Alarm Clock; Alarm Programming - AOR AR5000 Operating Manual

9 When referring to a time standard (or accurate watch!),
press the key to accept input and start the seconds
counting.
To check the settings, have a look at the clocks by pressing
as in section 14-1 of this manual.
Note: At any point when you feel the data input is
complete (perhaps you only wish to set one clock) press
to accept the data changes and start the seconds
counting. At any time you may abort input by pressing
Daylight saving (clock 2 only)
On occasion you may not wish to completely change the
clock data but only adjust the HOURS, perhaps in areas
where daylight saving is used where one or two hours are
added to / removed from the local clock time once per
year... on the other hand you may move between time
zones while travelling.
As only the hours of clock 2 may be set (minutes &
seconds cannot be adjusted), it is ideal for use as the
daylight saving clock.
1 Press then press and hold the
than one second to access the clock initial set menu.
2 Press the key to move to the TEXT input of
clock 2 then press and hold the
one second to access the time set menu for clock 2.
3 Use the or
required, the minutes and seconds will continue to
increment so will not be affected by changes to the hours.
4 Press the key to accept the changes and return
to a conventional frequency / text display.

14-3 Alarm clock

The AR5000 provides an alarm facility based on
CLOCK 1. The receiver may be programmed to
switch-on at a specific time on a daily basis in either BEEP
or RADIO modes.
key for more
key for more than
to alter the hours as
Alarm BEEP
During ALARM BEEP mode, the AR5000 will power-up
at the pre-set time causing the beep sounder to activate
(repeated three beeps) at the pre-set volume level. This
is useful as an (expensive!) alarm clock when you don't
want to miss an important broadcast or event.
Alarm RADIO
In ALARM RADIO mode, the last used frequency will
be present at automatic switch-on and the LENGTH of
activity may be programmed before the AR5000 switches
off again. This is useful for making unattended recordings
off-air.

14-4 ALARM programming

Before the alarm can be used, the parameters have to be
specified. An ALARM SETUP menu is provided for input
of data. You may escape from the menu at any time by
pressing the key.
1 To access the alarm menu, press
and hold the key for more than one second. The
menu "ALARM " or "ALARM
displayed depending upon whether 24hr or 12hr format
has been set in CLOCK 1.
>>> ALARM
ALARM
ALARM
ALARM
2 Rotate the
switch-on, the is used to select the MINUTES.
Switch-on will occur (if the ALARM facility is activated)
when CLOCK 1 reaches the time set here.
>>> ALARM
ALARM
ALARM
ALARM
If you have simply selected a new switch-on time with all
other parameters remaining the same press
skip the rest of the menu.
3 Press the key to move onto the selection of
LENGTH, the legend "
ALARM
>>> ALARM
ALARM
ALARM
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then press
" will be
/ ALARM
to set the HOUR for automatic
/ ALARM
" will flash on the LCD.
/ ALARM
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