The tuner is tricky to operate as it is an analogue control and I was used to presets. It is not very sensitive and I has to buy an extension for the antenna. I could not read the control functions on the casing as they were black on black, so I exchanged it for a white one.

It doesn't take up a lot of space as it's tall rather than wide, which is an asset on a small bedside table. The sleep function at 90 minutes (and smaller increments) corresponds nicely with sleep cycles. It has three light levels so can be dimmed.

This machine has better audio than ICF-C318 but everything else is worse, particularly the fiddly controls. We had to return our set because of farcical decision to market the device with battery installed. Our battery was dead and we were put to the trouble of reordering and returning it to supplier. Sony's in box instructions tell purchaser to take it to nearest Sony agent for replacemen battery. The 'agent' said they only sold TV's and refused!