On Jun 19, 8:46 am, Jane Vernon  wrote:
> Jo Lonergan wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:32:57 퍝, Jane Vernon
> >  wrote:
>
> >> Gumrat wrote:
> >>> badriya wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:26:53 -0700 (PDT), Ralph B
> >>>>  wrote:
>
> >>>>> If you buy a Reciva-equipped radio then you will get the alarm/sleep
> >>>>> function whether you like it or not. So there.
> >>>> I don't think mine has that function...
> >>> It does, Vicky :-) You'll (for Bluerose variety of you) probably need to
> >>> do an update, though.
> >> So, similarly, Jo's rechargeable one probably has the function too, even
> >> though she didn't mention it and the blurb about it online doesn't
> >> mention it either.  As a matter of fact, I nearly went for that one
> >> because of the rechargeable bit, but didn't because of the lack of
> >> alarm/sleep.
>
> > I don't think it has, as there's no mention of it in the manual. I
> > don't use the sleep function on my other radios, anyway, so it doesn't
> > bother me.
>
> > The battery is cr*p, anyway.
>
> Thank you, that clinches that decision :))  The more I thought about it> the more I could not think of anywhere which was too far away from an
> electric socket but could still pick up the wireless signal, and was
> somewhere where I wanted to listen to the radio.

Having said that, even a cr*p battery will allow you to continue to
listen to the radio as you move it between sockets, I suppose.