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[map_ka]

this is from a card located next to an Alarm clock/CD player/other -techno- thingies- bunched -up- together -in -a -small box:

Alarm Clock Instructions

For the technically adept:

Wake to music

1. While simultaneously pressing the (Disp/ADJ) and (Alarm 1) buttons on top of clock, use the (>> or <<) to adjust alarm time earlier or later.  After time is

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[tsimbler]

At least they gave you the manual! But I find the "for the technically adept" part insulting. I *am* technically adept. But I don't deal with crappy interfaces.

I stayed at the Grand Hyatt at Dallas-Ft Worth airport this past weekend, and they asked when I checked in if I wanted a wake up call - no thank you.

After 10 minutes with the alarm, I gave up, leaving it showing a 4 digit number whose meaning I didn't know. And asked for that wakeup call.

I own one that I gave up on - I had to keep the manual next to it. Look, all interfaces that involve "push this button 3 times, then hold that one till this starts blinking, then push this one till you get the right value (unless you are too slow and it stops blinking" are Stoopit. Buttons are OK for binary values - on off, high low, whatever. I have a dumbass ceiling fan that you press buttons on and listen to it beeping back at you to set the speed - whatever happened to rheostats and potentiometers? "Let's see - it has 4 speeds and 5 brightnesses" (push the button one more time - light goes from full bright to off ----) "Damn, no, it's 5 speeds and 4 brightnesses" (and cycle through again - wait - should I be counting up from 1 to 4 or from 0 to 3 to interpret the beeps correctly)

Oh, for a nice big knob to turn.

nice userpic!

[map_ka]

I am with you. I finally grew up to the point where I can say "you know what? If you can't explain to me how to operate this, YOU are technically challenged"