The newer version does not have the sleep function, whereby it will automatically turn itself off after 15, 30, 45, 60 minutes. So if you go to sleep, the radio will stay on all night. Why they removed this feature is beyond me.
Agree, great alarm...also had one in a hotel and bought right away....>BUTTTT, yes but.....how do you change the brightness of the alarm face - with the time, etc. NOT THE back light.....cannot for the life of me figure how to make the time illumination brighter....can you tell us please...thank you.
I would suggest adding some in depth details such as: Auto-dimming, Dimming scale, Snooze times, Buzzer sounds, Backlight scale, Bluetooth auto-sync for Time/Date. I would have got one of those if the Time/Date would automatically update as you connect via BT (similarly as Amazon's Dot & Anker/Soundcore's Wakey, NO MANUAL time/date setting). If Amazon & Anker/Soundcore can do it why JBL didn't. Why Auto-programming/sync? because correcting time will be a chore between now and then.
Hard pass for me because I’ve owned the original Horizon back in 2016 and it was awesome until the auto-dimming display gradually became dimmer and dimmer until one day the display went permanently dark and I no longer could read the time. $100+ clock radio reduced to simple Bluetooth speaker. And that was within 3 months of purchasing it. I did receive a warranty replacement from JBL, which is still sitting in its box, unopened (anyone interested?). Many owners of the original Horizon had similar issues with their auto-dimming displays so it’s perplexing that JBL opted to use them again for the Horizon 2 instead of a simple low-medium-bright button. Otherwise i would’ve definitely purchased one. Just a head scratcher.
Does this JBL Horizon 2 have an option to brightness or dimmer the clock numbers, since the numbers are hard to see at night that’s a fail factory problem. Or I’m the only person that noticed this issue at night?
I got this for my massage practice... now I can’t read the display with the lights low. SO EASY: 1- allow us to chose off, low, high or variable. VARIABLE SUCKS. Tech is not yet good enough for this. Variable is crap. It should be a option but never the locked on choice. I may need to return this since I can’t see the display unless I’m right next to it once it darkens in medium - low light. Yes, you can have the lights on low and then the display disappears due to lame auto setting- I’ll just use my phone. Wake Up JBL
Hi, is it possible to play whatever song you like from your mobile via Bluetooth connection as a wake-up tune? I mean, for example you set the alarm for 5AM , Bluetooth mode, connected to your mobile. Will it start playing the song at 5AM automatically or do you have to somehow preset the tune on your phone or is this not possible at all? Thanks.
Helo! I bought this JBL Horizon 2 clock radio, I managed to do everything you explained and I just couldn't set it to auto off when you turned on the FM radio in 30 minutes, 60 minutes ... (I like going to sleep with the radio on is that it turns off automatically in 60 minutes, it is possible). Grateful!
The alarm on this auto-shuts off after about 2 minutes without pressing snooze. Is there a setting to make it stay on to listen to the radio in the morning?
I just get the horizont 2 Radio speaker and i have 1 big issue. I'd like set alarm only on weekdays. I dont have options for one day, weekdays and weekends. When i push big button after set lights on the setup is end. In the tutorial i saw next setup is day, .... Please tell me if i do wrong or?
I'm happy to report that some healthy changes are coming to this channel. Thank you for the constructive criticism it has been necessary. Future reviews will in fact be actual reviews.
i refunded my product waiting for new one..if same problem comes again i wont buy again ..1st problem :: Ex time show as 8 am ..then after i listen some radio etc suddenly it shows up as 10 pm.wow-----it happened many times.secondly dab just did not worked for an unknown reason.....did you have same problem or is this just me ?
Is there an option to set up sleep time with 15, 30, 45, 60 minutes just like the original Horizon? For example, if you’re listening to music with lights on, then after setting sleep mode, lights fades out and music gets stopped. I really used this function in the original, and I’d like to confirm that it still exists on this one. Thank you.
That is a great question. I could not find a way for alarm keep playing until a press snooze OR turn of... It turns itself off from time to time. that is BAD
Hello Jean, we're sorry to hear that you are not happy with your purchase. This is a very popular product for us. If you purchased it from us, we want you to be happy, so please reach out to us: ask@gramophone.com
Hi, since it does not have a sleep mode I am thinking on using the sleep mode integrated in spotify, but can anyone say if it makes a loud sound when the bluetooth is disconnected or the speaker function turns off? It would be very helpful! Thanks! (we are ideally looking for an alarm clock/speaker with sleep mode, if anyone has recommendations, pleeeease share :) )
So I recently bought one of these - I set it up and everything worked perfectly- for about 7 hours, then the display went black and nothing would work on it. A total failure. Chinese made crap. In my experience I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!!!
