, Rain, or Waterfall).

Photograph of the front LED display; showing the time (4:50pm in this case).

Photograph of the time (12:13pm) projected onto the test target with a blue LED display at ~12 inches.
Photograph makes the projected digits appear SIGNIFICANTLY brighter than they actually are.

Magnified version of the above photograph.
Again, photograph makes the projected digits appear SIGNIFICANTLY brighter than they actually are.
The glow from the unlit segments is also somewhat greatly exaggerated.

Photograph of the time (4:41pm) projected onto the ceiling at a range of ~7 feet.
This is a more accurate portrayal of the actual intensity.

Photograph of the time (12:15pm) projected onto a white door at ~4 feet.
This photograph makes the projected display appear brighter and a little bluer than it actually is.

Spectrographic analysis of the projection LEDs (blue) in this clock.

Spectrographic analysis of the projection LEDs in this clock; using another spectrometer.

Spectrographic analysis of the projection LEDs in this clock; newer spectrometer software setting used.

Spectrographic analysis of the yellow-green LED digits in the base.

USB2000 spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.

WAV file (.wav extension) allowing you to hear the various sounds.
This clip is approximately 0.36 megabytes (372,711 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than two minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.

The sounds you hear are as follows: Rainforest, Ocean, Thunder, Summer Night, Rain, and Waterfall.

WAV file (.wav extension) allowing you to hear the various sounds (newer recording).
This clip is approximately 0.3150 megabytes (323,471 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than two minutes minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.

The sounds you hear are as follows: Rainforest, Ocean, Thunder, Summer Night, Rain, and Waterfall.

TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased on Ebay on 11-26-07 and was received on the afternoon of 11-28-07.

The supplied wall wart AC adapter outputs 6 volts DC at 300mA. Center of plug (+) positive, barrel (-) negative.

Product was made in China.
A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I published it on this web page.

UPDATE: 00-00-00

PROS:

CONS:

MANUFACTURER: HoMedics
PRODUCT TYPE: Digital projection alarm clock/sound machine
LAMP TYPE: Yellow-green and blue 7-segment displays, yellow-green status indicators
No. OF LAMPS: At least 22; possibly more
BEAM TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Momentary pushbuttons for modes; rotary dials for tuning & volume
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: N/A
BATTERY: 1x9 volt transistor radio battery (battery backup only)
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND PEE-RESISTANT: No
SUBMERSIBLE: NO WAY HOZAY!!!
ACCESSORIES: AC adapter
WARRANTY: 1 year

PRODUCT RATING:

Because this product is not intended to emit
light, the standard "star" rating will not be used.

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