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00: Negative UTC-offset time
01: Positive UTC-offset time
Example: The UTC-offset time for USA (Pacific Time)
is -8 hours. That means that the settings in this menu
have to be "03:00:00"
Another example: The UTC-offset time for Germany is
+1 hour. That means that the settings in this menu
have to be "03:00:01"
With button 2 and 3 the value can be set.
If the clock is set to DCF or RTC mode, the entries in
this menu have no function.
Setup Example:
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The value in this menu shall be set to 03:00:01.
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Clock is in day display mode or night power-down
mode.
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Press button 1 (short) to enter the main menu 2.
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Clock stops and displays the current set alarm time.
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Press button 2 twice to reach submenu 2.3.
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Press button 1 (short) to enter the submenu 2.3.
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Press button 2 and button 3 to set the value “xx” to
01.
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Press button 1 long time (0.5 seconds) to leave the
submenu 2.3.
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Press button 1 long time (0.5 seconds) to leave the
main menu 2.
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Clock starts running in day display mode or night
power-down mode.
Submenu 2.4: Setting duration time is
displayed
If this submenu is entered, display shows 04:00:xx
whereas ‘xx’ indicates duration time is displayed. This
value can be set from 00 to 59 seconds.
Value 00 means: Time shall not be displayed.
Accordingly, only date would appear in the display.
Using button 2 and 3 the chosen digit can be set. To
switch to the next position, button 1 must be pressed.
To confirm this step shifting from digit to digit, the
following digit scrolls through by using the flip over
effect. After the last digit, the first digit shall be enabled
again.
Setup Example:
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Value in this menu shall be set to 10 seconds.
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Clock is in day display mode or night power-down
mode.
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Press button 1 (short) to enter the main menu 2.
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Clock stops and displays current set alarm time.
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Press button 2 three times to reach submenu 2.4
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Press button 1 (short) to enter the submenu 2.4.
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Press button 2 (to count up) and button 3 (to count
down) to set the fifth digit (to '1')
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Press button 1 (short) to jump to the sixth digit
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Press button 2 and button 3 to set the sixth digit (to
'0')
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Press button 1 long time (0.5 seconds) to leave the
submenu 2.4.
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Press button 1 long time (0.5 seconds) to leave the
main menu 2.
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Clock starts running in day display mode or night
power-down mode.
Submenu 2.5: Setting duration date is
displayed
If this submenu is entered, display shows 05:00:xx
whereas ‘xx’ indicates duration date is displayed.
This value can be set from 00 to 59 seconds.
Value 00 means: Date shall not be displayed.
Accordingly, only time would appear in the display.
Using button 2 and 3 the chosen digit can be set.
To switch to the next position, button 1 must be
pressed.
To confirm this step shifting from digit to digit, the
following digit scrolls through by using the flip over
effect. After the last digit, the first digit shall be
enabled again.
Setup Example:
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Value in this menu shall be set to 05 seconds.
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Clock is in day display mode or night power-
down mode.
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Press button 1 (short) to enter main menu 2.
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Clock stops and displays current set alarm time.
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Press button 2 four times to reach submenu 2.5
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Press button 1 (short) to enter submenu 2.5.
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Press button 2 (to count up) and button 3 (to
count down) to set fifth digit (to '0')
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Press button 1 (short) to jump to sixth digit
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Press button 2 and button 3 to set the sixth digit
(to '5')
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Press button 1 long time (0.5 seconds) to leave
submenu 2.5.
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Press button 1 long time (0.5 seconds) to leave
main menu 2.
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Clock starts running in day display mode or night
power-down mode.
Submenu 2.6: Setting cross fade and
flip over effect
If this submenu is entered display shows 06:xy:zz.
‘x’ indicates the effect style (no effect, cross fade or
flip over effect).
‘y’ indicates the speed of the effect.
Digits ‘zz’ show the crossfading or flip over effect
as an example. You can watch the different
settings at ‘zz’ while choosing your preferred effect
at ‘xy’.
The effect style settings at position ‘x’ mean the
following:
0: no effect, the digits jump from one to the next.
1: cross fading effect
2: flip over effect
The speed settings at position ‘y’ mean the
following:
1: very fast crossfading or flip over from digit to
digit.
2: fast crossfading or flip over from digit to digit.
