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Radio-controlled alarm clock with analogue alarm time setting
Safety instructions
• Swallowing batteries can be life-threatening
Therefore, keep the batteries and clock out of the reach of small children.
If a battery is swallowed, seek medical assistance immediately.
• Keep children away from the packaging material. There is a risk of suffocation!
• Do not disassemble, throw into fire or short-circuit the battery.
Other instructions
• Do not subject the clock to large temperature deviations, moisture, direct
solar irradiation over a long period, dust, or impact.
How your new radio-controlled alarm clock works
The precise time is transmitted by the official German DCF77 transmitter.
The transmitter is located in Mainflingen, near Frankfurt am Main. It transmits
on 77.5 kHz long wave, in a radius of approximately 1,500 km.
Commissioning
1. Open the battery compartment
2. Insert a 1.5 V AA alkaline battery with the correct polarity
3. Close the battery compartment
Once you have inserted the battery, it may occur that you hear a short alarm
sound while the hands move to 4:00,8:00 or 12 o'clock position, depending on
which position is reached from the start position quickest. After this the
receiver will be switched on automatically. During the reception period, which
lasts a few minutes, the hands remain in their position. The complete procedure
involving the hands moving to the exact time lasts up to 5 minutes.
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Outside Germany, the daily automatic time synchronisation with the time signal
transmitter may take place at night.
Please never keep the upper button pressed down when inserting the battery.
In case of doubt repeat the starting procedure.
Possible sources of interference
As is the case for any radio-controlled receiver, the radio-controlled alarm
clock may also be subject to certain reception restrictions and transmitter
interferences.
Interference may be caused by, for example, thunderstorms or metal construc-
tion elements.
As well as unshielded household devices, television sets and personal compu-
ters could be mentioned as sources of interference in the household.
Temporary downtimes of the transmitter may also occur.
Note for use on long journeys (outside of Europe)
Please note that the battery should not be taken out during your journey,
because the current time information could get lost if this happens. It is not
generally possible to set the time manually.
Summertime/wintertime
Adjustment from summer to winter time and vice versa occurs automatically via
the time signal transmitter.
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