Next the flashing indicator tells
you to set the date, beginning
with the year. Press
UP
or
DOWN
until you arrive at the correct
year, then press
SET
. Then use
the
UP
or
DOWN
buttons to scroll
to the correct month, and press
SET
. Finally, press
UP
or
DOWN
to
input the day of the month, and
press
SET
. (The day of the week
adjusts automatically according
to the date you have set.)
CHOOSING
12-
OR
24
HOUR
CLOCK AND DATE DISPLAYS
You
can choose to have the time dis-
played according to either the
12 or the 24 hour clock system.
You can also choose between
two formats for displaying the
date,
YYYY
/
MM
/
DD
or
DD
/
MM
/
YYYY
. (For example,
2003 4 29
can be changed to
29 4 2003
.) With the alarm
disabled, press
SET
six times
until 12
HOUR
or 24
HOUR
appears at the top of the screen.
Press
UP
or
DOWN
repeatedly
until both the time display and
the date display are in the format
you prefer. You can press
SET
to
exit this menu, or simply wait 10
seconds until the main display
returns to the screen.
Or, after setting the time and
date and pressing
SET
, you’ll see
that either 12
HOUR
or 24
HOUR
appears then at the top of the
screen. Press
UP
or
DOWN
repeat-
edly to select the desired date
and time formats, and then press
SET
. (If you don’t wish to
change the current setting, sim-
ply press
SET
.) To escape this
menu, press
SET
twice, or wait 10
seconds until the LCD returns to
the main display.
CHOOSING
FAHRENHEIT OR
CENTIGRADE
When the alarm is
disabled, press
SET
repeatedly
until either
FAHR
or
CENT
appears
at the top of the screen. Next
push
UP
or
DOWN
once to select
the alternate temperature indica-
tor. Then press
SET
, or just wait
ten seconds, allowing the LCD
to return to the main display.
Or, after setting the time, date
and 12 or 24 hour clock, you’ll
see that either c
ENTIGRADE
or
FAHRENHEIT
will flash at the top
of the display. You can use the
UP
or
DOWN
buttons also at this time
to change the setting, and then
press
SET
. (If you don’t wish to
change the current setting, sim-
ply press
SET
.)
SETTING THE ALARM ON LOCAL
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than a second, and you’ll see
that city’s country name, coun-
try telephone code and area code
alternate with the monthly mean
temperature.
TIME
In the center of the LCD,
the current hour, minute and sec-
onds are shown for the selected
time zone. (The time will adjust
as the globe is turned.) If the
alarm function is set, the display
shows the alarm time.
DATE AND DAY OF THE WEEK
The date and day of the week in
a time zone are shown below the
time display. You can select from
two formats,
MM
/
DD
/
YYYY
or
YYYY
/
DD
/
MM
).
DST
If the city you have selected
operates on Daylight Saving
Time, World Time Globe auto-
matically adds one hour to stan-
dard time and displays
DST
on
the LCD. If a city doesn't operate
on Daylight Saving Time, or if
DST is not currently in effect for
that location, World Time Globe
knows to subtract an hour to
revert to standard time. (You can
also enable or disable the
DST
function if necessary. See page
10.)
SETTING YOUR LOCAL TIME AND
DATE
First check that the alarm
is off. (No bell should be on the
display.) If the alarm is enabled,
press
ALARM ON
/
OFF
once to dis-
able it.
Next position the Time Zone Bar
by the city or location you are in.
(You can verify that you have
positioned the bar appropriately
by pressing
CITY
. Names of
cities which share your time
zone should appear consecutive-
ly on the screen.)
Then press
SET
. (
SET TIME
should
appear at the top of the display
and the hour digit will flash.)
Use the
UP
or
DOWN
buttons to
scroll through the numbers until
you arrive at the correct hour,
and press
SET
. (If you don’t need
to change the hour, simply press
SET
a second time to jump to the
minutes.) Next the minutes will
flash. Press
UP
or
DOWN
to scroll
through numbers until you arrive
at the correct minutes. (If you
don’t need to change the min-
utes, simply press
SET
a second
time to jump to the date.) Press
SET
.
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5. Using the
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