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Starting countdown
Press
START/STOP
to start the countdown. The unit announces the time remaining to
00:00:00 according to the following schedule: for example “five minutes left”:
Time remaining - more than 60 minutes- voice announcement: every hour.
Time remaining - less than 60 minutes - voice announcement: every ten minutes.
Time remaining – less than 10 minutes - voice announcement: every minute.
Time remaining – less than 1 minute - voice announcement: every ten seconds.
Time remaining – less than ten seconds - voice announcement: every second.
When countdown reaches 00:00:00, the alarm will sound for one minute and the unit
will then count up and announces how much time it is over 00:00:00 according to the
schedule above. For example the unit announces “2 minutes over” when it exceeds
00:00:00 by two minutes.
Pausing/stopping countdown
To start or pause the countdown, press
START/STOP
during countdown. To resume,
press
START/STOP
again.
Resetting countdown time
To reset the countdown time, first stop the countdown (if it is still counting down) by
pressing
START/STOP
, and then press
CLEAR
to reset to 00:00:00.
Auto-repeat
This function allows you to re-start the countdown automatically after reaching
00:00:00. It is a very useful feature for repetitive activities such as taking medicine
every four hours, doing a series of exercises, allowing ten minutes for each or
checking experiments every 20 minutes.
1. Follow the previous instructions for setting the countdown timer.
2. Move the two-way
REPEAT
switch to
YES
(left) position.
3. Press
START/STOP
to start the countdown. The unit announces the time remaining
to 00:00:00 and re-starts the countdown over and over again.
When counting down to 00:00:00, depending on the count-down time you set, different
alarms will be used.
Countdown set greater than two minutes: alarm sounds for 1 minute at 00:00:00.
Countdown set 2 minutes greater than 10 seconds: alarm beeps twice at
00:00:00.
Countdown less than 10 seconds: alarm beeps once at 00:00:00.