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This thing is a piece of junk - and I do not use that word lightly. Like the other reviewer, I went through two units with display problems, but even had the dispaly worked correctly, there were pleanty of other problems with the fundemental design of the thing to send it back. A few of the "highlights" 1) Increadibly silly and difficult programming. The instructions are not only unclear, but in some cases, flat out wrong. AND, if you're finally successful in programming it, the program is erased when you remove the batteries. 2) Impossible to clean the mechanism's interior and the bowl can not be removed to clean at the sink. 3) The minimum amount it dispenses at a time is too much in the case of our cat. AND he was able to dislodge food by getting his paw up in the dispensing chute! So much for diet control! And a little dangerous, I fear. There were other silly things, but those are what come to mind. It's obnoxious that a company would put something like this on the market. Hopefully the time I've taken in writing this will save others the frustration.