 AzRobert
join:2001-10-03 Hereford, AZ
| smartset clock radio
Hi
Just got a new alarm clock radio with " smartset "
Does anyone know if :
It - reads - the line as to get info to set clock to correct time and date
or
just update what is held / running in battery backed memory
just would like to know
Thanks
PS my Proton 320 of many years just died  |
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  SparkChaser BURY BECK Premium join:2000-06-06 Downingtown, PA | It probably reads WWV »tf.nist.gov/stations/wwv.html Some PBS stations broadcast it also -- "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley |
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  drjim Premium,MVM join:2000-06-13 Torrance, CA clubs:
| reply to AzRobert All I could find is that it's "Factory Set", and has a back-up battery. "Emerson Research also makes a "Smartset" clock radio which automatically sets itself. The time is pre-set at the factory and retained by a built-in battery. But the Smartset clock radio does not utilize WWVB and will not be exactly synchronized with the "atomic clock" unless the user manually corrects it (which is easy to do). While it is not "eactly" correct, the Smartset clock radio is still a good product and can adjust itself automatically for daylight saving time changes. Also, its price is usually lower than the price of the "Atomic Clock Radio" discussed here." -- One man's Magic is another man's Engineering. |
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  Paulg Displaced Yooper Premium join:2004-03-15 Neenah, WI clubs: | reply to AzRobert i've got one, but its now a pain in the ass...
I bought mine before the 2007 DST switch, so now i have to change the time 4 times a year =| -- I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent. |
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