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TFA_No. 60.5009_Anleitung 09.10.2013
HOLOclock - Radio controlled clock with 3-D effect
Important! Make sure that your household voltage is 230V! Otherwise your clock may be damaged.
• Open the battery compartment and remove the battery insulation strip. Close the battery com-
partment again.
• The two batteries 1,5 V AAA are back-up batteries to maintain the clock operation in the event
of blackout or other power failure.
• The DCF reception symbol (dot) appears on the 3-D display.
• The clock will now scan the DCF frequency signal.
• When the time code is received successfully after a few minutes, the radio-controlled time
appears.
• The DCF reception symbol (dot) disappears.
• The DCF reception always takes place at 3:15 o'clock in the morning. If the DCF signal is not
successfully received at 3:15 clock, it shall be held further attempts until 5:15 clock.
• If there is no reception possible (on the display appears 00:00), manual initialization of the DCF
reception can be helpful.
• Press the WAVE button.
• On the 3-D display appears again the DCF reception symbol (dot).
• If the clock cannot detect the DCF-signal (for example due to disturbances, transmitting distance,
etc.), the time can be set manually. The clock will then work as a normal quartz clock. (see: Man-
ual settings).
Radio-controlled time reception
The time base for the radio-controlled time is a caesium atomic clock operated by the Physikalisch
Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig. It has a time deviation of less than one second in one mil-
lion years. The time is coded and transmitted from Mainflingen near Frankfurt via frequency signal
DCF-77 (77.5 kHz) and has a transmitting range of approximately 1,500 km. Changeover from sum-
mer time or winter time is automatic. The quality of the reception depends mainly on the geo-
graphic location. Normally there should be no reception problems within a 1,500 km radius around
Frankfurt.
Please take note of the following:
• The recommended distance to any interfering sources like computer monitors or TV sets is at
least 1.5 - 2 metres.
• Inside ferro-concrete rooms (basements, superstructures), the received signal is naturally weak-
ened. In extreme cases, please place the unit close to a window to improve the reception.
• During nighttime, the atmospheric interference is are usually less severe and reception is possible
in most cases. A single daily reception is adequate to keep the accuracy deviation under 1 sec-
ond.
7. Operation
• Press and hold + or – button in the setting mode for fast running.
• The instrument will automatically quit the setting mode if no button is pressed within 20 seconds.
NOTE:
If the DCF reception is enabled, no settings (time, date and temperature unit) can be made.
By default, the DCF reception is activated and after successful reception of the DCF signal no
manual adjustment is necessary.
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HOLOclock - Radio controlled clock with 3-D effect
To make manual settings, you have to disable the DCF reception.
This is necessary, for example if you need to change the temperature unit or to set the time
manually.
7.1 Manual settings
• Press and hold SET button for three seconds. "On" (default) appears on the 3-D display. Set the
display with the + or – button from "On" to "OFF". The DCF reception is deactivated.
• Press the SET button again and make the settings in the following sequence: Hours, minutes,
month, day, year and temperature unit. Press the + or – button to adjust it.
• If the temperature unit is Fahrenheit the date display automatically moves from the European
format (at first the day then the month) to the American format (at first the month then the
day).
• Confirm the setting with the SET button.
NOTE:
If you enable the DCF reception again, the manually set time will be overwritten as soon as the
reception of the DCF signal is successful (at night the reception is often better).
7.2 Activate DCF reception again
• Press and hold SET button for three seconds.
• If the DCF reception is deactivated, on the display appears "OFF". Set the display with the + or -
button from "OFF" to "On". The DCF reception is activated.
• Press the SET button again. The instrument starts to scan the DCF frequency signal (dot).
• Press the WAVE button to return directly to normal mode.
7.3 Display
• With the MODE button in normal mode you can select between time, date, year and tempera-
ture unit as permanent display.
• Press and hold the MODE button to set an automatic change of the display.
• M0 (default) will be flashing on the 3-D display. Press the + or – button to change between the
following modes:
M0: In this mode the last selected display is permanently active.
M1: Time and indoor temperature in sequence
M2: Time and date in sequence
M3: Time, date and indoor temperature in sequence
• Confirm the setting with the MODE button or press no button within 5 seconds.
• To stop the automatic display change, press and hold the MODE button again and select M0 with
the + or – button.
7.4 Backlight
• With the LIGHT button, the 3-D display can be turned off or on.
• Press the + or – button in normal mode and you can select between up to four levels of bright-
ness.
• The intensity of the backlight will automatically adjusted to the light intensity in the room.
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