Tandy CHRONOMATIC 308 manual

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    -308 Cat. No . 12-1611 AM/F M LED CLOC K RADIO WITH A UT OMA TIC TIMER AND NIG HTLIGHT R © 1995 Tand y Corp ora tion . All Ri g hts Reserved. Batte r y S entine l, Chron om atic, and Ra dio Sha ck are re g i ste red t rad em ark s used b y T and y Corp ora tion . Your Radio Shack Chronom atic-308 AM/FM LED Clock Radio with Auto- matic Ti mer and N[...]

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    2 PREP ARA T I ON Connecting to AC Powe r Plug the clock’s pow er cord i nto a stan- dard AC outlet. The displ ay flashes when you f irst plug in the clock or when the power is in ter- rupted and the b ack-up ba ttery is weak or missing . When y ou set the time, the display s tops flashing. Installin g the Backup Bat tery To keep th e clock runni[...]

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    3 Note: T he P M indicator on the display lights when you set the time to a PM hour . 2. W hile holding down TIM E , repeat- edly pres s (or p ress and ho ld down) MINUTE until the clock dis- plays the correct minu te. 3. Release TIME when you have s et the correct time. Settin g the A larm 1. W hile holding down ALARM , repeated ly press (or press[...]

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    4 Using the S leep Tim er You can set the radio t o play for up to 1 hour and 59 m inut es, then automat i- cally turn of f. 1. Set ON/OFF/AUTO/ALARM to OFF . 2. T o set the sleep t ime r to the max i- mum 1 hour a nd 59 minute s, press SLEEP and HOUR at the same ti me. T o set t he sleep timer to less than th e ma xim u m , w h i l e pr es si ng a[...]

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    5 MAINT ENANCE Your Radio Shack Chronom atic-308 AM/FM LED Clock Radio with Auto- matic T imer an d Ni ght Light is an ex - ampl e of superior design and craftsm anship. The following sugges - tions will help you c are for it so you can enjoy i t for y ears. • Keep the clock radio dry . If it gets wet, wipe it dry . • Use a nd s tor e the c loc[...]

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    FCC IN FORMA TION Your clock radio m ight cause T V or ra- dio interference even when it is opera t- ing p roperly. To determ ine whet her your clock radio is causing t he interfer- ence , turn off your clock radio. If the in- terference goes aw ay, your clock rad io is causing the interference. Try to elim- inate the interference by: • Moving yo[...]