Radio Shack Talking Alarm Clock Thermometer with 199-Year Calendar User Manual

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    Owner ’s m anu al p le a s e re ad be fo re us in g t h is eq ui pme n t. Talking clock/ thermometer with 199-year calendar 63-961a.Fm page 1 friday, may 19, 2000 7:13 am.

  • Page 2: Contents

    2 ˆ contents features .............................................. 3 preparation ......................................... 5 installing the batteries ................... 5 setting the time and date ............ 8 operation .......................................... 11 announcing the time and tempe...

  • Page 3: Features

    3 features ˆ features your radioshack talking alarm clock/ thermometer combines an attractive de- sign with advanced technology. It is ideal for your bedroom, kitchen, office, or in al- most any room. The clock’s features include: large display — the 2 5 / 8 - × 1 7 / 8 -inch liq- uid crystal displa...

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    4 features voice announcements — announces the time and temperature at the touch of a button. Daily alarm and three calendar alarms — let you set alarms to sound daily or on a specific date and at times you set. Variety of alarm sounds — lets you se- lect from 15 melodies at three different pitches ...

  • Page 5: Preparation

    5 preparation ˆ preparation installing the batteries your clock requires two aa batteries (not supplied) for power. For the best perfor- mance and longest life, we recommend radioshack alkaline batteries. Cautions: • use only fresh batteries of the required size and recommended type. • do not mix ol...

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    6 preparation rechargeable batteries of different capacities. Follow these steps to install the batteries. 1. Remove the battery compartment cover by pressing the cover’s tab in the direction of the arrow and lifting the cover. 2. Insert two batteries in the compart- ment as indicated by the polarit...

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    7 preparation 3. Replace the cover. If the clock’s sound weakens or the dis- play dims, replace the batteries. Warning: dispose of old batteries promptly and properly. Do not burn or bury them. Caution: if you do not plan to use the clock for a month or more, remove the batteries. Batteries can leak...

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    8 preparation setting the time and date notes: • if you do not press a key for about 1 minute, the clock automatically returns to the current time/tempera- ture display. • if you enter a wrong setting, press set to reset. 63-961a.Fm page 8 friday, may 19, 2000 7:13 am.

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    9 preparation follow these steps to set the correct time and date. 1. Repeatedly press mode until you hear “time set.” time flashes on the display. 2. Press set to set the hour. You hear “hour set.” 3. Repeatedly press (or hold down) up or down to select the hour. 63-961a.Fm page 9 friday, may 19, 2...

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    10 preparation 4. Press set to store the hour. You hear “minute set.” 5. Repeat steps 1–4 to set the minutes, year, month, day, and date. 6. When you finish, press mode once to complete the setting. The clock beeps four times and the display returns to the time/temperature. With the time/temperature...

  • Page 11: Operation

    11 operation ˆ operation announcing the time and temperature to hear the time or temperature, press talking . The clock chimes and announces the current time and temperature. Adjusting the clock’s volume slide volume lo/hi toward hi to increase the volume or lo to decrease the volume. 63-961a.Fm pag...

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    12 operation selecting the alarm sound you can set the clock to sound a rooster crow or one of 15 melodies when the alarm goes off. Slide the / switch to for a rooster crow, or to for a melo- dy. There are 15 different melodies that you can either listen to or select as an alarm sound. 1. Interlude ...

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    13 operation 9. Ballade 10. Beautiful dreamer 11. Love story 12. Godfather 13. Tchaikovsky 14. A time for us 15. Dolly’s dreaming and awakening follow these steps to select a melody as an alarm sound. 1. Slide / to . 63-961a.Fm page 13 friday, may 19, 2000 7:13 am.

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    14 operation 2. Press music . The clock beeps and the number of the melody last played appears under music . To listen to the same melody contin- uously, press music again so repeat appears. Note: if repeat does not appear, the melodies will play in sequence. 3. Press set then up or down to select t...

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    15 operation 4. Press talking to listen to the mel- ody. To select another melody, press up or down . Press alarm to stop playing the melody. 5. Press mode to confirm your melody setting. The clock returns to the cur- rent time/temperature display. To check the preset melody at any time, hold down s...

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    16 operation notes: • to increase the playing speed, repeatedly press tempo . To increase the pitch, repeatedly press tone . • you can change the tempo or tone before you start the melody or while the melody is playing. Using the alarm the clock has four alarm types. Alarm 1: sounds daily at a prese...

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    17 operation setting the daily alarm (alarm 1) repeatedly press mode until the clock announces “alarm one set”. Alarm 1 flashes. Follow the steps in “setting the time and date” on page 8 to set the desired alarm time. At the time you set, the clock announces the alarm time. If you selected the roost...

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    18 operation if you selected the melody as the alarm sound, the alarm automatically turns off when the melody is finished. To silence the alarm sooner, press talking . To turn off the alarm so it does not sound the next day or reset the current alarm time, repeatedly press mode until the de- sired d...

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    19 operation in addition to setting the alarm, you can also set the month and date. After you set the alarm, press alarm to turn on the alarm. The clock announces which alarm you have set. For example, if you set alarm 2, the clock announces “alarm 2 on.” to return to the time/temperature display, r...

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    20 operation using calendar alarms as daily alarms to set a calendar alarms as a daily alarm, follow the steps in “setting the calendar alarms (alarms 2, 3, and 4)” on page 18 except in addition to setting the alarm time, you can specify the year, month, and date. Simply press up or down to select t...

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    21 operation alarm sounds, press talking to tempo- rarily silence it. The alarm sounds twice every 4 minutes after the preset alarm. To turn off snooze, slide snooze off/on to off . Viewing the calendar to scroll through the calendar one month at a time, repeatedly press up or down . 63-961a.Fm page...

  • Page 22: Care

    22 care to return to the present year and month, press mode once or wait 1 minute. ˆ care keep the talking alarm clock/thermom- eter dry; if it gets wet, wipe it dry immedi- ately. Use and store the thermometer only in normal temperature environ- ments. Handle the thermometer carefully; do not drop ...

  • Page 23: Specifications

    23 specifications forming as it should, take it to your local radioshack store for assistance. ˆ specifications power ................................. Two aa batteries clock accuracy ...................................... ± 0.67 operating temperature ........... 16°f to 128°f (–9°c to 54°c) dimensi...

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    05a00 63-961 printed in china a limited one-year warranty this product is warranted by radioshack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from radioshack company-owned stores and authorized radioshack franchisees and deale...