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1970s Decca ECR-150 Electronic Clock Radio with Green LED Display

Jon Nix — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:47:52 +0000

A fairly standard electronic clock radio from the 1970s, this is the Decca ECR-150 with all of the features you might expect from such a product of the time. What's appealing about this one is how it's delivered - in a silver housing with a forward facing display and a horizontal black panel with white labels containing most of the buttons, switches and other controls. "Space-age" is a dreadfully over-used term these days, but this certainly has a hint of it with the styling. The digital display is a very attractive green and this green is present also in the tuner section which illuminates when the radio is on.

There's a dimmer function (high/low!), a three band radio, treble/bass switch (it's either/or!), wake to buzzer or radio, a snooze function, and also a sleep function.

In good overall condition. Undoubtedly the silver plastic casing is less vibrant and less "metallic" than it once would have been and there are a few grazes to it and to the black control panel section. There are the remnants of a some attempts to "postcode" it along the right hand side and underneath - a surface etching, but nothing disastrously eye-catching! The only other things to note are a slight dent to the snooze button and that the time and alarm set buttons require a little bit of wiggling to engage. But these things aside, this is a good-looking item of its time in a clean and tidy condition.

Measures approximately 28cm (11 in.) across the front, 19cm (7½ in.) from front to back and has a maximum height of 7cm (2¾ in.)

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Very scarce Ross RCR-181 “Z” or “Zig-Zag” Digital Clock Radio and Lamp

Jon Nix — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:03:20 +0000

A very scarce and unusual digital clock radio with lamp made by Ross and dating from the 1980s, the RCR-181 has some notable features. The most obvious of these is the shape and, moreover, the fact that it's possible to change it, depending on how you are using it, and where you want the lamp pointing. The best way to explain this is via the photos attached, but basically the options are 1) lamp to the front over the controls, 2) lamp to the side, or 3) lamp to the rear. The unit itself is quite a size too: about 20 cm (8in.) in height and depth, and about 10 cm (4 in.) in width.

In most other respects - bar the almost completely black plastic styling - it's a fairly standard digital clock radio from the era: AM/FM tuner, snooze function, wake to radio, display dimmer, battery back-up for the clock, etc.

This one is fully functional, but does have some minor cosmetic issues, notable some plastic "burn" marks to the right hand side of the lower portion of the unit, most likely caused by the item being in storage and having had the power cable wrapped around it. It's not awful, but it's there and should be noted - please carefully review the photos if it's a concern. Otherwise, there are a few grazes and scrapes to the plastics, but everything is intact - no cracks or chips.

Open to sensible offers for this unusual slice of 80s.... plastic!

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Ross Digital Clock Radio / Personal Stereo Cassette Player

Jon Nix — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:49:11 +0000

Imagine for a moment... a digital clock radio with cassette which one moment sits by your bedside and then the next becomes a personal stereo cassette player for you to use when out, I don't know, rollerblading in your neon leggings and tie-dyed top [that's a reference to the 1980s in case you didn't get it]. Well, if you imagined that and it sounds like something you just have got to own, then this is the item for you. It's made by Ross and is gloriously plastic-ky and does exactly as described in your imagination. It's a mains-powered digital clock radio/cassette player with the latter detachable to become a battery-powered personal stereo. The radio is AM and FM, you can wake to a buzzer or to the radio and it has a "snooze" function. It does everything that a digital clock radio should do, except for the detachable personal stereo part, which is unusual to say the least...!

Cosmetically, it's in reasonably good condition, though at some point in its past the power cable has been wrapped around the unit and this has led to what can only be described as surface indentations where the plastics have interacted. It's otherwise good, despite these marks and overall the styling does enough to distract from these imperfections.

Offers welcomed on this rather strange item!

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