Optional Features
In order to keep price of the clock down some extra features are available only as add-ons.
Currently there are two features: Infrared Remote and RFM12b (radio frequency) transceiver.
Infrared Remote
New to Xronos Clock 2.1 is support for Infrared Receiver and ability to control clock functions
with
“keychain” remote control.
Remote duplicates functionality of the arcade buttons and additionally gives ability to decrement
items (i.e. when setting time you can increase or decrease hours/minutes).
Here
’s what each button do:
-
Big Red On/Off button: Same function as MENU button
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Mute (crossed speaker) button: Initiates TALK function (announce Time/Date, etc.).
Additionally this buttons when held for few seconds starts to reprogram remote. More on
this later.
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Up/Down
“CH” buttons: Same function as SET button
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Left/Right
“VOL” buttons: Decrement (new feature) or Increment (same as INCR) button
functions
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AV/TV button: Initiates Announce All Items (same as holding TALK button for longer
than 2 seconds).
Reprogramming:
Remote uses one CR2032 coin battery that should last you a long time. However if battery is
replaced or accidently remodeled, remote might lose its programming and will stop controlling
Xronos clock. Fortunately you can reprogram it. This requires some patience and a little tricky
but can be done. Here
’s procedure:
1. Disable InfoDisplay (Texts scrolling) function by going to User Menu->InfoDisplay and
set frequency to
“Never”
2. Make sure that at least one Talk Item is on (i.e. time announcement)
3. Point remote towards face of the Xronos Clock
4. Press and hold
“Mute” button on the remote.
