Talking 4 Alarm Watches
CW90, CW92, CW93 & CW93EXP
Please retain these instructions for future reference. These instructions are also available in other formats.
Special warning
The CW90 and CW92 watches are fitted with a power-saving mode, which preserves the battery life while in storage. Your watch will be set to the power-saving mode when you receive it and will need activating before first use. When in this mode the watch will not produce any audible output or show any digits on the display.
To turn the watch on, press and hold the Talk (2 o’clock) button for approximately three seconds, whereupon the watch will beep three times and then show digits on the display.
Please note: There is a small plastic adhesive cover situated on the watch face when you first receive it. Please remove this.
General description
The 4-alarm talking watches announce the time in a female synthetic voice and provide useful functions to run your daily routines more efficiently. For example, you can set up the four talking alarms to remind you of medicine-taking time, or use the talking stopwatch to time and track your activities. Other features include a talking calendar and an optional hourly announcement.
Orientation
Position the watch in front of you. You will notice the following buttons:
Talk button - Top right hand side (2 o’clock)
Set button – Bottom right hand side (4 o’clock) (This button also speaks the date)
Adjust button – Bottom left hand side (8 o’clock)
Mode button - Top left hand side (10 o’clock)
Using the product
Time and date announcements
To hear the time announcement, simply press the Talk (2 o’clock) button.
To hear the date announcement, press the Set button (4 o’clock). The watch will report: “Today is the twenty-third”. (The month and year are not spoken). If date 10 23 appears on the display (for example), press Set (4 o’clock) again, and it displays the year, and then press Set (4 o’clock) again to return to normal time display.
Setting the time and date
Please note: If you do not press any button for more than one minute when setting the watch it will return to the normal time mode. (The watch beeps once when this happens).
In normal time mode press and hold the Set button (4 o’clock) until you hear “Time set” and the hour digits flash on the display (the date will be announced first as the Set button has a dual purpose). Adjust the option of 12 or 24 hour time by pressing the Adjust button (8 o’clock). The watch will speak either “12” or “24”.
Press the Set button (4 o’clock) again and the watch announces: “Hour set” and the digits flash on the display. Press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to select the hour, and then press the Set button (4 o’clock) again and the watch announces: “minute set” and the digits flash on the display. Press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to select the minute.
Press the Set button (4 o’clock) again and the watch says: “Year set” and the year digits flash. Repeatedly press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to set the correct year.
Press the Set button (4 o’clock) and you will hear: “Month set” and the month digits flash. Repeatedly press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to set the correct month in numerical form (1-12).
Press the Set button (4 o’clock) and you will hear: “Date set” and the date digits flash. Repeatedly press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to set the correct date in numerical form (1-31).
Press the Mode button (10 o’clock) to complete setting and return to the normal time mode.
Setting the alarm time
The watch lets you set four daily alarms. Follow these steps to set the alarm:
Repeatedly press the Mode button (10 o’clock) until you hear “Alarm 1” and AL and the number one appear on the display.
Press and hold down the Set button (4 o’clock) until you hear “Alarm 1 set, hour set” and the hour digits flash on the display.
Repeatedly press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to set the hour. Then press the Set button (4 o’clock) again and you hear “Minute set” and the minutes digits flash. Repeatedly press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to set the minute.
Press the Mode button (10 o’clock) once to complete Alarm 1 time setting, then press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) until you hear: “Alarm 1 on” and a picture of a bell appears on the display. You can turn the alarm off by pressing the Adjust button (8 o’clock) when in this setting, and the watch will say: “Alarm 1 off”.
Repeat the above steps to set alarms 2, 3 and 4.
Press the Mode button (10 o’clock) until you hear the current time announcement indicating that you have returned to the normal time mode.
At the preset alarm time, the alarm sounds for one minute and turns off automatically. To silence the alarm sooner, press any button.
Turning the hourly time announcement on or off
You can set the watch to announce the time every hour on the hour from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. To turn on the hourly announcement, press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) when in normal time mode until you hear “Hourly report on” and a small symbol will appear above the second digits on the display. To turn off the hourly announcement, press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) again and you hear “Hourly report off” and the symbol disappears.
Using stopwatch (Count up timer)
The maximum count up time (stopwatch) is 24 hours. When the timer reaches 23:59:59, it resets to 0:00:00 and begins counting up again.
Follow these steps to operate the stopwatch.
Press the Mode button (10 o’clock) once in normal time mode and you will hear “Stopwatch” and “ST” appears on display.
Press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to start the timer. The stopwatch starts and announces timing.
To stop or pause the count up, press the Adjust button (8 o’clock). To resume, press Adjust button (8 o’clock) again and the stopwatch timer continues from the displayed time.
To reset the timer to 0:00:00, press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to stop the timer, then press the Set button (4 o’clock) and the watch announces: “All clear”.
When you enter the Stopwatch mode, if the display does not show 0:00:00, follow these steps to reset:
If the stopwatch is not running press the Set button (4 o’clock) and the watch will announce: “All clear” and the display will show 0:00:00.
If the stopwatch is running then press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to stop it followed by the Set button (4 o’clock) to reset to 0:00:00 as above.
When the stopwatch is running in the background of normal use enter the Stopwatch using the Mode button (10 o’clock) and then press Adjust (8 o’clock) and Set button (4 o’clock) to reset to 0:00:00.
Recording lap times
The lap function lets you freeze the display, document the timed reading and then return to the stopwatch timer to see the advancing time.
You can monitor lap times continuously as long as the stopwatch continues to run.
Follow these steps to measure lap times.
Press the Mode button (10 o’clock) once in normal time mode and you will hear “Stopwatch” and “ST” appears on display.
Press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to start the timer. The stopwatch starts and announces timing.
When the first lap is finished, press the Set button (4 o’clock). The stopwatch display freezes but the stopwatch timer continues to run in the background. The “:” in the elapsed time flashes.
When you have documented the lap time, press the Set button (4 o’clock). The display changes to show the advancing time (was in the background) on the stopwatch timer.
Repeat the above steps for each additional lap.
Press the Adjust button (8 o’clock) to stop the stopwatch. Then press the Set button (4 o’clock) to reset the display to 0:00:00.
The stopwatch announces the elapsed time according to the following:
1 to 10 seconds each second; 11 seconds to 1 minute every 10 seconds; 1 to 10 minutes every minute; 10 minutes to 24 hours every 10 minutes.
During timing, you can press the Talk button (2 o’clock) at any point to hear the time.
Power save mode
If you are not going to use the watch for a prolonged period you can activate the power save mode.
To do this, press and hold both the Mode (10 o’clock) and Talk (2 o’clock) buttons simultaneously for approximately three seconds. The watch display will go blank but no sound will be made. To check that the watch has entered power-saving mode, press any button and if there is no speech output the watch will have entered power-saving mode.
Battery replacement
Please note: If the watch battery stops in either of the CW90 or CW92 watches, and the product is out of guarantee we recommend that you purchase another of these watches, as the cost of replacing with a new battery is comparative to the cost of the watch.
If the watch doesn’t work properly or the display dims, first check that the watch is not in power-saving mode (CW90 and CW92), and if it isn't, the battery power could be getting low.
It is recommended that you take your CW93 or CW93EXP watch to a watch specialist or jeweller to change the battery.
Each of the watches covered in these instructions use a CR2016 lithium battery. A replacement battery is available for the CW93 and CW93EXP watches from RNIB (product code CP07).
For CW93 and CW93EXP follow these steps to install or replace the battery:
Locate the small groove around the edge of the watch case and prise it open using a small flathead screwdriver. Take the back of the watch off and then remove the small screw from the battery bar using a small crosshead screwdriver.
Insert a new battery with the positive (rounded side) facing upwards.
Replace the battery bar and secure it with the screw before re-attaching the back of the watch by pressing it down until it clicks into place.
Please note: RNIB does not guarantee batteries.
Strap fitting
You can have the metallic bracelet strap on the CW93 watch adjusted to suit the size of your wrist. Please take the watch to a watch specialist or jeweller.
Please note: RNIB does not guarantee watch straps.
How to contact RNIB
Phone number: 0303 123 9999
Textphone: 0845 758 5691
Postal address: RNIB, PO Box 173, Peterborough PE2 6WS, U.K.
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Terms and conditions of sale
This product is guaranteed from manufacturing faults for 12 months from the date of purchase. If you have any issues with the product and you did not purchase directly from RNIB then please contact your retailer in the first instance.
For all returns and repairs contact RNIB first to get a returns authorisation number to help us deal efficiently with your product return.
You can request full terms and conditions from RNIB or view them online.
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This product is CE marked and fully complies with all applicable EU legislation.
At the end of the product’s life you can return it to the supplier or manufacturer for free of charge disposal. This is to comply with ‘The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive’ (WEEE).
Date: February 2014
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