Worse than that... it's designed so that you can't adjust the time on the clock either.
So if your clock time is wrong (as mine was in a recent stay.. by about 4 hours).. you have to call housekeeping to have them come change the time. What a pain if you're arriving from a late (delayed) flight and want to get to sleep before a early (6 am) meeting.
Yes, there are design flaws.. but I LOVE :-: :-: :-: :-: :-: the ability to plug my IPod in and listen to commercial free rnovak radio!!!