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Winter to summer time = second Sunday of March at 2am local time.
Summer to Winter time = first Sunday of November at 2am local time.
Australia Zone
“mode_aus” (Sydney).
Winter to summer time = first Sunday of October at 2am local time.
Summer to Winter time = first Sunday of April at 3am local time.
Without seasonal change “mode_gmt”.
No summer/winter changeover.
The GMT function imposes an offset between the time received in
coded time (radio or AFNOR message) and the time displayed.
Validate this option with the [SEL] button.
Menu only operational for radio synchronised or AFNOR/Irig-B in mode LOC models.
Setting the offset in GMT mode
The offset can be adjusted by pressing [+]. The value to be chosen is
between -12 h 30 and +12 h 30 by increments of 0 h 30.
The time displayed = GMT + or - x hours.
N.B. : for independent clocks (without external synchronisation), this adjustment is
inactive. The time is adjusted only via the time setting menu and the geographic zone
selection.
A independent clock in GMT zone = no seasonal changeover.
A independent clock in xx zone = seasonal changeover according to the zone.
Seasonal change programmable
on “mode_prg”
This menu enables you to programme the dates of summer/winter time changes. It allows
you to determine the start of the summer period (points 1 to 3) then the start of the winter
period (point 4 and following points) :
1) Go to mode_prg and press [SEL] : the number of the month flashes.
Press [+] to select the month.
2) Press [SEL] : “Order” flashes. Order denotes the sequence number
for the day of the week
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(from 1 to 5 according to the months) (order “5”
always denotes the last week).
The value “F” gives the choice of a fixed date.
3) Having determined the Order, press [SEL] : the “number of the day”
flashes.
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Choice of a day of the week
(Order from 1 to 7) : press [+] and
select one of the values between 1 (Monday) and 7 (Sunday)
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Choice of a fixed date
(Order = F) : press [+] and select a value
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Example of Order calculation : the second Monday of the month and
the second Thursday of the month will each have an Order of “2”. While
the last Tuesday in June has an Order of “5” since there are no more than
5 weeks in a month.
