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Telephone/Clock Radio with direct keyboard entry alarm(s)

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From: Victor S. Schwartz
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1986 22:26
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I have purchased a number of clock radios over the years, and I have
developed a list of features I have found very useful.  Now I am
contemplating the purchase of a combination clock radio/telephone, but
the one feature I deem essential to such a combination seems to be
missing from every model on the market:

I would like to be able to set the alarm time(s) by direct keyboard
entry... which would logically be accomplished via the keypad on the
telephone.  I.e., to set an alarm for 6:30 AM I would key in
6...3...0... perhaps followed by an AM indicator.  This technique is
opposed to the clumsy Fast/Slow or Hour/Minute buttons found on most
digital clock radios.

Unfortunately, virtually all the combination clock radio/telephones on
the market consist of a clock radio with a telephone "stuck" on the
cabinet.  Aside from a mute switch (to quiet the radio when you pick up
the telephone), there is NO integration between the telephone functions
and the clock radio functions.

If anyone has discovered a model which meets this requirement, please
provide details.

Many thanx,

Victor Schwartz
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Subject: Telephone/Clock Radio with direct keyboard entry alarm(s)
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