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    O W NER ’ S M ANUA L C K S 3 5 1 6 V i s i t ou r w eb s i t e a t w ww . e m e r s on r ad i o . c o m S m a r t S e t ® C l ock R a d i o w i t h A u t o - T i m e S e t t i ng S y s t e m , J u m b o D i s p l a y , D u a l A l a r m s , S u r e A l a r m , a nd T i m e P r o j ec t i on S ys t e m ( U . S . P a t en t N o . 6 , 567 , 344 ) C[...]

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    1 TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT USE THIS PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE. TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. I M P O R T A N T S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S 1.) Read these instructions. Keep these[...]

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    2 Thank you for purchasing this Emerson SmartSet ® Dual Alarm Clock Radio with Time Projection System. This clock radio uses Emerson ’ s patented SmartSet ® Automatic Time Setting System. The first time you connect this clock radio to your AC outlet, and after every power interruption, within seconds the clock will automatically set itself to t[...]

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    3 I M P O R T A N T N O T E S • O pe r a t e c o n t r o l s a n d s w i t c h e s a s de sc r i bed i n t he m a nua l . • B e f o r e t u r n i n g on t h e po w e r , m a k e c e r t a i n t h a t t h e A C po w e r c o r d i s p r ope r l y i n s t a ll ed . • W hen m o v i ng t he s e t, be s u r e t o f i r s t d i sc onne c t t he A C [...]

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    4 U n p ack i ng A nd S e t U p • R e m o v e t he r ad i o f r o m t he c a r t on and r e m o v e a ll pa ck i ng m a t e r i a l f r o m t he r a d i o . W e s ugge s t t ha t y o u s a v e t he pa ck i ng m a t e r i a l , i f po s s i b l e , i n t h e un li k e l y e v e n t t ha t y ou r r ad i o e v e r n eed s t o be r e t u r n ed f o r[...]

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    5 P o w e r S o u r c e T h i s r ad i o i s de s i gned t o ope r a t e on no r m a l 120 V 60 H z A C po w e r on l y . D o no t a tt e m p t t o ope r a t e t he r a d i o on a n y o t he r po w e r s ou r c e . Y ou c ou l d c au s e da m age t o t he r ad i o t ha t i s no t c o v e r ed b y y ou r w a rr a n t y . T h i s r a d i o s hou l d [...]

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    6 L O C A T I O N O F C O N T R O L S A ND I ND I C A T O R S 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 13 12 1 1 10 1 29 16 15 17 18 19 21 22 25 26 24 27 23 20 4 30 1 31 8 9 1 1 28 32 F r o n t P a n e l T o p P a n e l L e ft S i d e P a n e l R i gh t S i d e P a n e l CKS3516-26_070307.p65 3/7/2007, 17:09 6[...]

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    7 1 . ) P r o j e c t o r R O T A T E I M A G E S e l e c t o r S w i t c h . 2 . ) P r o j e c t o r . 3 . ) P r o j e c t o r F o c u s - A d j u s t m en t R i ng . 4 . ) P r o j e c t o r Len s . 5 . ) A L 1 ( A l a r m 1 ‘ O n ’ ) I nd i c a t o r . 6 . ) A M I nd i c a t o r . 7 . ) T i m e / D a t e D i s p l a y . 8 . ) V O L U M E C on[...]

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    8 O PE R A T I N G I N S T RUC T I O N S S e t t i n g T h e T i m e , T h e F i r s t T i m e I M P O R T AN T : T he f i r s t t i m e y ou c onne c t y ou r ne w S m a r t S e t ® c l o ck r ad i o t o t he A C ou t l e t t he i n t e r na l c o m pu t e r w ill au t o m a t i c a l l y s e t t he t i m e c o rr e c t l y f o r t he E a s t e r[...]

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    9 D a t e D i s p l a y T o s ee t he c o rr e c t da t e a t an y t i m e , d ep r e s s t he M O N T H / DA T E bu tt on . T he d i s p l a y c ha nge s f r o m t i m e t o M on t h a nd D a t e ( MM / DD ) . F o r e x a m p l e , M a y 21 s t w ill a pp ea r a s “ 5 . 21 ” . W hen y ou r e l ea s e t he M O N T H / DA T E bu tt o n t he d i [...]

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    1 0 M a n u a l T i m e A d j u s t m e n t s S o m e peo p l e li k e t o s e t t he i r c l o ck s 5 t o 10 m i n u t e s f a s t t o m a k e s u r e t ha t t he y w il l a l w a y s be on t i m e . E v en t h ough t he S m a r t S e t ® s e t s t he t i m e b y i t s e l f, y ou s t ill ha v e t he op t i on o f a d j u s t i ng t he t i m e m [...]

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    1 1 A d j u s t i n g T h e W ak e U p T i m es Y ou r S m a r t S e t ® c l o c k r ad i o ha s t w o s epa r a t e a l a r m s t ha t c a n be s e t and u s e d i ndependen t l y . Y ou m a y u s e t he a l a r m s t o w a k e t w o peop l e a t d i ff e r en t t i m e s , o r y ou m a y u s e one a l a r m f o r w ee k da y s a nd t he o t he r[...]

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    1 2 S e l ec t i n g T h e A l a r m M o d e Y ou r S m a r t S e t ® c l o ck r a d i o a ll o w s y ou t o s e l e c t f r o m a m ong t h r ee d i ff e r en t a l a r m ope r a t i on m ode s f o r e i t he r a l a r m . T he a l a r m m ode s a r e : • E ve r y d ay – t he a l a r m w ill t u r n on a ll 7 da y s . • W eek d ays on l y ?[...]

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    1 3 L i s t e n i n g To Th e R a d i o 1 . ) S e t t he BA ND s e l e c t o r t o t he de s i r ed ba nd , A M o r F M . 2 . ) S e t t he V O L U M E c on t r o l t o a l o w s e tt i ng . 3 . ) P r e ss t he RA D I O O N / O FF bu tt on t o t u r n t he r a d i o ‘ O n ’ . T he r a d i o d i a l po i n t e r w ill li gh t. 4 . ) S e l e c t y[...]

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    1 4 W ak e To RAD I O 1 . ) T u r n t he r ad i o ‘ O n ’ a nd s e l e c t t he ba nd , s t a t i o n , a nd v o l u m e l e v e l t ha t y ou w i s h t o hea r w hen t he a l a r m c o m e s ‘ O n ’ , t hen t u r n t he r a d i o ‘ O ff ’ aga i n . 2 . ) R e c on f i r m t he w a k e up t i m e a nd a l a r m m ode s e tt i ng s f o r [...]

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    1 5 W ak e To B U ZZ E R ( C r es c e ndo A l a r m ) NOTE : Alarm 1 and Alarm 2 have different buzzer sounds. • Alarm 1 is a “ Single beep ” sound. • Alarm 2 is a “ Double beep ” sound. You will be able to tell which alarm is going off by the sound that it makes. 1 . ) R e c on f i r m t he w a k e up t i m e a nd a l a r m m ode s e t[...]

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    1 6 S noo z e / R e p ea t A l a r m A ft e r t he a l a r m t u r n s ‘ O n ’ i n t he m o r n i ng y ou c a n p r e ss t he S N O O Z E / S L EEP O FF bu tt on on t he t op c a b i ne t f o r a f e w e x t r a m i nu t e s s l eep . T he c o rr e s pond i ng A L i nd i c a t o r w ill f l a s h . T he a l a r m w ill s t op f o r a pp r o x i[...]

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    1 7 S l e e p T o M u s i c T i m e r Y ou c an p r og r a m t he s l eep t i m e r t o p l a y t he r ad i o f o r up t o 90 m i nu t e s and t hen s hu t ‘ O ff ’ au t o m a t i c a ll y . 1 . ) P r e ss t he S L EEP bu tt on . T he d i s p l a y w ill b r i e f l y s ho w “ 10 ” and t he r ad i o w ill beg i n t o p l a y . A ft e r 10 m[...]

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    1 8 Time Projector Operation IMPOR TANT NOTES: • The projected image of the time on your wall or ceiling is only visible when the room lighting is ‘ Off ’ and the room is dark. The image will not be visible when the room lights are ‘ On ’. • If you experience a power interruption when the time projector is ‘ On ’, the main display a[...]

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    1 9 4.) If the image appears to be upside down on your wall, or upside down on the ceiling when you are lying in bed, set the RO TA TE IMAGE switch to its alternate position. 5.) If the image appears ‘ fuzzy ’ and out of focus, slowly rotate the focus adjustment ring clockwise or counter-clockwise until you obtain the sharpest image. 6.) If you[...]

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    2 0 C h a n g i n g T h e L i t h i u m B a t t e r y L i k e a ll ba tt e r i e s , e v en t ua ll y t he bu il t i n li t h i u m ba tt e r y w ill need t o be r ep l a c ed . A nu m be r o f f a c t o r s , s u c h a s , t he l eng t h o f t i m e be t w een t he da t e t he r ad i o w a s m a nu f a c t u r ed a nd t he da t e y ou p l ugged i [...]

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    2 1 4 . ) R e m o v e t he o r i g i na l ba tt e r y f r o m t he ho l de r a nd i n s e r t t he ne w ba tt e r y i n t o t he ho l de r t he s a m e w a y , ob s e r v i ng t he po s i t i v e ( + ) d i r e c t i on . S li de t he ho l de r w i t h t he ne w ba tt e r y ba ck i n t o t he s l o t i n t he c a b i ne t. 5 . ) R ep l a c e t he sc[...]

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    2 2 R es e t t i n g T h e C l o c k A f t e r A T o t a l M e m o r y L o s s If y ou do no t c ha nge t he bu il t i n li t h i u m ba tt e r y w i t h i n a r e a s onab l e pe r i od o f t i m e a ft e r y ou s ee t he w a r n i ng i nd i c a t o r , t h e li t h i u m ba tt e r y m a y be c o m e e x hau s t ed and w ill no l onge r be ab l e [...]

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    2 3 4 . ) D ep r e ss t he M O N T H / DA T E b u tt on . T he d i s p l a y w ill c ha nge f r o m ‘ T i m e ’ t o ‘ M on t h / D a t e ’ ( MM / DD ) . W h il e ho l d i ng t he M O N T H / DA T E bu tt on , p r e ss t he SE T + bu tt o n t o s e t t he d i s p l a y t o t he c o r r e c t M on t h a nd D a t e . T he DA Y O F W EE K i nd [...]

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    2 4 CAR E A ND M A I N T E N A N C E C a r e O f C a b i n e t If t h e c a b i ne t be c o m e s du s t y , wi pe i t wi t h a s o ft c l o t h . If t he c a b i ne t be c o m e s s m udged o r d i r t y , c l ea n i t wi t h a s o ft, s li gh t l y da m pened c l o t h . N e v e r a ll o w w a t e r o r a n y li qu i d t o ge t i n s i de t he c [...]

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    2 5 L I M I T E D W AR RAN T Y E m e r s o n R a d i o C o r p. w a rr a n t s m a nu f a c t u r i n g d e f ec t s i n o r i g i n a l m a t e r i a l , i n c l ud i n g o r i g i n a l p a r t s a nd w o r k m a n s h i p, und e r no r m a l u s e a nd c ond iti on s , f o r a p e r i od o f n i n e t y ( 90 ) d a y s fr o m t h e d a t e o f o [...]

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    E M E R S O N P a r t N o . 16 - 3004 705 - 05 P r i n t ed i n C h i na R CKS3516-26_070307.p65 3/7/2007, 17:09 26[...]