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CARE AND MAINTENANCE 

7.1. The Clock Body Care 

The clock body does not need any special care or protection coating 
application throughout the entire service life. To remove the dust accumulated 
off the body and tubes use dry or slightly wet cloth without any detergents. 

Do NOT wash the clock or wipe them with wet cloth! Do NOT wipe the clock 
body with alcohol-containing liquids! 

7.2. Tube Care (Cathode Recovery) 

IN-18 Nixie tubes, like any other glow-discharge tubes, are susceptible to 
cathode poisoning effect. This effect is demonstrated in case of the long-term 
glow of one digit in the tube which results in the oxidation of the local areas 
of the tube cathodes. This effect is manifested as non-uniform glow areas in 
the digit as shown in the picture below. 

 

In AiV Nixie clock cathode recovery mode is provided. The cathodes are 
recovered by means of their multi-hour heating caused by increased current. 
The recovery should be performed for each tube and each digit in the tube. 
Only one digit may be recovered at a time. The clock function hereby is not 
accessible. Depending on the poisoning degree the recovery of each digit may 
take from 1 to 10 hours. 

Summary of Contents for Nixie

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Page 2: ...cleaning and care Put the clock in the locations not accessible for children aged under 8 Do not allow the children to play with the clock or disassemble it Make sure the power supply cord does not ha...

Page 3: ...utton 15 5 4 Manufacturers Values Reset 16 6 Functions 17 6 1 Digit Scroll During The Minute Change 17 6 2 First Zero Display 17 6 3 Date Year Display 17 6 4 Night Mode 17 6 5 Day Mode 17 6 6 Tube Bri...

Page 4: ...4 AiV Nixie Clock delivery set 1 AiV Nixie clock No 1 2 IN 18 Nixie tubes No 4 3 AC power adaptor 12 V 1 A No 1 4 User Manual No 1 5 Warranty Card No 1 6 Package No 1...

Page 5: ...2 INTRODUCTION AiV Nixie electronic clock is intended to display exact time using the data from GLONASS GPS satellite navigation system using a built in receiver with an active antenna ensuring the re...

Page 6: ...and degradation like accumulators Built in adjustable RGB illumination Stylish appearance Night lamp function Touch slider Convenient and fast set up illumination brightness adjustment Electronic com...

Page 7: ...OLS 2 4 5 6 3 3 1 1 The clock wooden body 2 Steel pedestal 3 IN 18 Nixie tubes hours minutes 4 Divider second mark 5 Touch slider 6 LED RGB illumination 7 12 V power terminal 8 TIME button 9 MENU butt...

Page 8: ...leave it for 2 hours at room temperature Remember that the clock wooden body is extremely susceptible to the environmental impacts IN 18 Nixie Tube Installation Install IN 18 Nixie tubes into the soc...

Page 9: ...e relevant contacts of the clock terminal perform the indicator final installation by the vertical pressing onto it with a slight effort until it stops holding the clock body Positioning Location Sele...

Page 10: ...Connect the AC power adaptor The clock will be switched on and start working During the first actuation wait until the clock identify the satellites and automatically set the exact time It may take f...

Page 11: ...gation or changing the parameter current value Use to enter the menu section or save the current value To exit the set up mode press and hold 5 1 TIME Button Press and hold TIME button the switch the...

Page 12: ...4 Set the current year using and buttons or the slider Press 5 Set the current month using and buttons or the slider Press 6 Set the current date using and buttons or the slider Press to exit the time...

Page 13: ...9 UTC 10 23 UTC 10 10 UTC 11 24 UTC 11 11 UTC 12 25 UTC 12 12 UTC 13 13 5 2 MENU Button Press and hold MENU button to enter the clock operation parameter main menu Press and for the navigation over t...

Page 14: ...F time Setting the time of the Night mode de actuation 7 00 7 Tube brightness in the Night mode Tube glow brightness 0 10 5 If the Brightness is 0 the tubes will be completely off in the night time 8...

Page 15: ...saved The first of the colours saved is the user one It is followed by six preset colours The last one is the mode of the smooth colour change mode The illumination colours are set in HSB Hue Saturati...

Page 16: ...ault brightness using and buttons or the slider Press to exit the user colour settings mode Possible brightness values are 0 255 5 4 Manufacturers Values Reset If the clock setting resulted in the wro...

Page 17: ...on 7 2 6 4 Night Mode Night mode enables reducing the tube glow and illumination brightness for a better comfort in the night time Set the time of the Night mode as well the tube glow and illumination...

Page 18: ...8 Nixie tube glow brightness Reduced brightness extends the tube service life and substantially reduces the power consumption 6 7 GLONASS GPS Satellite Loss Indication If within 24 hours the clock did...

Page 19: ...tible to cathode poisoning effect This effect is demonstrated in case of the long term glow of one digit in the tube which results in the oxidation of the local areas of the tube cathodes This effect...

Page 20: ...he tube 7 The Nixie tube recovery process will start Hereby the tube will glow brighter and heat stronger It is necessary to visually check the recovery process end For this purpose the cathode recove...

Page 21: ...tor is faulty replace it for a similar one Nixie Tubes Symptom Possible Reason and Troubleshooting Method The second mark started blinking twice a second The clock did not determine the time by the sa...

Page 22: ...s is the time of the GLONASS GPS system satellites orbit around the Earth It is possible that the time will be determined at a certain satellites position The time was not identified in the selected l...

Page 23: ...nuous current 650 mA Maximum constant power consumption 7 8 W Constant power consumption in Day mode 0 3 W Mechanical Specifications Outline dimensions L W H 268 89 128 mm Package outline dimensions L...

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