Do you have a problem with a Radio Control Clock? Watch this movie and hopefully this will help you to solve the problem Updated video: • Radio Controlled Clock
Hi, my expensive £40 radio controlled clock from a jeweller, bought a few years back completely failed to move, stuck at 4 o'clock, despite trying lots of batteries. The radio controlled wall clock was fine so I knew it was not the signal. Went online for a solution, found your video quickly, did what you said and it is working like new. VERY, very impressed. Many many thanks. :-)
Worked perfectly after I took the clock to Frankfurt. Still paying for the airfare though. I might consider changing the clock when the battery runs out.
+Chris Brooksbank If you receive a signal (often the UK is too far away from Frankfurt)... but if you DO receive a signal, you can set the hands at 11 o'clock instead of 12 o'clock (you'll be tricking the signal), this way it will show the right time for you.
i know this is 3 years old, but im from the Philippines and bought a Japanese Seiko Radiowave Clock. Since my clock is based on Japanese time Zone, the clock is always exactly 1 hour faster. What I did is just pop open then clock case and moved the hour hand 1 hour back. remove the batteries before doing so.
I bought one and it waits for the signal for 12 minutes 12 seconds then starts. My country has no signal so I reset it to 12. Remove the cell. Then reinsert at 11:46:46 and it completes its reset again and tada at 1200 it starts ticking. Three times a day it holds its seconds hand for a minute or two waiting for the signal but the clock keeeps ticking and it is pretty damn accurate.
I bought a radio-clock from Japan by error and brought it back to Australia which does not have radio-timing system. I have spent weeks trying to over-ride the system using the two buttons at its back to use it as an ordinary clock but the two arms just would not stop spinning. If you now what to do, please let me know.
Dear josemour100, Sorry to hear you have trouble with your radio-control clock. It depends on the type of mechanism used. Our radio-control mechanisms indicate the time in a ordinary way if they cannot find the signal. It will look for a signal every two hours, like all our radio-control mechanisms, but they hands will not spin around. The only thing I can suggest is to buy another 'normal' mechanism and replace your radio-control mechanism with a normal one. I hope you can use your clock soon, Regards, NeXtime (^Marije)
+oOMonkeyMagicOo Are you in the UK? Often you cannot set a time zone, but what you can do is trick the signal by setting the hands at 11 o'clock instead of 12 o'clock (and follow this instruction movie)
+NeXtime No Ireland, but the time zone is the same. Picked up a clock in Lidl and it looks like it is only suitable for Mainland Europe. Through various searches I had stumbled across the change the position of the hands method, which I have already applied. The method for anybody else interested is... The clock had to be reset by pressing and holding the reset button for +5 seconds. This will move the hands to start position. Either 12, 4 or 8 o clock. Mine went to 12. Once this happens, remove the battery. Then you have to take the clock apart, this will depend on the model but mine had three v shaped springs holding the face to the "Glass" and was straight forward enough to access the hands. Once access has been gained, be careful not to bend the hands. The second and minute hand have to be removed first, then the hour hand can be removed. Be careful not to turn the spindle on which the hands sit. The hands have to be pulled up away from the face and not twisted. Once removed, replace an hour before the reset time, example 11, 3 or 7, or an hour ahead 1, 5 or 9 if you are on the other side of Europe, such as Greece. Replace the battery and all should be well. @ NeXtime Thanks for the reply.
We have this clock at my work as well. I am from Slovakia. Can you tell me why our clock, at Slovakia, sets itself at 13:20-25 (I don't remember when exactly)? Thank you for your explanation.
We made a new movie, that might explain it a bit better :czcams.com/video/pvPSUg9rRmg/video.html . Take out battery and put it back in, the clock will set it self at a certain time, insert the pin and take the battery out. Make sure the pin is inserted completely. Take off the hands and put them at 12:00. Take out the pin, and put the battery back in. The clock will set it self at 12:00 And wait for the signal. I hope this helps. Regards
for some buildings special concrete walls its is the most stupid idea to by a clock like this. Anyway I have to do it by hand every year !!! Trust me its no fun !
My boyfriend bought all my clocks.he's gone and so have the clocks,one by one as they needed new batteries they would never set the time right,always 2hours fast
I CAN'T HEAR YOU! Buy yourself a regular wall clock and use your phone for accurate time. I have two of these and they are a pain in the ass, especially with standard vs daylightsavings changes. Good luck getting a reliable signal.
Thanks for the tip about the pins. You've saved us throwing away a clock that had seemed to have stopped working.
Hi, my expensive £40 radio controlled clock from a jeweller, bought a few years back completely failed to move, stuck at 4 o'clock, despite trying lots of batteries. The radio controlled wall clock was fine so I knew it was not the signal.
Went online for a solution, found your video quickly, did what you said and it is working like new. VERY, very impressed. Many many thanks. :-)
+wainwright3 Good to hear!!
Worked perfectly after I took the clock to Frankfurt. Still paying for the airfare though. I might consider changing the clock when the battery runs out.
this was very helpful thank you, by dont all manufaturers make helpful videos
Nice video! I understand to use good quality batteries but it’s not clear which type of battery did you suggest to use? Thanks
Thank you for this video, it helped us to fix our watches ^-^
+Reny Wies Good to hear!!
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Is there a way to disable to remote functionality? I'd like to be able to set one of the clocks (I have 2) to a different time zone.
I am in London, so if its displaying Frankfurt time that explains the out by one hour. Can I fix this or do I need to put in garbage ?
+Chris Brooksbank If you receive a signal (often the UK is too far away from Frankfurt)... but if you DO receive a signal, you can set the hands at 11 o'clock instead of 12 o'clock (you'll be tricking the signal), this way it will show the right time for you.
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What is the Radio Frequency this clock receives its synchronisation signal from ? Which station - WWV ?
DCF77
Frequency: 77.5 kHz
how about here in the Philippines....
how to set my Casio Radio Wave Controlled Clock?
i know this is 3 years old, but im from the Philippines and bought a Japanese Seiko Radiowave Clock.
Since my clock is based on Japanese time Zone, the clock is always exactly 1 hour faster.
What I did is just pop open then clock case and moved the hour hand 1 hour back.
remove the batteries before doing so.
i have an auriol alarm clock but lately the little hand is in the wrong position as if 15 seconds behind the large hand. very confusing
+Patricia Taylor Dear Patricia, can you send a picture of your clock to info@nextime.eu?
I bought one and it waits for the signal for 12 minutes 12 seconds then starts. My country has no signal so I reset it to 12. Remove the cell. Then reinsert at 11:46:46 and it completes its reset again and tada at 1200 it starts ticking.
Three times a day it holds its seconds hand for a minute or two waiting for the signal but the clock keeeps ticking and it is pretty damn accurate.
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I bought a radio-clock from Japan by error and brought it back to Australia which does not have radio-timing system. I have spent weeks trying to over-ride the system using the two buttons at its back to use it as an ordinary clock but the two arms just would not stop spinning. If you now what to do, please let me know.
Dear josemour100,
Sorry to hear you have trouble with your radio-control clock. It depends on the type of mechanism used. Our radio-control mechanisms indicate the time in a ordinary way if they cannot find the signal. It will look for a signal every two hours, like all our radio-control mechanisms, but they hands will not spin around. The only thing I can suggest is to buy another 'normal' mechanism and replace your radio-control mechanism with a normal one. I hope you can use your clock soon,
Regards, NeXtime (^Marije)
josemour100 one of the two buttons set the time manual and the other one takes the pointers to 12:00 and waits for radio signal .
+Nick Alpha my is at 12:00 is never move
+Jason Chen maybe in your place there is no radio signal available ... try to set your clock manually .
How do you set the Time zone, Mine is always an hour fast????
+oOMonkeyMagicOo Are you in the UK? Often you cannot set a time zone, but what you can do is trick the signal by setting the hands at 11 o'clock instead of 12 o'clock (and follow this instruction movie)
+NeXtime No Ireland, but the time zone is the same. Picked up a clock in Lidl and it looks like it is only suitable for Mainland Europe. Through various searches I had stumbled across the change the position of the hands method, which I have already applied.
The method for anybody else interested is...
The clock had to be reset by pressing and holding the reset button for +5 seconds. This will move the hands to start position. Either 12, 4 or 8 o clock. Mine went to 12. Once this happens, remove the battery. Then you have to take the clock apart, this will depend on the model but mine had three v shaped springs holding the face to the "Glass" and was straight forward enough to access the hands. Once access has been gained, be careful not to bend the hands. The second and minute hand have to be removed first, then the hour hand can be removed. Be careful not to turn the spindle on which the hands sit. The hands have to be pulled up away from the face and not twisted. Once removed, replace an hour before the reset time, example 11, 3 or 7, or an hour ahead 1, 5 or 9 if you are on the other side of Europe, such as Greece. Replace the battery and all should be well.
@ NeXtime Thanks for the reply.
Lidl stocked one that only tuned to DCF77
How can you rollout a clock that doesn't work in the target market's timezone? Wish I got a regular clock
We have this clock at my work as well. I am from Slovakia. Can you tell me why our clock, at Slovakia, sets itself at 13:20-25 (I don't remember when exactly)? Thank you for your explanation.
We made a new movie, that might explain it a bit better :czcams.com/video/pvPSUg9rRmg/video.html . Take out battery and put it back in, the clock will set it self at a certain time, insert the pin and take the battery out. Make sure the pin is inserted completely. Take off the hands and put them at 12:00. Take out the pin, and put the battery back in. The clock will set it self at 12:00 And wait for the signal. I hope this helps. Regards
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for some buildings special concrete walls its is the most stupid idea to by a clock like this.
Anyway I have to do it by hand every year !!!
Trust me its no fun !
My boyfriend bought all my clocks.he's gone and so have the clocks,one by one as they needed new batteries they would never set the time right,always 2hours fast
I CAN'T HEAR YOU! Buy yourself a regular wall clock and use your phone for accurate time. I have two of these and they are a pain in the ass, especially with standard vs daylightsavings changes. Good luck getting a reliable signal.
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Bonjour ce moi
My radio controlled clock is always 1 hour fast. There is nothing in the manual to correct this problem. Do you have advice?
Open the dial and remove then reinstall the hands at 1100
mine too is always an hour fast (I am in UK), and it is a digital clock, tried setting it an hour slow, but it isn't being fooled lol
+Roger Stokes The digital one's usually have a summer time adjustment, might be worth seeing if you can change it that way.