I think I suggested this once in the past, but Bose wave radios can be
easily set to 24 hour time, it's listed directly in the manual. You can
find older models on craigslist/ebay if the new models are too
expensive. They have excellent features, nice wake & sleep timers, good
controls, a clear display, etc. I've never had an issue with mine in
over 6 years of ownership.
While I wouldn't recommend Bose for home theatre components, the wave
radio is exceptional.
Regards,
-Mike
Paul Trusten wrote:
Now that we're talking "meridiem," I renew my quest for a 24-hour
clock radio that can be plugged into U.S. house current.
Yes, there are some appliances, other than bedside clock radios,
available in the U.S. that can be switched to 24-hour time format (my
microwave and my portable LCD alarm clock read in 24 h format right
now), but try to find a U.S.-ready Sony Dream Machine, or a Panasonic,
that you put on your bedside table and plug into the wall, and get its
LED readout to tell you it's 20:34, and they don't exist, AFAIK.
A friend of mine wanted to get up at 04:00. Having a "ante/post
meridiem" alarm clock like the rest of us Americans, he set his alarm
clock to the fourth hour, all right----the wrong one, actually 16:00.
Of course, he overslept.
With so many time-telling appliances now switchable to 24-hour format,
why not clock radios? I know that my German friend had to ask me what
AM/PM /means. /If she moved to the U.S., why should our traditions
necessarily prevent her (or me, for that matter) from having a clock
radio that reads logically? Like the FPLA amendment, it would be
optional--there's a switch.
I repeat my stipulation that I want this on a bedside clock radio. I
don't want to have to send away to Recondite Scientific, Inc., for an
LED readout surplus clock that came off the first space shuttle. I
seek an ordinary clock radio (Sony, GE, Toshiba, Panasonic, Emerson,
etc.).
This is relevant to metric in the sense that many metric countries use
the elegant logic of 24-hour time format. In fact, any institution
that want to avoid time confusion uses this time format.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org <http://www.metric.org>
3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 US
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