Matsui TCR 1

Description: AM/FM radio | Dual alarm functions | Night light | Battery backup

Newest Review: ... it for a year or so! *** ORIGINAL OPINION BELOW *** Here’s a neat little gadget. The Matsui TCR I travel radio clock ... more

... is also a simple little gadget, no fancy extra features that take you days to work out, and it does what it’s supposed to (wakes you up). It’s battery operated – takes 2 AAA batteries pus one watch battery – and it’s tiny (around 12 cm x 7 cm), so it’s very portable, and I can see myself using it as a portable radio as well as a travel radio alarm. In any case, you don’t have to use it as a TRAVEL alarm, do you - at the moment I’m using it as my proper alarm clock, an...more

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Matsui TCR 1: Lovely to hold - fiddly to operate (579 words)
by - written on 10/02/01 (Very useful, 140 readings)
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I've been using this little radio alarm for around 10 ten months now, and it seemed a good time to update my opinion. I still LOVE the way it looks - very sleek and shiny. But... not too sure about the operational side. It has started to give very short beeps, which end abruptly, instead of a repeated alarm - it may be simply that the battery is getting low, but it's a strange thing to happen and doesn't inspire much confidence. And I might even sleep through it! Secondly, the buttons for resetting the clock, or the alarm time, seem to be wearing out already, and I have to press them extra hard nowadays. It's still ... Read the complete review

A cute pocket radio alarm (146 words)
by - written on 06/02/01 (166 readings)
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Well here you have it a nice compact radio. Not to say there aren't a few strange things about it. Point 1, it needs to two different types of batteries. Point 2, the backlight is actually a small torch at the front, pointing at the clock. All very strange. But the radio is good, and the battery on mine is still chugging alone. The tuning buttons are OK but I found setting the alarm and clock although easy, a bit fiddly due to the size of the buttons, it just doesn't have a nice feel to it. So if you need an alarm clock for holidays, that is small and compact, with a decent radio as well(yes the alarm ... Read the complete review