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Introduction
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This appliance helps you wake up feeling fitter and more energetic. It creates a summer dawn experience that makes awakening and getting up easier.The light intensity slowly increases to the chosen level during 30 minutes. Light in the morning increases the production of the cortisol hormone that makes you feel more energetic when you wake up.You can have the appliance wake you up by light only or by light and sound.The appliance can also be used as a reading lamp.
Light and the biological clock
Exposure to light regulates the biological clock that controls the body’s circadian rhythms.The melatonin level rises in the evening, preparing our body for sleep and lowering the core body temperature.The light in the morning stimulates the secretion of the hormone cortisol, which makes us awake and alert. Optimally, the circadian rhythms are in sync with our
The effects of dawn simulation
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General description (Fig. 1)
ABase
BVents
CLamp housing
DTop control panel
1SNOOZE/SCREEN BRIGHTNESS CONTROL button
2 @& button (light on/off)
3 3 button (light and sound on/off)
4 # button (sound off)
E 100W lamp (HF3462/HF3461) or 75W lamp (HF3451)
F Lamp replacement hatch G Bottom control panel
1 @ wheel (turn to set the light intensity)
2 ALARM button
3 RADIO button (HF3462/HF3461 only)
4 QUICK CHECK button
5 $ wheel (turn to set volume) H Display section
1 % button
2 Time indication