Chronomatic-290  (120-1590A)        Operation          Faxback Doc. # 15172

SETTING THE CLOCK

Follow these steps to set the clock.

1.  While pressing and holding down TIME, press and hold HOUR or repeatedly
    press HOUR until the display shows the correct hour setting.

    The PM indicator lights for the PM hours.

2.  While pressing and holding down TIME, press and hold MINUTE or
    repeatedly press MINUTE until the display shows the correct minute
    setting.

PLAYING THE RADIO

1.  Set ON/OFF/AUTO/ALARM to ON.

2.  Set FM/AM to the desired band.

3.  Turn TUNING to the desired station.

4.  Adjust VOLUME to the desired sound level.

5.  Turn off the radio by setting ON/OFF/AUTO/ALARM to OFF.

NOTE:  The AM antenna is built in.  Rotate the clock radio for the best
       AM reception.  Fully extend the AC power cord (which is the FM
       antenna) for the best FM reception.

SETTING THE WAKE-UP TIME

You can set an alarm so the buzzer sounds or the radio plays at a
specified time.

Follow these steps to set the alarm wake-up time.

1.  Set ON/OFF/AUTO/ALARM to OFF.

2.  While holding down ALARM, press and hold down or repeatedly press HOUR
    until the display shows the correct hour setting.

    The PM indicator lights for PM hours.

3.  While holding down ALARM, press and hold down or repeatedly press
    MINUTE until the display shows the correct minute setting.

4.  Set ON/OFF/AUTO/ALARM as follows.

    ALARM-The buzzer sounds at the wake-up time.

    AUTO- The radio turns on at the wake-up time.

5.  Adjust VOLUME for the desired alarm loudness.

To silence the buzzer or radio, set ON/OFF/AUTO/ALARM to OFF.  If you do
not manually turn off the buzzer or radio, it continues to sound for 1
hour and 59 minutes.

NOTES:  Remember to reset the alarm if you want it to sound at the set
        wake-up time the next day.

        The alarm indicator lights on the lower left of the clock display
        when the buzzer or radio is set to sound.

        Press ALARM to display the set wake-up time.

USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE

If you wish to silence the alarm (buzzer or radio) but want it to sound
again in a few minutes, press SNOOZE.  This silences the buzzer or radio
for about 9 minutes.  You can repeat this for up to 1 hour 59 minutes.
After that the buzzer or radio does not sound again until the next day at
the specified alarm time.

USING THE SLEEP TIMER

You can set the radio to play for up to 1 hour and 59 minutes and
automatically turn off.

To set the sleep timer, set ON/OFF/AUTO/ALARM to OFF, AUTO, or ALARM,
then set the playing time.

NOTE:  The sleep timer is automatically set to 59 minutes.

       For a playing time of 59 minutes or less, follow these steps.

1.  While holding down SLEEP, repeatedly press MINUTE until the display
    shows the desired minute setting.

2.  Release SLEEP.

For a playing time 1 hour or more, follow these steps.

1.  While holding down SLEEP, press HOUR.  The display shows 1:59.

2.  Continue to hold down SLEEP and repeatedly press MINUTE until the
    display shows the desired minutes setting.

3.  Release SLEEP.

To turn off the radio before the programmed sleep time has elapsed, press
SNOOZE.


(LB/all-05/08/95)