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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Very pleased Jul 23, 2009
I just recently purchased this clock radio at a Dollar General for $3.20.
It is amazing. I love it. I can not believe my luck at finding this product on clearance. It works fantastic and I love the ipod functions of this clock radio. I have not had any problems with my device at all. I was worried about the alarm waking me up but it keeps getting louder and louder as it goes off until it is extremely loud. I read a comment how it would not wake someone up and I can not believe it. I have been so pleased with my purchase that I have told everyone how great it is and now my family and friends have been looking for one as well. I was lucky to find it at such a great price and even luckier that it works so great.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Important technical information and major problems Jan 24, 2009
Here is important information not currently shown in Amazon.com techical information for this product: According to the box, this clock radio is made for iPod nano (1st generation), iPod (4th generation), iPod mini (1st & 2nd generation, iPod with video (5th generation), iPod photo (4th generation). While the product is advertised as an iPod docking station, my iPod nano (4th generation) gives the error message "Recharging not supported with this device." In addition, using the iPod with the alarm clock resulted in a corrupted iPod.
New information: I couldn't use this product with my ipod, but I was using it as a reasonably good clock radio. Then the bottom half of all digits went black after about 6 months of use. I stuck it out for a couple of months by not changing any of the previous settings. But I can no longer see what radio station I am on or what time it is.
Today, I am on Amazon.com looking for a new clock radio.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Near perfection for a little clock radio. Jul 11, 2008
What to do when you want a basic clock radio with a small footprint, an accommodation for your Ipod, and you are not looking for big sound and a big price? Consider the RCA RP5500i. I've had mine for over a year and I'm still glad I bought it. I'm even considering buying a second one for the guest room. I've not had any of the problems indicated by others, however.
The sound is as good as any clock radio - not a Tivoli mind you, but one of your basic clock radios.
Its cleverness with the Ipod was irresistible to me. I love the way the drawer slides out to accept the IPod - along with its bright blue light (which you can turn off). I also like the way the time readout shifts across the face of the clock to make room for the Ipod. You see, the Ipod, once loaded onto the clock, invades part of the front of the clock so the designers allowed for the time readout to shift left once loaded. The best part of this feature is that when you remove the Ipod, you slide the drawer back in so, unlike other units, there is no "dead space" or unsightly vacancy.
If you like large type-size readouts, this one is readable from about a 20 foot distance. And the time sets automatically although it seems to be off by a minute. At first I was annoyed about this. Now I just think of it as quirky.
I also like that I can play the Ipod to go to sleep then wake up with the ringer. And it has a great nap feature that lets you set the clock with a push of a button for naps of various times. When the time is up, it wakes you as it would in alarm mode - but you don't have to trouble yourself with setting a specific time. Of course, you might think "who has time for naps in this day and age?!" and you'd be right - but with a setting like this it actually gives you the idea to take a bit of a break from work and close your eyes for 15 minutes. Refreshing.
But the best part is that it has a much smaller footprint than other Ipod-accommodating units I looked at.
I do wish it had some of the features others mentioned, but I'm not greedy. This is a great little unit.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Plagued by Display Design Defect Apr 12, 2008
There is a great deal to like about this clock radio, but I am convinced there is a circuit design problem that cannot be ignored. I have owned two of them, primarily attracted to the usb port feature that will play songs in mp3 directly from a usb flash drive. But in each radio the Display has failed. In one of the radios the display stopped working altogether, and in the other half of all the digits went dead. One of them was under warranty, and while RCA/Thompson replaced it with a new one. Unfortunately, it later failed also. That makes 3 out of the 3 for me.
Curiously, I was recently at my local Fry's and the they had a clearance corner of odds and ends and there was a 5500i in the pile for $5. I asked the salesman why so cheap and he replied that the display had failed. Given that I have seen at least one other post here from someone with the same problem, it sure suggests that something is wrong with this model. It's a bummer because other than not having a headphone jack, this is a way cool clock radio.
RCA RP5500i Universal iPod Dock AM/FM Clock Radio Apr 10, 2008
When I plugged in the clock radio only one half of the LCD display was readable. It would not properly display the time. I sent it back
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