Monex 101077 User manual

Atomic Talking
Alarm Clock
101077
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Features:
■Full range human voice time and date
announcement, with smooth and natural
sound quality.
■Atomic Clock. Change to standard time /
daylight time automatically.
■Display time with running second,
month, date, day-of-week and alarm
time.
■Hourly time announcement between
8AM to 10PM inclusively. User can
select to tum on or off the hourly
announcement.
■Extra long 5 minute alarm sound, with
beep tone and current time announce.
■5 minute snooze function.
■Soft and bright backlight.
■high and low announcement volume
selection.
■Button lock function.
The radio controlled clock works on the
principle of receiving time signals from the
WWVB time signal broadcasting station. If
time signal can be received, the clock will
be synchronized with the time of the US
Atomic Clock and change to standard time
/ daylight saving time
automatically. To enhance good receiving
condition, avoid placing the unit near
television sets, metal surfaces, computers
or electric devices, as these devices will
interfere with the reception of radio signals.

Battery installation and replacement
The unit uses 2 AAA batteries. To install or
replace batteries, please slide open the
batterycompartment (located at the bottom of
the unit) by following the direction of the
arrow mark. Insert the batteries by following
the polarity marked and press the RESET
BUTTON once. Close the battery cover and
the unit is ready for use now.
When the display (or backlight) is dim or the
sound quality drops, it means the battery
power is not enough. Please replace both
batteries with new ones.
To reset the unit, press the RESET
BUTTON once (located inside the battery
compartment).
CAUTION:
Never mix different type of batteries.
Receive the time radio signal
The unit will search for time radio signals
automatically when it is powered on. The
radio signal mark on the right of the time
digits ( jj ) will start pulsing to show that
receiving is under progress. If time signal is
received, synchronization will take 3-15
minutes and the unit will show the received
time. The radio signal mark will show three
solid bars (pulsing stopped) and stay on the
display to indicate that reception 1s
successful.
NOTES:
1. During radio signal reception, if setting
time or calendar is requested, radio signal
reception will be terminated
immediately.
2. To re-start the signal reception manually,
press the SET/RECEIVE BUTTON (a
beep sound will be emitted).
Select the appropriate time zone
Please select the appropriate time zone
before reception is started or, after radio
signalreception is completed. Otherwise the
unit may display incorrect time if the time
zone was not set. Above the second digits,
there are four marks "P" "M" "C" "E"
representing the four time zones in US.
To set the time zone, press and hold the
SET/RECEIVE BUTTON until the year
digits flash (
"setting year" will be
announced). The unit is now in setting mode.
Press the SET/RECEIVE BUTTON twice
and the time zone mark will flash (
"setting
time zone"
will be announced). Set to "P"
(PACIFIC) / "M" (MOUNTAIN) / "C"
(CENTRAL)
I "E" (EASTERN) time zone
by pushing the UP or DOWN BUTTON.
After setting the appropriate time zone, press
and hold the SET/RECEIVE BUTTON until
the display stopped flashing (
"setting
complete"
will be announced) to end the
setting mode.
ATTENTION:
During daytime, there may be too much
external interference that causes the
reception to fail. Under such situation,
please set the time manually because:
The unit has an automatic process to start
reception, when the clock is showing time
between 2-6am. At midnight, interference
drops to a minimum level and makes ita
perfect environment for time radio
signal
reception. If the time of the clock isnot set
manually when it fails a daytime reception
at the first time initiation, then the
automatic process may start in the
daytime every day (not during midnight)
and eventually keep the unit not receiving
the signal.

Set the time and calendar manually
Since the unit works on receiving the time
radio signal, there may be locations that the
signal is weak and cannot be properly
received. Under such circumstance, the radio
signal mark will disappear to indicate that
reception failed. Try to rotate the unit or
place it in other location to achieve better
reception and re-start reception again. If the
radio signal cannot be received, time should
be set manually.
To set time and calendar, press and hold the
SET/RECEIVE BUTTON until the year
digits flash (
"setting year" will be
announced). Press the UP or DOWN
BUTTON to adjust.
Press SET/RECEIVE BUTTON once. The
time zone mark will flash (
"setting time
zone" will be announced). Set to "P"
(PACIFIC) / "M" (MOUNTAIN) / "C"
(CENTRAL) / "E" (EASTERN) time zone
by pushing the UP or DOWN BUTTON.
Press SET/RECEIVE BUTTON on9e. The
hour and minute digits flash (
"setting time"
will be announced). Press the UP or DOWN
BUTTON to adjust. Each push of the UP or
DOWN BUTTON will adjust one minute
and the hour will be changed when 00
minute is run through.
Press SET/RECEIVE BUTTON once will end
the setting mode (
"setting complete" will be
announced).
During setting, press and hold the UP or
DOWN BUTTON and the corresponding
digits will fast advance.
Note: when setting year, date, time zone or
time, the corresponding digits will be
announced.
e.g. setting year to 2010: ''year two
thousand and ten" will be announced
setting date to January 10
th
(Saturday):
"Saturday, January tenth" will be
announced.
Setting time zone to "P" (Pacific):
''pacific standard time" or ''pacific
daylight saving time-"
will be
announced.
setting time to PM 2:30: "half past two
PM" will be announced.
Set the alarm time
To start alarm time setting, press any one of
the UP or DOWN BUTTON once. The alarm
time digits will flash (
"alarm set'' will be
announced). Another push of the UP or
DOWN BUTTON will set the alarm minute,
while the hour will be changed when "00"
minute is run through. Press and
. hold the UP or DOWN BUTTON and the digit
will fast advance. To end the alarm setting
mode, just leave the unit (buttons) untouched
for about 5 seconds.
Alarm on/off and hourly announcement
BUTTON and the alarm will be stopped and
rest1;me after 5 minutes. To stop the alarm,
place the ALARM SWITCH to "OFF" or
"(<<[) " (HOURLY ANNOUNCEMENT)
position.

When the ALARM SWITCH is placed to
"((c[)l" (HOURLY ANNOUNCEMENT)
position ( "announcement on" will be
the " ◊" mark will be shown and time is
adjusted automatically.
announced), the unit will announce the time
at every hour during 8 AM to 10 PM. Outside
this range hourly announcement is
automatically shut off
To deactivate both the alarm function and the
hourly announcement function, place the
ALARM SWITCH to "OFF" position.
Select the announcement volume
To select the high volume level, set the VOL
(VOLUME) SWITCH to
"HI" position. To
select the low volume level, set to "LOW"
position.
Function Lock
When traveling, the unit can be locked to
avoid setting the unit accidentally. To lock
the unit, place the LOCK SWITCH to
"LOCK" position. The SET BUTTON,
DOWN-UP BUTTON and the SNOOZE-
TALK (1) BUTTON will be deactivated. The
user can still listen to the time or date by
pressing the SNOOZE-TALK (2) BUTTON,
when the unit is locked.
To unlock, place the LOCK SWITCH to
"UNLOCK" position.
Time and date announcement
BUTTON once, and current time is
announced and the display will light up; press
the SNOOZE-BUTTON twice quickly,
and the date is announced and the display will
light up.
e.g. current time and date is AM 4:02 and
April 1
st
(Sunday).
Press SNOOZE-TALK (1) or (2) BUTTON
once: "The time is now two minutes past
four”
will be announced.
Press SNOOZE-TALK (1) or (2) BUTTON
twice quickly: "Today's Sunday, April first”
will be announced.
Change of daylight saving time
The unit will adjust to standard time or
daylight saving time automatically, when
the time signal is received successfully.
When it is changed to daylight saving time,