Exactset™ Automatically Adjusting Atomic Travel Alarm Clock

by Oregon Scientific

Product Features

• Smallest available ExactSet™ atomic clock only 4" high
• Automatically sets itself to the US Atomic Clock
• Built in radio receiver automatically activates to seek the time signals 6 times a day
• Automatically sets for Daylight savings time
• LCD window displays time, date and day of week in one of three languages: English, French and Spanish

Product Details

Product Manual [126kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.7 x 1.1 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005B0BG
• Item model number: RM-826
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #515,157 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Equipped with a radio receiver tuned to the U.S. Atomic Clock, this travel alarm clock keeps time with split-second accuracy by automatically adjusting, if necessary, to the Atomic Clock's signals six times every 24 hours. The Atomic Clock, operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is one of the most accurate in the world. From its signals, the slim (5/8 inch thick) little clock (3-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches) not only shows the precise time, but it also displays on its LCD screen the date and day. (The day can be shown in English, Spanish, or French.)

The screen also displays the North American time zone for which the clock is set. The alarm increases in volume and intensity to wake even the soundest sleeper suffering from jet lag. Other features: blue backlighting when the clock is rocked backwards on its foldaway stand; a reception-strength indicator showing how well the radio receiver is receiving the Atomic Clock's signals; automatic adjustment for daylight-saving time and leap year; and a low-battery indicator. As a backup, you can set the time, day, and date manually as well as automatically. The clock operates on two AAA batteries and comes with a travel pouch. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Automatically sets its time, day and date to U.S. Atomic Clock

LiteTouch™ system activates backlighting

Features daily wake-up alarm with snooze function

• Dual-segment LCD window displays shows time, date and day of week selectable in one of three languages: English, French and Spanish
• Shows U.S. map to indicate time zone selection
• Daily crescendo alarm with 8-minute snooze
• Blue segment-lit HiGlo™ backlighting is activated with new LiteTouch™ system with a simple press on the face of the clock
• Low-profile with built-in easel stand and included travel pouch
• Uses two AAA alkaline batteries (included)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great features & display. Confusing controls., November 2, 2003

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Aaron Contorer (San Diego, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exactset™ Automatically Adjusting Atomic Travel Alarm Clock (Kitchen)

As a simple travel alarm clock, this unit would get 5 stars from me if only the controls were easier to use.

Pro:
- Lovely, clear display with at OUTSTANDING backlight.
- Alarm starts out quiet, then picks up steam. No shocking jolt of sudden loud beeping!
- Display shows you when the alarm is set to go off, even when you are looking at the time. So you can double check the alarm setting at a glance.
- It's pretty small.
- Comes with a protective travel case (a soft custom-fitted envelope).
- You can see it in person at Radio Shack if you want to check it out. (They give it a different name, but it's the same unit.)

Con:
- It's pretty unusual that a clock REQUIRES reading the manual in order to figure out things like how to set the alarm -- but I had to read the manual for this one.
- Though small and light, it would weigh even less without the radio feature.
- Unfortunately the radio signal is only available in North America. Elsewhere, you have to set it the old-fashioned way.
- At least in my home (in central Seattle), the radio signal is only strong enough near a window, not in mid-room.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Clock--No Gimmick, December 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Exactset™ Automatically Adjusting Atomic Travel Alarm Clock (Kitchen)

I bought this clock over two years ago from Amazon, and have since bought one for my young son and daughter, and my dad. Although it is listed as a "travel alarm", and it is certainly great for this given it's small, lightweight, shirt-pocket size design, we use it as our everyday alarm. Initially, I thought the "atomic" feature was kind of gimmicky, but now I realize how practical it is. No more worries about power failures or weak batteries causing erroneous times. The clock is always correct. It even adjusts automatically at daylight savings time. Just put the batteries in and that's it. You never have to adjust the thing again. The alarm starts out with a very gentle beep-beep for 30 seconds, then goes to a louder beep-beep-beep-beep, and so on. You can give the top of the clock a gentle tap to get an 8 minute snooze feature, or the clock will do it automatically after the alarm has sounded for two minutes. In over two years, I can honestly say I have never had to adjust the time, and it has never failed waking me (and I haven't changed the batteries yet). It's great to always have a clock in the house that has the exact time in which to set all the other time pieces that go amok (VCRs, oven/microwave clocks, watches, etc.) Great product!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Designed by a committee on LSD, June 10, 2005

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E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exactset™ Automatically Adjusting Atomic Travel Alarm Clock (Kitchen)

The backlighting on this clock really is beautiful, but it has too many mystery features to be a good travelling clock. You will really have to take the owner's manual with you wherever you go, if for no other reason than to figure out the three letter abbreviations for 130 cities, e.g. 'ANT' = Antananarivo, Madagascar and 'LOS' = Lagos, Nigeria.

Various mystery features:

* You would think something called a 'rotary knob' that is shaped like a little wheel would actually turn. Not on this clock. It is actually a switch with two settings. It almost did me in when I was going through the owner's manual and trying to set the clock. My husband finally had to intervene as I was about to flush Mr. Atomic Travel Alarm Clock down the toilet.

* Then there was the '58' that appeared on the clock face. I finally figured it was the default year when the clock kept insisting that the day of the week was Sunday, instead of Thursday. Why would the year default to '58'? Are the manufacturers using something other than the Gregorian Calendar?

* There is something in the owner's manual called the 'Hourly Chime function,' but nowhere does it say how turn it on or off. The last thing I want in my luggage as it is passing through airport security is a clock that beeps at the beginning of each hour.

* Why in the world would someone design a clock display where one whole corner is taken up by a map of the U.S. Time Zones?

* Don't use the alarm on/off button to turn off the alarm buzzer, unless you want to reset the alarm time every time you use it. I still haven't figured out how to turn off the buzzer without losing the alarm setting.

* The owner's manual is the biggest mystery feature of all. Almost a whole page is taken up with a list of abbreviations for days of the week in various languages, but nowhere does it tell how to turn off the alarm buzzer without having to reset the alarm time.

P.S. Be sure and take a 'blunt stylus' with you on your travels in case you have to push the reset button when 'the unit is operating in an unfavorable way.'

P.P.S. The reset button is behind the batteries in the battery compartment and is smaller than the head of a pin (I am not making this up).