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Setting the alarm

To set the alarm, you choose an alarm time and the type of sound you want to wake up to. The alarm is set when the alarm symbol and the alarm sound symbol are visible on the display.

Note:You can set the light intensity by moving the top dial up or down and you can set the alarm volume by moving the bottom dial up or down. If you do not want to wake up to the lamp or to a sound, select a light intensity or volume level of 0 (shown on the display as ‘OFF’). See sections ‘Using the lamp’ and ‘Radio/volume’ in this chapter.

Tip:When you use the appliance for the first time, set the light intensity to 20.The moment you wake up, check which light intensity level the appliance has reached by slightly moving the top dial up or down. When you do this, the current alarm light intensity level appears on the display. Set the alarm light intensity to this level for the next day.

1Push the control lever down to the middle position to switch on the alarm (Fig. 12).

,, The hour indication of the alarm time flashes (Fig. 13).

,, To adjust the alarm time, follow steps 2 to 5 below. If the alarm time is correct, just wait a few seconds.

2Move the middle dial up or down to select the hour.

Note:You can only do this when the hour indication flashes. If this is not the case, push the control lever up and down again to enter the alarm time function.

Note:You can also use the middle dial to select the alarm time function and set the alarm time (see section ‘Middle dial’ in this chapter).

3Press the middle dial gently and release it to confirm.

,, The minute indication of the alarm time starts to flash (Fig. 14).

4Move the middle dial up or down to select the minutes.

5Press the middle dial gently and release it to confirm or wait for a few seconds.

,, The appliance leaves the menu and the display shows the clock time. The alarm time is now set.

Switching off the alarm

To switch off the alarm, push up the control lever to the top position.

Note:The lamp stays on. Press the top dial gently and release it to switch off the lamp.

Note:The alarm (sound and/or light) automatically switches off after 90 minutes.

Setting the alarm sound

Follow steps 1 to 5 in section ‘Middle dial’ in this chapter. You can choose one of the following sounds:

-- Music from your iPod/iPhone (see section ‘Using your iPpod/iPhone as alarm sound’ below) (Fig. 15).

-- Radio (Fig. 16)

-- Birds (Fig. 17)

-- Beep (Fig. 18)

-- African jungle (Fig. 19) -- Wind chimes (Fig. 20)

Using your iPod/iPhone as alarm sound

1Place your iPod or iPhone in the iPod/iPhone station.

2Select a wake-up song (or album/playlist) on your iPod/iPhone. ,, This song starts playing.

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Philips HF3490/60 manual Switching off the alarm, Setting the alarm sound, Using your iPod/iPhone as alarm sound

HF3490/60, HF3490 specifications

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