Radio Shack ACR-326 owner manual Setting the World Times

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Note: Changing the date automati- cally changes the month, the day of the week, and the year. The calen- dar automatically adjusts for a leap year, also.

5. Press MODE to store the setting.

“Resetting Your Local Time Zone” on Page 7.

3.Press UP to select a city (time zone) east of your location. Press DOWN to select a city west of your location.

4.Press MODE to store your selection.

SETTING THE WORLD

TIMES

For the purpose of timekeeping, the globe is divided into 24 time zones. The zone where Greenwich, England is lo- cated is considered the starting zone (represented by 12:00 in the chart on Page 15). The time in every other zone is set based on the time in Greenwich, England; therefore, the times were de- scribed as “Greenwich Mean Time” (GMT).

For clarity, the “GMT” reference was re- cently changed to “UTC,” which stands for Universal Time Coordinate. The ra- dio station WWVB transmits the time based on the starting UTC time zone (12:00). By setting your local city, you program the clock a certain number of hours ahead or behind the UTC starting point. The clock’s initial setting of LAX (for example) is –8 hours with respect to the UTC.

Follow these steps to set a second (world) time zone.

1.Press MODE six times. The time appears and another city (in a differ- ent time zone) appears.

2.Select a city that is in the desired world time zone from the chart in

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Contents ACR-326 Features Connecting AC POWER/ Setting Your Local Time Zone Installing a Backup BatteryPreparation Fm Page 4 Friday, January 14, 2000 932 AM Quick Look AT the Controls Control Panel SwitchesAutomatic TIME/DATE Setting Setting Up the AntennaAuto-Setting the Clock Resetting Your Local Time Zone Checking the Signal StatusDaylight Savings Time DST You See City Manually Setting the ClockSetting the World Times Using the Alarms Using the RadioSetting the Alarms OperationUsing the Sleep Timer Using the AlarmsUsing Snooze FCC Wants YOU to Know Resetting the ClockCare and Maintenance Specifications UTC Time Zone Chart RadioShack Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas