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RADIO CONTROLLED
CLOCK WITH Higlo
MODEL NO.: RM806
USER’S MANUAL
A1
A4
ON/OFF ZONE
SNOOZE
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BACKLIGHT
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A3
A7
A2
A6
R A D I O C O N T R O L L E D
MODE
24h OFF
SET
RESET
MODEL NO. RM806
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A9
A5
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Dear RM806- Radio Controlled
Travel Alarm Clock Owner:
Congratulations on your purchase OREGON SCIENTIFIC’s radio controlled
auto-setting always-accurate alarm clock! The RM806 is a clock that automatically
sets the time and date from signals broadcast by the US Atomic Clock, one of the
world's most accurate timekeepers. This extraordinary timepiece, located outside
Boulder, Colorado, is operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National
Institute of Standards and Technology . Y our RM806 Clock automatically activates
its receiver immediately upon battery insertion and then six times every 24 hours
and make any necessary adjustments in its time display. The clock not only sets
itself to synchronize its digital time and date with the atomic clock’s signals, but
it also automatically adjusts for daylightsavings time!
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Features
• Automatic setting of clock by radio signal from the US Atomic Clock
• Time display with Hour, Minutes, Seconds and Date
• Day of the week displayed in one of three languages (English, French or
Spanish)
• Dramatic blue HiGlo
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electroluminescent backlight
• Alarm with eight-minute snooze
• Crescendo Alarm increases in volume and intensity
• Signal Reception Strength indicator
• U.S. Map icon shows user selected time zone
• Automatic adjustment for Daylight Savings time
• Low Battery indicator
Description of Function keys (Figure A)
Snooze/light (Figure A.1)
Pressing the bar on the top of The Radio Controlled Clock activates the HiGlo
electroluminescent backlight for 5 seconds. When the alarm sounds, pressing this
Snooze/Light bar also activates the eight-minute snooze function.
+ Advance Key (Figure A.2)
This key is used for manually setting the time, alarm time or calendar functions.
Please refer to the Manual Setting instructions in these instructions for further
information.
NOTE: Pressing once advance the setting by increments of 1: holding the
button down for more the three seconds will accelerate the setting to rapid
advance mode.
WARNING: The
should it become disable. Please see the Trouble Shooting section for further
information.
ZONE (Figure A.3)
The Radio Controlled Clock is designed to automatically adjust the time signal to
the user selected North American time zone – Pacific, Mountain, Central or Eastern. Pressing the ZONE button once advances the time zone setting (see US map
key also is used to reactivate the signal reception process
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figure A.9). Once the desired time zone block is highlighted on the map, the time
will automatically adjust accordingly.
WARNING: Do not pr ess and hold the ZONE button for mor e than thr ee seconds.
Use the single press method to set the time zone. Holding the button will turn off
the automatic time signal reception. Please see the Trouble Shooting section for
further information.
[]ON/OFF (Figure A.4)
This button turns the alarm function on and off. Touching the button one time will
either turn the alarm on or off. Please refer to the Alarm Setting instructions for
further information.
NOTE: When setting the alarm time, the alarm is automatically turned on. If the
bell icon [ ] is visible, the alarm is “on”.
Touching the ON/OFF button one time will either turn the Alarm function on or
off.
If you want to stop the daily alarm white leaving the pre-set time for the following day’s wake-up, press the ((•)) ALARM button. Pressing the ON/OFF button
to stop the wake up alarm will deactivate the alarm function.
MODE (Figure A.5)
Press the MODE key once to switch between the display of either the Day of the
Week or Seconds on the clock. Radio Controlled Clock will continue to display
the selected function (Day or Seconds) until the MODE button is pressed again.
IMPORTANT: Holding the MODE key for more than three seconds turns on the
manual mode for setting the time, date, year and language (English/French/
Spanish). Please refer to this section for specific setting instructions.
((•)) ALARM (Figure A.6)
Press the ((•)) ALARM key once to show the alarm time.
The ((•)) icon is displayed in the lower left portion of the screen to alert you that
the display is showing the time. To return to the month and date display, press the
((•)) ALARM key once. To set the alarms please refer to the section on setting the
Alarm.
NOTE: The Radio Controlled Clock will continue to display the selected function
(Alarm Time or Date) until the ((•)) ALARM button is pressed again.
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