User's Manual
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key or – key to increase or decrease the contrast level (1-8).
3. Time Zone Settings. Press the SET key again to adjust the Time Zone (TZ) setting.
Press the + key or – key to adjust the time zone from -12 to 12, based on the number of
hours from Coordinated Universal Time, or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The following table provides times zones throughout the world. Locations in the eastern
hemisphere are positive, and locations in the western hemisphere are negative.
Hours from
GMT
Time Zone Cities
-12 IDLW: International Date Line West ---
-11 NT: Nome Nome, AK
-10 AHST: Alaska-Hawaii Standard
CAT: Central Alaska
HST: Hawaii Standard
Honolulu, HI
-9 YST: Yukon Standard Yukon Territory
-8 PST: Pacific Standard Los Angeles, CA, USA
-7 MST: Mountain Standard Denver, CO, USA
-6 CST: Central Standard Chicago, IL, USA
-5 EST: Eastern Standard New York, NY, USA
-4 AST: Atlantic Standard Caracas
-3 --- São Paulo, Brazil
-2 AT: Azores Azores, Cape Verde Islands
-1 WAT: West Africa ---
0 GMT: Greenwich Mean
WET: Western European
London, England
1 CET: Central European Paris, France
2 EET: Eastern European Athens, Greece
3 BT: Baghdad Moscow, Russia
4 --- Abu Dhabi, UAE
5 --- Tashkent
6 --- Astana
7 --- Bangkok
8 CCT: China Coast Bejing
9 JST: Japan Standard Tokyo
10 GST: Guam Standard Sydney
11 --- Magadan
12 IDLE: International Date Line East
NZST: New Zealand Standard
Wellington, New Zealand
4. Radio Controlled Clock (RCC). Press the SET key again to change the RCC. The rCC
(ON or OFF) setting will begin flashing. Press the + key to toggle between RCC ON (adjusts
automatically to the atomic clock) and RCC OFF (uses the quartz clock).
Note: The time and date display is based on the signal provided by the highly accurate
government operated atomic clock in Fort Collins, CO. The base station will continue to scan
for the radio controlled time signal each day at 2:00, 8:00, 12:00 and 20:00, despite if you
manually set the date and time. If reception is unsuccessful, the radio controlled time icon
will not appear but reception attempts will continue. If reception has been successful, the