Traceable Talking Digital Timer User manual

Brand: Traceable

Model: Talking Digital Timer

Category: Sport watches

Type: User manual

SPECIFICATIONS

Display: ½˝high,6-digitLCD

Timingcapacity: 23hr,59mm,59sec

Resolution: 1sec

Accuracy: 0.01%

Size,weight: 2½x3¼x½,2¼oz

FEATURES

• Multi-functioncountdowntimer,thecount-uptimer,and

theclockindependentlyorsimultaneously.

• VoiceAnnouncementmaybeusedintheCount-down

modetoannouncethetimeremainingtozero,and

the“over”timeafterthecount-downexpires.Alsoan-

nouncestimeofdaywhileinClockmode.Thisfeature

maybedeactivatedifdesired.

• AutoRepeatautomaticallyrestartsthecountdownafter

reachingzerowhiletheunitisinCountdownmode

(see“ActivatingAutoRepeat”section).

• AlarmSoundspermitsettingsixuniquealarmsfor

varioustimedactivities(see“SelectingAlarmSounds”

section).

• Visualanduniqueaudiblealarmsforquickidentica-

tion.

• Memorypermitsstoringonecountdowntimetouse

repeatedly,withoutresettingthetime.

• Clip,magneticback,andstandforbestpositioning.

DISPLAY MODES

Thesingle-linedisplayhasindicatorstotrackwhichof

thefourmodesareactive:CountUp,CountDown,Clock,

andClockSet.Totogglebetweenthesemodes,slidethe

modeswitchlocatedontherightsideoftheunit.

CLEARING THE DISPLAY TO ZERO

WhileinCount-upandCountdownmodes,stopthetiming

withSTART/STOPbutton,thenpresstheCLEARbutton.

CLOCK OPERATION

Setting clock

1. SlidethemodeswitchtoCLOCKSETposition(Clock

“Set”indicatorashes).

2. PressHRS,MIN,andSECbuttonstosetthehours,

minutes,andsecondsrespectively.Avoiceannounces

theenteredvalueifthevoicefeatureisactive.Press

andholdbuttonsforrapidadvancement.(A“PM”

indicatortellswhetherthetimesetisp.m.ora.m.)

3. Whenthecorrecttimeappearsonthedisplay,slidethe

modeswitchtotheCLOCKposition.

Announcing the time of day

WiththemodeswitchsetatCLOCKposition,pressing

anybutton(exceptVOICEON/OFF)willannouncethe

currenttime.

COUNTDOWN TIMER OPERATION

Setting/Starting a countdown time

1. SlidethemodeswitchtotheCOUNTDOWNposition.

2. PressHRS,MIN,andSECbuttonstosetthecount-

downtime.Avoiceannouncestheenteredvalueifthe

voicefeatureisactive.Pressandholdbuttonsforrapid

advancement.

3. Oncethedesiredcountdowntimeappearsonthedis-

play,presstheSTART/STOPbuttontobegincounting

down.Duringcountdowntimingwhenthevoicefeature

isactive,avoicereportshowmuchtimeremains

untilreachingzero(see“CountdownVoiceReporting

Frequency”section).

Note:Anunlimitednumberoftime-outsmaybetaken.

See“Time-Outs”section.

4. Whenthecountdownexpires,theselectedalarm

sounds,a“Time’sUp”messageashes,andthe

displaybeginscountinguptoshowtheamountof

timeexpiredsincealarming.Thealarmwillcontinue

soundingfor1minuteunlesssilencedmanually.Press

anybuttontosilencethesoundingalarm.

Note:Afterthecountdownexpiresandthetimerbegins

countingup,TalkingTimerannounceshowmuchtime

haspassedsincealarming,suchas,“2minutesover,”

“3minutesover,”etc.Thisreportingfollowsthesame

frequencyasshowninthe“CountdownVoiceReporting

Frequency”section.Differentalarmsareemployedwhen

theunit’sAutoRepeatfunctionisused.See“Activating

AutoRepeat”section.

5. Afterstoppingthecountdown,clearthedisplaytozero

bypressingtheCLEARbutton.

Countdown voice reporting frequency

WhileinCountdownmodewiththevoicefeatureactive,

TalkingTimerannouncesthetimeremainingtozero

atregularintervalswhilecountingdown,suchas,“10

minutesleft,”“5minutesleft,”“10,”“9”...“1.”Seethe

followingtableforannouncementfrequency.

Time remaining to zero Voice reporting frequency

Time>60min everyhour

<60minto>10min every10min

<10minto>Imin every1min

<1minto>10sec every10sec

<10secto>1sec every1sec

ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING VOICE

ANNOUNCEMENT

1. Slideopenthefrontbottomone-thirdoftheunit’s

casetorevealtheVOICEON/OFFbutton.Dothisby

graspingeachsideofthebottom,ridgedportionofthe

caseandslidingitawayfromthemaincase.

Note:Afterrepeateduse,casewillbecomeeasierto

open.

2. PresstheVOICEON/OFFbuttonuntil“ ”symbol

appearsonthedisplaytoindicatethevoicefeature

hasbeendeactivated.AnotherpressoftheVOICE

ON/OFFbuttonactivatesthevoicefeature,andthe“

”symboldisappears.

Note:Evenifthevoicefeatureisturnedoff,theselected

alarmwillsoundwhenthedisplayreacheszeroduring

countdowntiming.

ACTIVATING AUTO REPEAT

TalkingTimer’sautorepeatfunctionautomaticallyreturns

thedisplaytothepresetcountdowntimeandbegins

countingdownagainwhenthecountdownreacheszero.

1. SlidethemodeswitchtotheCOUNTDOWNposition.

2. PressHRS,MIN,andSECbuttonstosetthecount-

downtime.Avoiceannouncestheenteredvalueifthe

voicefeatureisactive.Pressandholdbuttonsforrapid

advancement.

3. Slideopenthefrontbottomone-thirdoftheunit’scase

torevealtheREPEATswitch.

4. SlideREPEATswitchtotheONposition.“ ”

indicatorappearstosignaltheAutoRepeatfunctionis

active.

5. PressSTART/STOPbuttontostartthecountdown.

Unitannouncesthetimeremainingtozeroifthevoice

featureisactive.Whenthecountdownexpires,the

alarmsounds,andthepresetcountdownbeginsagain

automatically.Thisauto-repeatingcontinuesuntil

stoppedmanually.

Note:Dependingonthecountdowntimeset,differentalarms

willbeusedwhiletheAutoRepeatfunctionisactivated.See

thefollowingtableforanexplanation.

Countdown time set Alarm reaches zero

Time>2min Selectedalarmsoundsfor1

minunlessmanuallysilenced

<2minto>10sec Beepstwice

<10sec Voicefeatureactive,nobeep;

voicefeatureoff,beepstwice

6. PressSTART/STOPbuttontohaltthecountdown.

ClearthedisplaytozerobypressingCLEARbutton.

7. TurnoffAutoRepeatfunctionbyslidingtheREPEAT

switchtotheOFFposition.

MEMORY OPERATION

TalkingTimerisequippedwithamemoryfeaturethat

permitsstoringacountdowntimewhichmayberecalled

withasinglepressoftheMEMORYbutton.Useitto

storeafrequentlyusedcountdowntime.

Storing a countdown time in memory

1. SlidethemodeswitchtotheCOUNTDOWNposition.

2. PressHRS,MIN,andSECbuttonstosetthecount-

downtime.Avoiceannouncestheenteredvalueif

thevoicefeatureisactive.Pressandholdbuttonsfor

rapidadvancement.

3. Oncethedesiredcountdowntimeappearsonthe

display,presstheMEMORYbuttontostorethesetting.

(Asteady“Memory”indicatorappears.)

Recalling memory

1. WhileintheCountdownmode,verifyacountdown

timeisstoredinmemorybyviewingthesteady“Mem-

ory”indicator.

2. PressMEMORYbuttontorecallthepresetcountdown

time.The“Memory”indicatorashes.

3. PressSTART/STOPbuttontobegincountdown.

Clearing memory

1. WhileintheCountdownmode,verifyacountdown

timeisstoredinmemorybyviewingthesteady“Mem-

ory”indicator.

2. PressMEMORYbuttontorecallthepresetcountdown

time.The“Memory”indicatorashes.

3. Whilethe“Memory”indicatorashes,pressthe

CLEARbuttontoclearthememoryanddisplayto

zero.

COUNT-UP TIMER (STOPWATCH) OPERATION

Starting a count up

1. SlidethemodeswitchtotheCOUNTUPposition.

2. PressSTART/STOPbuttontobegincountingup.

Note:Anunlimitednumberoftime-outsmaybetaken.

See“Time-Outs”section.

3. Thecountupwillcontinueuntilstopped.Haltthecount

upbypressingtheSTART/STOPbutton.

4.Withthecountupstopped,presstheCLEARbuttonto

returnthedisplaytozero.

CONTINUOUS TIMING

Themaximumcount-uptimeis23hr,59min,59sec.Af-

terreaching23hr,59min,59sec,TalkingTimerrollsover

automaticallyandcontinuestimingfromzero.Fortiming

thatlastsover24hours,simplycounthowmanytimesthe

unithasrolledoverandcontinuedtiming.

TIME-OUTS

Ifapauseinthecountdownorcount-uptimingoperation

isrequired,presstheSTART/STOPbuttonto“freeze”the

displayatthecurrentreading(time-out).Toresumetiming

fromthepointitwasstopped,presstheSTART/STOP

buttonagain.Anunlimitednumberoftime-outsmaybe

taken.

SIMULTANEOUS MODE USE

TheCount-up,CountdownandClockmodesmaybe

usedsimultaneously.Forexample:Startacountdownin

theCountdownmode.SwitchtoCount-upmodetostarta

countuptime.SwitchtotheCLOCKpositiontoviewthe

timeofday.Countdownandcount-upcontinuetorunas

shownbytheashingindicatorsonthedisplay.

SELECTING ALARM SOUNDS

Therearesixdifferentcountdownalarmsoundsatzero.

Alarm sound Symbol displayed

Beep

Whistle

Cuckoo

Bell

Hopping coil

Car horn

Followthesestepstoselectoneoftheuniquealarm

sounds.

1. Slideopenthefrontbottomone-thirdoftheunit’scase

torevealtheALARMSOUNDbutton.

2. WhiletheunitisinCountdownmode,pressthe

ALARMSOUNDbuttontoselectanalarmsound.

ContinuepressingtheALARMSOUNDbuttonto

scrollthroughallavailablealarmsounds.Each

alarmisindicatedbyauniquesymbolonthedisplay.

Thealarmmaybeselectedwhilethecountdown

isstoppedorrunning.Thealarmsoundsareonly

availablewhentheunitisinCountdownmode.They

willnotfunctionwhentheunitisinCount-uporClock

mode.

ALL OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES

Ifthistimerdoesnotfunctionproperlyforanyreason,

pleasereplacethebatterieswithnew,highqualitybat-

teries(see“BatteryReplacement”section).Lowbattery

powercanoccasionallycauseanynumberof“apparent”

operationaldifculties.Replacingthebatterieswithnew,

freshbatterieswillsolvemostdifculties.

BATTERY REPLACEMENT

Anincorrectdisplay,nodisplay,oroperationaldifculties

indicatethatthebatteriesshouldbereplaced.Follow

thesestepstoreplacethebatteries.

1. Flipupthecliponbackoftheunittoexposethe

batterycompartment.

2. Slideopenthebatterycompartmentusingyourthumb.

3. Removetheexhaustedbatteriesandreplacethem

withtwonewbatteries.

4. Replacethebatterycompartmentcover.

Equivalentreplacementbatteriesare:ControlCompany

No.1039,Eveready357,RayovacRW42,andDuracell

D357.

TRACEABLE

TALKING TIMER

INSTRUCTIONS

92-5015-00Rev.3110116

Traceable Talking Digital Timer User manual

Brand: Traceable

Model: Talking Digital Timer

Category: Sport watches

Type: User manual

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