Piper Control Wheel Clock - Piper SENECA III Pilot's Information Manual

PIPER AIRCRAFT
CORPORATION SECTION 7
PA-34-220T, SENECA
III DESCRIPTION &
OPERATION
7.39 PIPER CONTROL
WHEEL CLOCK
The time and date
can
be set by the operation of the
reset
(RST) button
while
in
the
clock mode.
The month is set by pressing the
reset
(RST) button
once,this
will cause
the date to
appear
with
the
month flashing. Pressing the
start/stop
(ST-SP)
button
advances
the months at
one
per second
or one
per push, until the
right month appears. To
set
the
date,
press
the reset
(RST)
button
once
again
causing the date to flash, then press the start/stop
(ST-SP) button
to
advance to
the correct date.
To
set
the
correct
hour, press the RST button two times causing the
hours digits to flash. Press
the ST-SP button to advance to the correct hour.
The
minutes
can now
be
set
by pressing the RST button
once again
and
causing the minutes digits
to
flash. Set
the minutes to the next minute to
come
up at the
zero seconds time mark and depress the
RST button to hold
the
time displayed. At the time mark,
press the ST-SP button momentarily
to begin time counting at the exact
second.
If
the
minutes
are
not advanced
when
they are flashing in
the set mode, pressing the RST button
will return
the clock to
the
normal timekeeping
mode without altering the minutes
timing.
This feature is useful when changing
time zones, when only the
hours
are to be
changed.
The
calender
function
will automatically advance the date
correctly
according
to
the four year perpetual
calendar.
One
day must be
added
manually on February
29
on
leap year. The date advances
correctly
at
midnite.
To display
a
test function, press both
the RST and ST-SP buttons at the
same time,
ISSUED:
JANUARY 8, 1981
REPORT: VB-1110
7-39