Oregon Scientific RM318PA Clock Radio User Manual


 
focus the projection beam enough to make the display
legible.
Backlight
To activate the backlight which will illuminate the
LCD panel:
Press the Snooze Bar - the backlight will activate
for 5 seconds, and turn off automatically
SETTING THE ALARM
Press ((·)) until the same symbol appears in the
lower left corner of the display panel. The alarm
time will then also be displayed at the bottom of
the display panel.
Press and hold ((·)) until the hour portion of the
alarm time is flashing
Press + to increase the hour by one. Or press and
hold + to rapidly advance the hour
When the hour is set:
Press ((·)) again and the minutes will flash
Press + as explained above to adjust the minutes to
the desired time
When the alarm time is set:
Press ((·)) again. The alarm will automatically
arm itself. This will be indicated by the bell icon,
just above the ((·)) icon on the display panel
If you do not want the alarm to sound at the time you
just set:
Press the ON/OFF key until the bell icon disap-
pears
ENABLING/DISABLING THE ALARM
To turn the alarm on or off:
Press the ON/OFF button
q NOTE: If the alarm is on, the bell icon will appear
in the lower left corner of the LCD. If the alarm is off,
there will be no bell icon.
When the alarm sounds there are three ways to turn it
off:
Press the SNOOZE bar. The Alarm will stop and
then sound again in 8 minutes
Press ((·)). The alarm will not sound again until
the next day
Press ON/OFF. The alarm will not sound again
until reactivated
IMPORTANT: If none of the above actions are taken,
the alarm will automatically “snooze” once, sound
again in 8 minutes and then not sound again until the
next day.
Snooze Function
To temporarily stop the alarm or “snooze:”
Press the SNOOZE bar
To stop the Snooze feature:
Press((·)).
The alarm will not sound again until the pre-set time on
the following day.
MANUALLY SETTING THE TIME AND
DATE
IMPORTANT: It highly unlikely that you should ever
need or want to set these features manually; however,
in the event that you should travel outside the United
States and want this capability, we include these
instructions.
Setting the Time
Press and hold MODE until the hour segment of
the time flashes
Press + until the desired hour appears on the LCD
panel
NOTE: Be sure to check the AM or PM symbol for
accuracy
Press MODE again until the minutes segment of
the time flashes
Press + until the desired minutes appear on the
LCD panel
Press MODE five more times to exit setting mode
Setting the Year
Press and hold MODE until the hour segment of
the time display flashes
Press MODE twice more until you see a year
appear on the display
Press + until the desired year appears on the
display
Press MODE four more times to exit the set mode
and resume normal time keeping
Setting the Month
Press and hold MODE until the hour segment of
the time display flashes
Press MODE three more times until you see the
month digit flash on the display
Press + until the desired month appears on the
display
Press MODE three more times to exit the set mode
and resume normal time keeping
Setting the Date
Press and hold MODE until the hour segment of
the time display flashes
Press MODE four more times until you see the
date flash on the display
Press + until the desired date appears on the
display
Press MODE two more times to exit the set mode
and resume normal time keeping
IMPORTANT: As soon as any manual setting changes
are made, the display will indicate a loss of signal
strength (see SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR) to
indicate that the clock is now running on manual
settings instead of signals received from the Atomic
Clock.
Setting the Language
Press and hold MODE until the hour segment of
the time display flashes
Press MODE five more times until you see a
single letter (E, F or S) appear on the display next
to the time
Press + until the desired language indicator
appears on the display(E for English, F for French
and S for Spanish)
Press MODE one more time to exit the set mode
and resume normal time keeping
SPECIFICATIONS
Radio Controlled ClockWWVB 60 Khz for USA signal
Time and Date manually adjustable
LCD US map to select one of four time zones: Eastern,
Central, Mountain or Pacific
Projection Beam displays time on wall or ceiling
12 hour display with hh:mm:ss
Date format: Month/Date
Day of Week user selectable in four languages:
English, French, Italian, or German
Alarm: Two-minute crescendo
Snooze duration: Eight (8) minutes
Led Backlight
Low Battery Indicator
AC Power Adapter for continuous projection beam use
CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE
Should you require assistance regarding this
product and its operation, please contact our
customer care department at
800-853-8883 or via email at
helpme@oscientific.com.
WARRANTY
This product is warranted to be free of manu-
facturing defects for a period of 90 days from
date of retail purchase. Defective product
should be directed to the place of retail pur-
chase for exchange.
Should this not be possible, contact our
customer care department for assistance and a
return material authorization. No returns may
be made without a return authorization. Please
retain your retail receipt as you may be asked
to provide a copy of it for proof of date
purchased.
This warranty does not cover product sub-
jected to abuse, misuse, accidental damage or
tampering.