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Lifer
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I'm throughly sick of hearing that damn <beep> <beep> <beep> of my alamr in the morning, and all the local radio stations *that I can stand* have irritating, cheery mroning shows. Does any manufacturer make a standalone wireless MP3 streaming alarmclock, that can just play a .pls or .m3u playlist in a shared folder on my desktop's HD in the other room?

Edit: To clarify, I'm looking for a STAND ALONE unit, to replace my existing alarm clock w/o putting a PC in my bedroom (hot enough in there already in LV in the summer)
 
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icejunkie

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if u leave ur pc on at night and sleep near it (which geek doesnt?), then there are mp3 alarms for ur pc... :D
 
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ravana

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Winamp has a few alarm clock plugins if you want to try them.

I use em from time to time when i really HAVE to wake up.
 
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astrosfan90

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No idea, but I have an old beat up G4 Titanium that I've retired (woohoo dual G5 tower!), and now keep by my bedside running an "mp3 alarm clock" program. Works just fine!
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: icejunkie
if u leave ur pc on at night and sleep near it (which geek doesnt?), then there are mp3 alarms for ur pc... :D
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PC != in bedroom.
 
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loic2003

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My mate had one but the software it came with blew and only ran on 9x kernal windows.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: shilala
MS has a Plus! package with an alarm clock that does all sorts of stuff.
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See edited OP.

I'm looking for a physical unit that will do this, not software.
 
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cw42

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
There is a program called 'CollegeAlarmClock' or similar. I have it at home and it works great.
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i've tried that prog, it's pretty cool. it's handy cuz u can set a diff wakeup time everyday which is good for college.

the only thing i dont like about pc alarm clocks is that i'm worried i might forget and turn off the pc the night before, or turn down the volume knob (no annoying AIM beeps at 3am)
 
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lightpants

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Originally posted by: cw42
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
There is a program called 'CollegeAlarmClock' or similar. I have it at home and it works great.
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i've tried that prog, it's pretty cool. it's handy cuz u can set a diff wakeup time everyday which is good for college.

the only thing i dont like about pc alarm clocks is that i'm worried i might forget and turn off the pc the night before, or turn down the volume knob (no annoying AIM beeps at 3am)
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Is it possible to have your computer turn its volume up and down at specified times, maybe with scheduled tasks? Mute at midnight and un-mute at 6am for the alarm?
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: cw42
Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
There is a program called 'CollegeAlarmClock' or similar. I have it at home and it works great.
Click to expand...

i've tried that prog, it's pretty cool. it's handy cuz u can set a diff wakeup time everyday which is good for college.

the only thing i dont like about pc alarm clocks is that i'm worried i might forget and turn off the pc the night before, or turn down the volume knob (no annoying AIM beeps at 3am)
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You could always...close AIM...

But please reread the OP...that's not what I'm looking for.
 
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tigerbait

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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
There is a program called 'CollegeAlarmClock' or similar. I have it at home and it works great.
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http://www.geocities.com/vinodtandon/cac/

haha...I clicked on this thread to recommend the same thing. I've been using it since I was in college, and I still use today to wake me up in the morning. I need my Logitech Z-560 cranked to wake myself up....no beep-beep alarm clock can do it. :p

 
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A proper geek would just use scheduled task to launch an mp3 app and automatically play via command line.
 
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Sorry, didn't see the streaming part. I don't think I understand exactly what you want, but it appears to be something that can connect using a wireless network and poke around on your hard drive, then choose an mp3 to play??
 
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CtK

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if u have a MP3 player with an alarm u can hook up some speakers to it and use tat as ur alarm clock
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Snapster
A proper geek would just use scheduled task to launch an mp3 app and automatically play via command line.
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Read the OP...NO PC in the room.
 
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