An entertainment
system comprising a base unit with a
transceiver for interacting, at times, with a
control unit via a communications link, and a
control unit for controlling the base unit, the
control unit being dockable with the base unit to establish direct
electrical connection between them, and including a
transceiver for interacting with the control unit via said link when undocked. The control unit is a separate aspect of the invention or
system. The base unit may contain a
tuner, preferably with bandless tuning capability, and may be designed to receive into a universal docking arrangement a digitally controllable auxiliary audio source such as a portable MP3 player or other device. The base unit may further provide
alarm clock functionality with numerous features including a “fail-safe”
volume control system and fail-safe alarm time setting capability.