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INVENTORY OF CONTENTS
1. Radio-controlled analog clock with weather forecast
2. Instruction manual and warranty card
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)
1. One AA alkaline battery
2. Two AAA alkaline batteries
3. One screw for wall mounting clock
ABOUT WWVB (Radio Controlled Time)
The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology—Time and Frequency
Division) WWVB radio station is located in Ft. Collins, Colorado, and transmits the exact
time signal continuously throughout the United States at 60 kHz. The signal can be
received up to 2, 000 miles away through the internal antenna in the clock. However, due
to the nature of the Earth’s Ionosphere, reception is very limited during daylight hours.
The clock will search for a signal every night when reception is best. The WWVB radio
station derives its signal from the NIST Atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. A team of
atomic physicists is continually measuring every second, of every day, to an accuracy of
ten billionths of a second per day. These physicists have created an international
standard, measuring a second as 9,192,631,770 vibrations of a Cesium-133 atom in a
vacuum. For more information about WWVB please see the NIST website at
http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm
DETAILED SET UP GUIDE
1. Battery Installation
There are two locations for batteries on the clock
a. The analog clock requires one AA battery for operation
b. The battery is inserted on the back of the clock above the four time zone
buttons.
c. After the battery is inserted press the desired time zone button.
d. The weather LCD requires two AAA batteries for operation.
e. The battery compartment is located directly above the “SET ºC/ºF” button
on the back of the clock.
Note: Ensure that the correct polarity is followed when inserting the batteries
into each location.