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2012
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6. Day Display Mode
In day display mode tubes show the time or, if
programmed, the display alternates between time and
date or only shows the date. The colons show what is
programmed in the corresponding user menu
(described later). The brightness of the tubes and
colons is as set in submenu 2.8. While the cathode
poisoning prevention cycles the tube brightness is
100% but colons are switched off.
The LED floor lighting is switched on, if this is
programmed in the corresponding user menus. The
brightness of the LEDs is as set in Submenu 2.9.
If a GPS or DFC receiver is connected and the clock is
set to DCF/GPS mode in the corresponding user menu
the time and date is automatically synchronized to the
GPS/DCF signal.
If button 3 is pressed, date is displayed compulsorily
for 3 seconds.
If button 2 is pressed time is displayed compulsorily for
3 seconds.
7. NPD Mode (Night power-down mode)
In night power-down mode the tubes, colons and LEDs
are dimmed (or switched off) to the level, set in
Submenu 2.10 and 2.11, and, if tube brightness level
set to 0% the 170V power supply is switched off. RTC,
GPS/DCF still run in the back end of course.
While the cathode poisoning prevention cycles the
tube brightness is 100% but colons are switched off.
But, if tube brightness is set to 0% in submenu 2.10
the cathode poisoning prevention is switched off
completely, too.
If button 3 is pressed, date is displayed compulsorily
for 3 seconds with brightness level set in submenu
2.10. If brightness level set in submenu 2.10 is 0%
(tubes off) and button 3 is pressed, date is displayed
compulsorily for 3 seconds with brightness level set in
submenu 2.8.
If button 2 is pressed, time is displayed compulsorily
for 3 seconds with brightness level set in submenu
2.10. If brightness level set in submenu 2.10 is 0%
(tubes off) and button 3 is pressed, time is displayed
compulsorily for 3 seconds with brightness level set in
submenu 2.8.
8. Menu Navigation (Program mode)
There are 2 main menus.
•
Main menu 1: General settings
(settings which
are normally only made once ("set and forget"-
settings))
•
Main menu 2: Regularly recurring settings
(settings which may be done more than once by the
user)
How to enter the main menus:
To enter main menu 1
, clock must be in day display
mode or night power-down mode, and
button 1 must
be pressed long time
(0.5 seconds).
To enter main menu 2
, clock must be in day display
mode or night power-down mode, and
button 1 must
be pressed shortly
.
In program mode, tubes show the settings as
described later in the menus, brightness of the
tubes and colons is 100%, except in the menus
where the tube brightness is set.
In program mode, crossfade effect and flip over
effect are not active, except in the menu where the
crossfade effect and flip over effect show the
programmed effect variant.
In program mode, the separators (all 4 dots)
continuously flash in rhythm 0.25 seconds on/0.25
seconds off, except in the separator settings menu
where the separators show the programmed
lighting variant.
In program mode, LEDs are always switched off
completely, except in the LED settings menus
where the LEDs show the programmed lighting
variant and in the menus where the LED brightness
is set.
If in program mode, after 3 minutes no button
action has been done by the user, the clock returns
to day display mode or night power-down mode.
Exception: If Submenu 1.3 is entered, the clock will
remain there, without switching back.
9. Enter and Navigate Submenus
Main menus can be entered as described above.
Once a main menu has been entered, submenus
can be switched through
upward by pressing
button 2 and downward by pressing button 3
.
After the end of a menu line it will start with the first
menu point and vice versa.
This is the menu tree:
•
Main menu 1 (general settings)
1.1 Setting RTC time manually
1.2 Setting RTC date manually
1.3 Setting of the operating mode
(RTC/GPS/DCF77)
1.4 Setting the time display variant (12h/24h)
1.5 Setting the date display variant
(DD.MM.YY/MM.DD.YY/YY.MM.DD/
YY.DD.MM)
1.6 Setting of blanking the leading zero
1.7 Setting of the cathode poisoning prevention
•
Main menu 2 (regularly recurring settings)
2.1 Setting alarm time
2.2 Setting of the UTC-offset time (only for
GPS-mode)
2.3 Setting of the UTC-offset polarity and (only
for GPS-mode)
2.4 Setting duration time is displayed
2.5 Setting duration date is displayed
2.6 Setting cross fade and flip over effect
2.7 Setting of the colon effects
(off/on/fading/flashing)
2.8 Setting of the tubes and colon brightness
for day display mode
2.9 Setting of the LED floor lighting brightness
for day display mode
2.10 Setting of the tubes and colon brightness
for night power-down mode
