Turning Off Automatic Time Setting

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ALARM 8 CLOCK ZONE

If you move to an area where the time- setting signal is unavailable, you can turn off automatic time setting. Hold down ZONE for about 3 seconds until disappears.

Manually Setting the Time, Date, and Language

When you turn off automatic time setting or if the clock does not receive a good radio signal, you can set the time and date manually.

Important: Good radio signal reception overrides the manual setting. If you do not want this to happen, turn off auto- matic time setting. (See “Turning Off Au- tomatic Time Setting.”)

Note: If you do not press a button for about 2 minutes, the clock returns to the current time display.

1.Repeatedly press ZONE to select the desired time zone.

2.Hold down CLOCK until the hour dig- its flash.

3.Repeatedly press (or hold down) 8 to advance the hour digits.

Note: AM appears for an AM time and PM appears for a PM time.

4.Press CLOCK. The minute digits flash.

5.Repeatedly press 8 to advance the minute digits.

ON/OFF

6.Press CLOCK. The year digits flash.

7.Repeatedly press 8 to advance the year setting.

8.Press CLOCK. The month digits flash.

9.Repeatedly press 8 to advance the month digits.

10.Press CLOCK. The date digits flash.

11.Repeatedly press 8 to advance the date digits.

12.Press CLOCK. A letter representing the language used for the day of the week flashes.

13.Repeatedly press 8 to select the desired language (E = English, F = French, S = Spanish).

14.Press CLOCK to store the setting. The time, month, and date appear.

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