This might sound like a silly question, but I can't seem to find a "quiet" alarm. lol Does the buttons on this one click when you push them? My husband and I work different shifts so I try to be very quiet so I don't wake him. I often turn the alarm off before it goes off. My current alarm and many others I have looked at click when you push them. I want one that doesn't make any noise when you press the buttons. This might sound like a silly question, but I can't seem to find a "quiet" alarm. lol Does the buttons on this one click when you push them? My husband and I work different shifts so... » Read More This might sound like a silly question, but I can't seem to find a "quiet" alarm. lol Does the buttons on this one click when you push them? My husband and I work different shifts so I try to be very quiet so I don't wake him. I often turn the alarm off before it goes off. My current alarm and many others I have looked at click when you push them. I want one that doesn't make any noise when you press the buttons. « Show Less
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They're pretty much bubble-type buttons under plastic sheeting so they make little or no noise when pressed. This should be a nice alarm clock for your purposes. We've had ours about 3 months now and have been quite happy with it.
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The buttons do make what I would call a soft clicking sound vs. a hard clicking sound made by most clock radios.
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They do make a very minor click sound. I wouldn't call it loud by any means, but if you're a very light sleeper it could be a problem. I do like that you can set the maximum volume of the alarm and that it starts quiet and works up to the max volume you have programmed. I've never had a clock that does that.
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The buttons beep when setting both minutes and seconds, also on Start or Stop. They are about 6 or 7 out of 10 on a loudness scale, where 10 is annoyingly loud, and 1 is barely audible. I can hear the alarm in a room about 20 - 25 steps away.
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Zach, never had to silence my SC7010B since installing it. This model is recomended by the mfg. for areas mentioned on this link.even with the two silence features ( S&C;) if you are smoking up the whole kitchen a lot, I would recomending using the dusk cover supplied with it before cooking fried food, etc. Always try to remember to remove the cover when finished.. if you are in your 70's like me, write yourself a note and stick it beside your kitchen light switch. You can read more about this alarm on this link:http://www.amazon.com/First-Alert-SC7010B-Hardwire-Photoelectric/dp/B0080I9TJ2/ref=pd_sim_hi_1?ie=UTF8&refRID;=160N4GV516CMCKZV5S6GRonnie Zach, never had to silence my SC7010B since installing it. This model is recomended by the mfg. for areas mentioned on this link.even with the two silence features ( S&C;) if you are smoking up the whole kitchen a lot, I would recomending using the dusk cover supplied with it before cooking fried food, etc. Always try to remember to remove the cover when finished.. if you are in your 70's like me, write yourself a note and stick it beside your kitchen light switch. You can read more about this alarm on this... » Read More Zach, never had to silence my SC7010B since installing it. This model is recomended by the mfg. for areas mentioned on this link.even with the two silence features ( S&C;) if you are smoking up the whole kitchen a lot, I would recomending using the dusk cover supplied with it before cooking fried food, etc. Always try to remember to remove the cover when finished.. if you are in your 70's like me, write yourself a note and stick it beside your kitchen light switch. You can read more about this alarm on this link:http://www.amazon.com/First-Alert-SC7010B-Hardwire-Photoelectric/dp/B0080I9TJ2/ref=pd_sim_hi_1?ie=UTF8&refRID;=160N4GV516CMCKZV5S6GRonnie « Show Less
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if you touch the alarm when it's on it will go off and will scare the crap out of the theif before he can turn it off it is very loud. i have placed it to where it can't be seen so there is no chance of anyone turning it off with out alerting me.
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Yes it makes a louder noise...for safety reasons. But if you hold the push button in and turned, then it doesn't really. I would only find this necessary to do though if I needed to be in stealth mode. My kids learned that the sound of the gate related to going up the stairs so they would come running. It was actually nice though since I had triplets and it was a great way to get their attention. I LOVE the gate, by the way.
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These alarms go off at the first vibration and do not stop until you turn it off. They are loud and you have a choice between two alarm sounds. If someone just jiggles your door knob, these will go off.
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Hi Amy,The alarm was loud enough to wake my husband and I up from across the hall, but my son slept right through it every time. We'd have to go wake him up. Quite honestly the alarm is so loud and so close to his ear I was concerned about hearing damage. You really don't want an alarm louder than this one. The volume is adjustable.
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Mom is somewhat hearing impaired and wears hearing aids. If she is wearing the watch on her wrist, she can definitely hear the alarm go off. But sometimes she just puts the watch in her pocket. In that case, most of the time she does not hear the alarm. I can hear it from across the room when it is in her pocket, but she can't. I think the alarm is fairly loud but not super loud. As far as I know, it does not have a vibrate feature.
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The one I purchased is a switch on my key chain. I press on for quiet and off for loud. If you have switch, ask the person who installed it how to turn it on and off.
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The alarm is not quiet. You can hear it quite well. The clock itself is quiet. You can't hear the ticking like you can in some other noisy ones. And I am very happy about that!
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Did you get a manual with your pill box? I think all you do is cancel alarms 3 & 4. You would set alarm 1 and 2 and then when it goes to alarm 3 you press button 2 until you see --:--. It should then go to alarm 4 and you would do the same. This way it just skips alarm 3 & 4. Hope this helps. I don't know about you but this pill box has been great for my mom and me! I had my husband drill little holes through the top to make it louder, too.
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Most of these type alarms have what they call a silence mode. If you push the test button while the alarm is going off it should silence the alarm for a said amount of time, say 5 minutes. What this does is gives you a chance to clear the air from burned toast for example. I will also say that many of these alarms are required to be photo electric which in most cases eliminates "false" alarms such as above. As I tell most of my customers please take the time to read the manuals supplied with the alarms and If you can't understand them have someone you know and trust look at them for you. Hope this helps.
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There is a button on the unit to silence the alarm but it only works if the alarm is going off. There is no setting or button to disable the alarm if that is what you were asking.
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Yes. I have mine set with two alarms. The first one I set the sound level to level 1. What that means is as the light and sound gradually turn on, there is no sound until the very end. Then it is on at level one. Then the second one I set louder, because by then the light usually already wakes me up, so the sound lulls me out of bed if I haven't gotten up already.
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I bought this alarm for my mom. From what I remember about setting it up each alarm is individual you have a Alarm 1 you can set music or beeping sound and same for alarm 2. What I don't remember is if you can do one on weekends and one on every day. I don't believe so but I don't really remember. Sorry I could not be more of help to you.
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I returned this alarm, and I think it's for the same reason you're posting your question: I couldn't turn off the alarm - when triggered - and get it to work in a silent mode. I don't think I could position it so my cat wouldn't set it off, and yet work as intended.
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When it plays music on the alarm function, is it music only, or the alarm sound as well? (I have one that simultaneously also beeps while it's on wake with music, I do not want one like that ever again.)