RAINBOW BIG-DIGIT
LED ALARM CLOCK
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Rainbow Big-Digit LED Alarm Clock, retail $12.95 (www.sharperimage.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 09-19-12




This looks a bit like any other digital LED alarm clock you might see, until you plug it in that is...when you do, the display comes on & rewards you with a rainbow of colored digits!!!

The digits are colored (in this order): red, yellow-green, amber, and red. The colon, alarm, and "PM" indicators are blue.

Also, there are three intensity levels you can set the display to - if the brightness pisses you off, just take it down a notch, and another if necessary.


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Plug the clock in and install a 9 volt transistor radio battery first (see directly below), and then you can wake yourself up.

SETTING THE TIME:
Slide the "SETTING" switch on the back to the "TIME" position.
To set the desired hour, press the "HOUR" button as many times as necessary until the correct hour is displayed.
To set the desired minutes, press the "MINUTE" button as many times as necessary until the correct minutes are displayed.
Slide the "SETTING" switch to the "LOCK" position.
When the unit is set to display 12-hour time, a blue dot appears during PM hours.

SETTING THE ALARM:
Slide the "SETTING" switch on the back to the "ALARM" position.
To set the desired hour, press the "HOUR" button as many times as necessary until the correct hour is displayed.
To set the desired minutes, press the "MINUTE" button as many times as necessary until the correct minutes are displayed.
Slide the "SETTING" switch to the "LOCK" position.
Slide the FUNCTION switch on the right hand side of the clock to the "BUZZER" position.
When the unit is set to display 12-hour time, a blue dot appears during PM hours.

SNOOZE BAR:
When the alarm is sounding and the Snooze Bar is pressed, it shuts off the alarm for nine minutes.
The Snooze Bar can be used for up to 119 minutes.

The display intensity can be changed from "Low", "Medium", and "High" using the slide switch on the back of the clock, clustered with the other switches & buttons there.



Since this product is powered by 120 volts AC line power, I don't have to tell you which part to remove and feed to the hungry, hungry praying mantids. O wait...actually I do.

You do have to install the backup battery...on the back of the clock at the lower right is a battery door. Slide it off, gently place it on the ground, and kick it into the garden so the hungry, hungry praying mantids will think it's something yummy to eat and subsequently strike at it...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Clip a 9 volt transistor radio battery onto the clip, and gently press the battery into the opening until it's in there as far as it will go.

Slide the battery door back on, and be done with it.
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.

To power the clock, plug the small plug on the end of the wall wart's cord into the receptacle for it on the lower right side of the clock, and plug the larger end into any standard (in north America anyway) 110 to 130 volts AC 60Hz 2- or 3-slot receptacle.



Because this is an alarm clock, not a flashlight, "The Smack Test" really isn't that appropriate here. Same with "The Toilet Test".

So this section of the page will seem ***SIGNIFICANTALLY*** more bare than this section of the page on a page about a flashlight.
In fact, those photographs and spectrographic analyses directly below may be just about it.



Photograph of the LED display; intensity set to "high".



Another photograph of the LED display; displaying "12:34pm".



A photograph of the LED display; showing that some segments are lit dimmer than the others.
Check out the "5" in the time reading of "1:50" to see for yourself. Intensity was set to "low" for this photograph.



The time reading "4:20".
For some reason, this number has significance to "maryjane" users - those that toke, not smoke.





Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of one of the LED segments (red) in this clock.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of one of the LED segments (yellow) in this clock.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of one of the LED segments (yellow-green) in this clock.


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


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of one of the LEDs (red) in this clock; newer spectrometer software & settings used.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of one of the LEDs (yellow) in this clock; newer spectrometer software & settings used.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of one of the LEDs (green) in this clock; newer spectrometer software & settings used.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of one of the LEDs (blue) in this clock; newer spectrometer software & settings used.
USB2000 spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.






TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased at www.sharperimage.com on 06-30-07 and was received on 07-10-07.

The wall wart transformer is labelled to output 9 volts DC at 250mA.
Center of plug is (+) positive, barrel is (-) 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.

I know that TSI has some gun control horse puckey going on and that they should be boycotted by flashlight users, but this was just too cool to pass up.


UPDATE: 08-08-10
This clock gained five minutes in just ~16 hours after the Luminglas "Borg Lite" was placed nearby. I moved the clock to place it at least 24" from the plasma lamp, and we'll see what happens.


UPDATE: 09-16-12

The above photograph shows the clock displaying the time as 4:42.

I consider this at least mildly significant because my favourite musical group Anthrax has an album titled, "Stomp 442".


I also consider this somewhat significant because I've had this clock for just over five years (the vast majority of that time it's been powered up & operating), and as you can see, it's still plugging along!


PROS:
Big digits; large enough to see from across even large rooms
Rainbow colored digits make this clock unique
Three intensity settings
Has battery backup in case of power failure


CONS:
Not waterproof or submersible, but most clocks aren't


    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Rainbow LED display digital alarm clock
    LAMP TYPE: 7-segment LEDs, 2-segment LEDs, "dot" LEDs
    No. OF LAMPS: 7 (3x7-seg, 3x"dot", 1x2-seg)
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: N/A
    CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
    BEZEL: N/A
    BATTERY: 9 volt transistor radio battery (as backup)
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
    WATER- AND PEE-RESISTANT: Light sprinkle-resistance at maximum
    SUBMERSIBLE: NO WAY HOZAY!!!
    ACCESSORIES: AC adapter
    WARRANTY: 90 days

    PRODUCT RATING:

    Because this product is not intended to be a light-emitter,
    laser, R/C aircraft, or test instrument, the standard
    "star" rating will not be used.





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