Re: RCA Clock radio wierd problem - Help!
From: Rusty (rusty_at_rusty.com)
Date: 08/22/04
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 02:00:35 -0600
I don't know yet but I will check that out.
Thanks
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:36:56 +1000, Franc Zabkar
<fzabkar@optussnet.com.au> wrote:
>On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:50:19 -0600, Rusty <rusty@rusty.com> put finger
>to keyboard and composed:
>
>>I recently bought the RCA RP3710A Alarm Clock radio. The problem with
>>it is that it randomly gains time. Never loses time. What I mean is
>>that it might run fine for 15 hours with the time right on to the
>>second and then boom, it gains a random amount of time. It might only
>>be 1 hour or 24+ hours before it happens. Today it kept the right time
>>for about 6 hours and then it gained 4 minutes. Then for the next 8
>>hours it kept that 4 minute difference and checking it just now, it
>>gained another 2 minutes.
>>
>>This is NOT an isolated incident. This is a brand new unit. In fact it
>>is the EIGHTH unit with this problem. I have two of them(both brand
>>new) set up next to each other and BOTH are doing the same thing. The
>>others had the problem with most with worst time problems. The first 5
>>were from Walmart. Well, they don't carry it anymore. The next 3 were
>>from Sears and now they are out of them. I didn't buy them all at the
>>same time. I just kept exchanging them. It was about the 4th or 5th
>>one before I started tracking the date codes and have had a wide
>>variety of codes.
>>
>>Any ideas on a fix?
>
>Is the clock reacting to the offpeak switching signals from your
>electricity supplier?
>
>
>- Franc Zabkar
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