Excalibur GB01 User manual

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Excalibur World Time Globe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: Installing or Replacing Batteries . . . . . page 4
CHAPTER 2: World Time Globe Structure. . . . . . . . page 4
CHAPTER 3: Function of Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
CHAPTER 4: Understanding the LCD display . . . . . . page 6
CHAPTER 5: Using the buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
Setting local time
Choosing the clock and date displays
Choosing Fahrenheit or Centigrade
Setting the alarm on local time
International alarm clock
Turning daylight saving time on or off
Viewing information on cities within a time zone
Displaying home time
Adjusting the time zone
CHAPTER 6: Special Care & Handling . . . . . . . . . page 13
CHAPTER 7: Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 13
CHAPTER 8: Limited 90-Day Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 14
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Congratulations on your purchase of Excalibur
Electronic’s World Time Globe. Simply
align the globe’s Time Zone Bar with a city
and watch as that city’s current time appears on the
LCD, along with other information, such as the coun-
try name, local date, day of the week, and even the
city’s monthly mean temperature. Then spin the
globe slowly and watch as the hour, day and date
change. We’re sure you’ll agree—not only is your
new globe beautiful to look at, it’s fascinating and
educational as well!
The legendary King
Arthur brandished a
magic sword, Excalibur,
from which we take our
company name. With
this unique weapon in his
hands, he could not be
vanquished.
Although Excalibur
Electronics can’t claim
the magical secrets of
Merlin, King Arthur’s
court wizard, sometimes
our patented technology
may make it seem as if
we could.
We make you think.

World Time Globe’s buttons are
easy to use.
SET This button is used to set or
change the time, year, month,
date, 12 or 24 hour clock system,
Centigrade/Fahrenheit and alarm
time. If you press this button and
then take no further action, after
10 seconds the World Time
Globe returns to the display
mode showing city names.
RESET/up Press this button to
select a city representing your
HOME TIME. Press this button also
to increase numbers when set-
ting the date or time, to select
Centigrade or Fahrenheit, and to
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Layout of World Globe
3. Functions of Buttons
1. Installing or Replacing Batteries
Batteries should be installed only
by an adult. Excalibur’s World
Time Globe requires 4 AA batter-
ies. To install batteries, carefully
lay the World Globe on its side
on a soft surface, such as a towel
or magazine. You’ll find the bat-
tery compartment on the bottom
of the unit.
Use a small Phillips screwdriver
to remove the screw. Lift off the
battery compartment lid. Install 4
AA batteries, making sure to
match the polarity (+ and -) with
the diagram inside the battery
compartment. Place the battery
compartment lid’s tabs in their
slots and snap the compartment
door back on. Replace the screw
and tighten it gently.
Special Note: When you replace
the batteries, the city you may
have chosen to display on your
screen could return to the first
city listed in the preset sequence.
In this case, simply press the CITY
button until you see the name of
the city you want to have dis-
played. Likewise, if you previ-
ously elected to have HOME TIME
displayed for your time zone
rather than a city name, you’ll
need to press the RESET button
once quickly to display HOME
TIME again on the screen. (See
page 11.)
Remember to install fresh batter-
ies if you have adjusted the con-
trast and the LCD display
remains difficult to read.
Time Zone Bar Align the city
you would like information
about along this bar. The local
time will appear on the LCD,
plus more information about the
city.
The Globe The globe provides
you a map of the world which
can be spun. Turning the globe
changes the axis of time.
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
Your display screen provides
information about cities includ-
ing name, local time and date,
GMT, current day of the week,
country name, country code, area
code and monthly mean temper-
ature. It also shows the time set
2. World Time Globe Structure
SET
RESET
up CITY down
ALARM
on/off
TIME ZONE
BAR
LIQUID
CRYSTAL
DISPLAY
(LCD)

ALARM When the alarm function
is enabled, a bell is shown mid-
way down the display on the
left. When the alarm sounds,
two bells are shown alternately.
(When the alarm sounds, it con-
tinues for a minute before stop-
ping automatically. Or you can
press any button to turn off the
alarm sound.)
CITY NAME At the top of the LCD
display you’ll see a city name,
which changes as you turn the
globe. If you stop turning the
globe, and instead press the CITY
button repeatedly, the names of
seven cities which share the
same time zone will appear indi-
vidually on the screen. Hold
down the CITY button for more
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choose between the 12 and 24
hour clock and optional date dis-
plays.
CITY/down Press this button
repeatedly to scroll through the
names of seven cities that share a
time zone. The display will con-
tinue to show the information for
whichever city you last selected.
If you’d like to show your home
location’s time on the display,
but your city’s name is not
among those listed, turn the
globe until your time zone infor-
mation appears on the screen,
and press RESET. The LCD will
then show HOME TIME along with
your local time, date and day of
the week.
Hold the CITY button down to
cause the LCD to display infor-
mation about a selected city,
including the country name
(abbreviated as 3 letters), the
country and area codes and MMT
(Monthly Mean Temperature
abbreviated.)
ALARM on/off Press this button
to enable or disable the alarm
function. Once you’ve enabled
the alarm, a bell appears on the
LCD.
CONTRAST The contrast knob is
located on the bottom side of the
supporting base near the battery
compartment. Turn this knob to
adjust the brightness of the LCD
display. Note: The contrast of
the LCD is dependent on the
strength of the batteries.
GMT In the upper left corner of
your display you’ll see GMT, the
abbreviation for Greenwich
Mean Time. The time zone for
London is set at GMT 0, and all
other time zones in the world are
designated relative to Greenwich
Mean Time. For example, GMT 7,
the time zone for Bangkok,
shows that the time in Bangkok
is seven hours ahead of London
time. On the other hand, the time
zone for Los Angeles is GMT -8,
indicating that Los Angeles is
eight hours behind London’s
GMT 0.
You can select either a 12 hour
or 24 hour clock. If you set your
clock based on the 12 hour sys-
tem, AM or PM will be displayed
below the GMT time zone. If you
choose the 24 hour system, AM
and PM are not shown.
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Layout of LCD Display
4. Understanding
the LCD Display
CITY
SECONDS
DATE
GMT
ZONE
AM/PM
TIME
DAY

Next the flashing indicator tells
you to set the date, beginning
with the year. Press UP or DOWN
until you arrive at the correct
year, then press SET. Then use
the UP or DOWN buttons to scroll
to the correct month, and press
SET. Finally, press UP or DOWN to
input the day of the month, and
press SET. (The day of the week
adjusts automatically according
to the date you have set.)
CHOOSING 12- OR 24 HOUR
CLOCK AND DATE DISPLAYS You
can choose to have the time dis-
played according to either the
12 or the 24 hour clock system.
You can also choose between
two formats for displaying the
date, YYYY/MM/DD or
DD/MM/YYYY. (For example,
2003 4 29 can be changed to
29 4 2003.) With the alarm
disabled, press SET six times
until 12 HOUR or 24 HOUR
appears at the top of the screen.
Press UP or DOWN repeatedly
until both the time display and
the date display are in the format
you prefer. You can press SET to
exit this menu, or simply wait 10
seconds until the main display
returns to the screen.
Or, after setting the time and
date and pressing SET, you’ll see
that either 12 HOUR or 24 HOUR
appears then at the top of the
screen. Press UP or DOWN repeat-
edly to select the desired date
and time formats, and then press
SET. (If you don’t wish to
change the current setting, sim-
ply press SET.) To escape this
menu, press SET twice, or wait 10
seconds until the LCD returns to
the main display.
CHOOSING FAHRENHEIT OR
CENTIGRADE When the alarm is
disabled, press SET repeatedly
until either FAHR or CENT appears
at the top of the screen. Next
push UP or DOWN once to select
the alternate temperature indica-
tor. Then press SET, or just wait
ten seconds, allowing the LCD
to return to the main display.
Or, after setting the time, date
and 12 or 24 hour clock, you’ll
see that either cENTIGRADE or
FAHRENHEIT will flash at the top
of the display. You can use the UP
or DOWN buttons also at this time
to change the setting, and then
press SET. (If you don’t wish to
change the current setting, sim-
ply press SET.)
SETTING THE ALARM ON LOCAL
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than a second, and you’ll see
that city’s country name, coun-
try telephone code and area code
alternate with the monthly mean
temperature.
TIME In the center of the LCD,
the current hour, minute and sec-
onds are shown for the selected
time zone. (The time will adjust
as the globe is turned.) If the
alarm function is set, the display
shows the alarm time.
DATE AND DAY OF THE WEEK
The date and day of the week in
a time zone are shown below the
time display. You can select from
two formats, MM/DD/YYYY or
YYYY/DD/MM).
DST If the city you have selected
operates on Daylight Saving
Time, World Time Globe auto-
matically adds one hour to stan-
dard time and displays DST on
the LCD. If a city doesn't operate
on Daylight Saving Time, or if
DST is not currently in effect for
that location, World Time Globe
knows to subtract an hour to
revert to standard time. (You can
also enable or disable the DST
function if necessary. See page
10.)
SETTING YOUR LOCAL TIME AND
DATE First check that the alarm
is off. (No bell should be on the
display.) If the alarm is enabled,
press ALARM ON/OFF once to dis-
able it.
Next position the Time Zone Bar
by the city or location you are in.
(You can verify that you have
positioned the bar appropriately
by pressing CITY. Names of
cities which share your time
zone should appear consecutive-
ly on the screen.)
Then press SET. (SET TIME should
appear at the top of the display
and the hour digit will flash.)
Use the UP or DOWN buttons to
scroll through the numbers until
you arrive at the correct hour,
and press SET. (If you don’t need
to change the hour, simply press
SET a second time to jump to the
minutes.) Next the minutes will
flash. Press UP or DOWN to scroll
through numbers until you arrive
at the correct minutes. (If you
don’t need to change the min-
utes, simply press SET a second
time to jump to the date.) Press
SET.
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5. Using the
Buttons

hour will be added to standard
time.
If DST is set and you keep press-
ing SET until you hear a beep,
DST is then disabled, DST will
disappear from the LCD and an
hour will be subtracted in order
to return to standard time.
If you replace the batteries, the
Daylight Saving Time function
will be returned to its factory-
preset state. Remember then to
enable or disable the DST func-
tion as explained above.
TO VIEW OTHER NAMES AND
INFORMATION ABOUT CITIES
WITHIN A SELECTED TIME ZONE
Press CITY until you see the
name of the city you want. (If
you do not find it, the city is not
in the globe’s database.) Then, to
view information about the
selected city, hold down CITY for
at least a second and watch as
information alternates on the
screen.
HOME TIME DISPLAY When your
local time zone is displayed, you
can press RESET to display HOME
TIME rather than the name of a
city on the LCD. Press RESET
again to return to the city name.
ADJUSTING THE TIME ZONE
World Time Globe has been
carefully manufactured to ensure
accuracy in showing the correct
time zones for cities around the
world. There exists the slight
possibility, however, that an
incorrect time zone might be
shown. When aligned with the
Time Zone bar, New York City
should show a GMT of -5. If you
align the Time Zone Bar with
New York City but the display
shows different time zone infor-
mation, for example, GMT -6, the
zone for Chicago, you need to
adjust the time zone as follows.
Turn the globe until the correct
information for New York’s time
zone (GMT -5) appears on the
LCD. Then press the RESET but-
ton until you hear a beeping
sound. While continuing to hold
down RESET, turn the globe until
the Time Zone Bar is aligned
with New York City. Then
release the RESET button. Your
time zone settings should now be
correct.
Time zones change about every
15 degrees longitude, starting
from Greenwich Mean Time.
World Time Globe is designed to
be precise in its information.
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TIME To set the alarm, press the
ALARM button until a bell
appears on the screen at the left.
Then press SET. SET ALARM will
appear then at the top of your
screen, and the hour digits will
flash. Use the UP or DOWN button
to scroll to the correct hour, and
then press SET. (Or simply press
SET a second time if you don’t
wish to change the hour.)
Next the minutes will flash.
Press the UP or DOWN buttons to
select the minutes, and then
press SET. The time you want
your alarm to go off is now set.
The alarm will sound for one
minute and then shut off auto-
matically, or you can shut it off
by pressing any button.
INTERNATIONAL ALARM CLOCK
This is a special feature which
can come in very handy. Perhaps
you are at home in Chicago and
want Chicago time to be dis-
played on the screen, but you
need to remember to call some-
one in Bangkok at 5 pm
Bangkok time. Here’s what to
do: turn the globe until the Time
Zone Bar is aligned with
Bangkok. Bangkok’s local time
appears on the screen. Next set
the alarm to 5 pm. (See instruc-
tions beginning on page 9 for
setting the alarm.) After setting
the alarm, turn the globe back to
your location (in this example,
Chicago.) Chicago time will
then be displayed on the screen,
but the alarm will sound when it
is 5 pm in Bangkok.
TURNING DST ON OR OFF World
Time Globe knows when and
where to add or subtract for stan-
dard and Daylight Saving Time.
However, in the event that a city
adopts a new arrangement with
respect to DST, you might need to
turn DST on or off manually.
To do this, press SET for longer
than a second until you hear a
short beep. DST will either
appear or disappear on the LCD.
If you change your mind and
need to reverse your action, sim-
ply press SET again for longer
than a second until you hear
another short beep.
You can also press SET repeated-
ly until you hear a beep sound to
enable and disable the Daylight
Saving Time function manually.
If DST was not set and you press
the SET button until you hear the
beep, DST is then enabled, DST
will appear on the LCD and an
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play.
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For example, Seoul is located
between Tokyo and Beijing, and
the globe knows that Seoul
shares Tokyo’s time zone. It can
occur, however, if you spin the
globe so that the Time Zone Bar
passes Seoul, that the LCD will
display the information for
Beijing instead. In such a case,
turn the globe forwards or back-
wards until the correct time zone
information returns to the dis-
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6. Special Care & Handling
• Avoid rough handling such
as bumping or dropping.
• Avoid moisture and
extreme temperatures. For
best results, use between
the temperatures of 39ºF
and 100ºF (4º C and 38º C).
• Clean using only a slightly
damp cloth. Do not use
cleaners with chemical
agents.
7. Battery Information
• Only adults should install
batteries.
• Your World Globe uses 4
AA batteries, not included.
• Do not mix alkaline, stan-
dard (carbon-zinc) or re-
chargeable (nickel-cadmi-
um) batteries.
• Do not mix old and new
batteries.
• Do not use rechargeable
batteries.
• Remove exhausted batteri-
es from the unit.
• Do not short circuit battery
terminals.
• Remove batteries and store
them in a cool, dry place
when not in use.
• To avoid explosion or leak-
age, do not dispose of bat-
teries in a fire or attempt to
recharge alkaline or other
non-rechargeable batteries.
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8. Limited 90-Day Warranty
EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., warrants to the original
consumer that its products are free from any electrical or
mechanical defects for a period of 90 DAYS from the date of
purchase. If any such defect is discovered within the warranty
period, EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., will repair or
replace the unit free of charge upon receipt of the unit, shipped
postage prepaid and insured to the factory address shown at
right.
The warranty covers normal consumer use and does not cover
damage that occurs in shipment or failure that results from
alterations, accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, wear and tear,
inadequate maintenance, commercial use, or unreasonable use
of the unit. Removal of the top panel voids all warranties. This
warranty does not cover cost of repairs made or attempted out-
side of the factory.
Any applicable implied warranties, including warranties of
merchantability and fitness, are hereby limited to 90 DAYS
from the date of purchase. Consequential or incidental damages
resulting from a breach of any applicable express or implied
warranties are hereby excluded. Some states do not allow lim-
itations on the duration of implied warranties and do not allow
exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so the above
limitations and exclusions in these instances may not apply.
The only authorized service center in the United States is:
Excalibur Electronics, Inc.
13755 SW 119th Ave
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ExcaliburElectronics.com
Ship the unit carefully packed, preferably in the original carton,
and send it prepaid, and adequately insured. Include a letter,
detailing the complaint and including your daytime telephone
number, inside the shipping carton.
If your warranty has expired and you want an estimated fee for
service, write to the above address, specifying the model and
the problem.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND
YOUR UNIT WITHOUT
RECEIVING AN ESTIMATE FOR
SERVICING. WE CANNOT
STORE YOUR UNIT!

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Excalibur Electronics, Inc.
13755 SW 119th Ave
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ExcaliburElectronics.com