Philips AJ260 Clock Radio

The instructions say:
– Battery operation:The light turns on for 10
seconds after each atmospheric measurement,
or after any button pressed.
– AC operation:The light always turns on
when the power is switched on.To let the
light turn on just like the case of battery
operation mentioned above, press and hold
REPEAT ALARM/BRIGHTNESS
CONTROL for about 10 seconds.

The radio controlled clock is good and the radio has a nice sound quality for the size of the case. Weather forecast is of dubious use: temperature is OK (and works with the remote sensor) but notice that the measurement of humidity is only internal. So the device reports that it is likely to rain after you have had a bath or boiled some pasta nearby, despite cloudless skies! I didn't find it accurate at all.

This would be bearable, but what made the device unusable for me is that every 15 minutes it updates the assessment of weather and shines a very bright LED for 15 seconds to let you know (blue for rain, yellow for sun). This goes on all the way through the night and I couldn't find any way to stop it.

If you are at all sensitive to light when sleeping, I recommend you avoid this clock radio. A surprising number of modern clock radios seem to fail this test, many having too bright/unswitchable LCD backlights --- this model doesn't have that problem so the LED weather torchlight was a real disappointment.