Nixie Dream VFD Tube Clock V1.00 Operation Manual
FIRST START AND SELF CHECK
Plug in the power connector of the supplied power adapter to the socket on the backside of the clock.
The clock will shortly beep indicating its firmware is run successfully and run the
“Tube Test
Mode”.
This mode is intended to let you see if all the tubes are working correctly by cycling through the digits
00:00:00 to 99:99:99.
After the test is completed the clock will turn into its normal operation
“Clock Mode”
and show a
default time.
CLOCK
BUTTON’S
FUNCTION
Core clock settings are carried with two buttons located on the rear left side of the upper part of the
casing. Alternatively the clocks settings can be carried out with the supplied IR remote control plus the
remote control is used for operational options, e.g., activating tube
’
s lighting, changing nixie effects,
etc. For all remote control functions please refer to the REMORE CONTROL section in this manual.
Normally the clock is always
in “Clock Mode”
showing the time. If you press buttons for differing lengths,
different things will happen. MODE button has three functions, SET button has two functions, please
see the table below for details.
MODE BUTTON
“Brief Press”
of MODE button (less than 1 second, short beep will indicate a press): lets you switch
between different underneath tubes lighting. Press it repeatedly to cycle through RGB lighting and
‘
Flickering Candle
’
effect. In RGB mode the colours are changing automatically. When RGB lighting is
active, every next button press will stop the colours changing and keep the selected colour.
