Coby CX-CD239 Portable CD Audio System with AM/FM Tuner

Coby CX-CD239 Portable CD Audio System with AM/FM Tuner
Manufacturer: Coby
Product Type: CE

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Product Description
This Coby Portable Stereo CD Player with AM/FM Radio breaks the mold with its unique dome-like design. The convenient centered control panel and 40° angle loading CD player make it as easy to use as it is to look at and listen to. Features: backlit display; function control switch; Dynamic Bass Boost system; unique easy access control panel; programmable track memory; skip, search, play, pause, repeat 1, and repeat all functions; AM/FM stereo tuner; wide range speaker system; 1 bit D/A converter; and telescopic FM antenna.
Amazon.com Product Description
Sometimes a full-sized stereo just isn't convenient, which is where this portable CD player from Coby comes into play. Built with a unique CD deck that's tilted to 45 degrees for easy access, the stereo fits conveniently on a dresser or desktop, delivering high-quality sound in a compact package. The CD player actually looks a bit like R2D2 of Star Wars fame, though that's probably coincidental. The unit's variety of functions, however, are quite intentional, and give listeners all they need to skip, search, or repeat their favorite tracks. The CX-CD239 employs a digital bass boost sound (DBBS) system to broadcast deep tones with as much clarity and verve as high and mid-range frequencies. The unit also includes a 1-bit digital-to-analog converter, along with a programmable memory function for listeners who want to arrange their own soundtracks. Additional features include a wide-ranging speaker system (the speakers are built into the side), a digital AM/FM tuner with a telescopic antenna, and a double-digit LED display. The CD player runs on six C batteries (not included) and measures 10.25 by 5.12 by 10.25 (W x H x D).

What's in the Box
CX-CD239 CD player, gift box packaging, user's manual.

Average customer rating: 5.0

quadtec: A new way to tell digital time - Combines the best of analog and digital watch faces in unique display

Quadtec Watch by Equitime, Inc. Shifting Time(TM) - Worlds Coolest Digital Watch - POLISHED FINISH. quadtech, quadtek

Manufacturer: Equitime
Product Group: CE
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ASIN: B000JG3VN8

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POLISHED FINISH QUADTEC is the worlds first digital timepiece which displays quarterly time periods moving around every hour centered in the watch face. You can choose any of three types of QUADTEC time sequences to suit the occasion or your preference. elapsed forward: minutes displayed in quarters; after half hour minutes are displayed as 'approaching' the next hour elapsed segmented: quarterly segments of past minutes travelling aroung the current hour elapsed unified: stationary. this innovative watch has an alarm function and an electroluminescent light for night viewing. water resistant to 165 ft 5 year battery life 3 straps: stainless steel, black leather, and orange silicone with tools instruction manual spare screws and screwdriver available in matte or polished stainless finish watch face is 1.5" square alarm function & electroluminescent light for night viewing. Polished Finish

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quadtec: A new way to tell digital time - Combines the best of analog and digital watch faces in unique display.......2006-10-09

quadtec: A new way to tell digital time
Combines the best of analog and digital watch faces in unique display

By Gary Krakow

Forget everything you know about digital wrist watches.

Digital watches look back at the past. They provide you with the number of minutes which have passed you by each hour. As I write this it is 8:43 -- or 43 minutes after the hour.

Analog watches (the ones with hour and minute hands) look toward your future. It's still 8:43 (I type fast). But when you read that on an analog watch the time becomes 17 minutes to 9.

OK, so what does that have to do with anything else on the planet? I've just discovered a digital watch that actually changes how I tell time.

The quadtec is a large hunk of digital architecture -- big, square, heavy and conspicuous. I've actually had a number of people (men only) stop me in the street to ask me what kind of watch I was wearing.

The watch comes in a beautiful leatherette presentation box with three options to attach it to your wrist -- a heavy, shiny (or satin finish) stainless steel link bracelet, a black leather and orange rubber straps.

The digital readout is quite large -- 1.5-inch square. You can easily see it from a few feet away.

In the normal digital watch mode the quadtecs tell time like any other digital watch. But there are two other time-telling options. In the ES (elapsed segmented) mode your watch functions normally for the first 30 minutes of each hour. But from minute 30 through minute 59 -- that actual minute readout is on the left side of the hour number. Think in terms of an analog watch -- where the minute hand swings to the left side of the watch face for the second half of each hour.

The third option and my favorite is the: EF (elapsed forward). Beginning with the 30th minute of every hour, the watch changes and to counts down to the new hour. So, when it is 9:37 -- the quadtec reads 13 minutes before 10.

OK. No big deal right? Wrong! When I heard about the quadtec I wasn't sure what was so special. But once you put it on -- wear and live with it for a few days -- you begin to realize how cool it is.

I now find myself looking at the time on a digital watch and actually thinking that it's 6 minutes to the hours or 18 minutes after the hour -- depending on what time it actually is, of course.

I'll attempt to explain the benefits of these digital watch features:

People who are time-challenged -- i.e., always late for work, racing to keep reservations, movies, dates and meetings, or otherwise crunching too much into a short period of time. Now you can count-down just how little time you actually have.

People have no concept of time, even when they wear a watch. Counting down to the new hour might just shake your sense of reality.

Geeks who know everything about technology. This low-tech watch will challenge your time-space relationship.

For those watch fans who are also musicians, quadtec provides you with the sheet music used by the watch's alarm. The song is called "QUADTEC, Way t' Go." The ridiculous lyrics are included in case you wish to sing along:

"Wake up now. Take a look.
Time has come to do your thing.
No more wait. Can't be late.
Soon be time to Rap n' Rock.
Love my time do'n Rock n' Rap!"

quadtec in its presentation case

I found that the quadtec's backlighting is kind of dim. It's only helpful in a very dark room. Although, if making the backlight brighter would affect overall battery life -- then they've probably made the right decision.

Otherwise, the watch is very clever and delivers what it promises -- and that's a good thing for any product these days.

quadtec retails for $490 and is available both online and in a select number of retail outlets. I know that may seem like a lot of money to some -- but it's not if you're in the market for a slick, collectable designer timepiece with three substantial watch bands.

quadtec comes with a 1-year warranty and the battery is estimated to last for 5 years.

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