Casio radio clock: works with UK transmitters?
Casio radio clock: works with UK transmitters?
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mikem004

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113 months

Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Bought this Casio Wave Ceptor alarm clock on a recent trip to Tokyo.
https://www.amazon.com/Casio-compact-radio-clock-T...

These clocks are supposed to synchronise automatically with a radio transmitter time source.
But will my clock work in the UK? Maybe the 750J means for Japanese markets?

Instructions are all in Japanese. But seem to indicate it will work with a 40kHz or 60KHz signal.
I believe the Rugby transmitter is 60kHz.
Anyway, I have set the time roughly and left it on the window sill!

Balmoral

42,561 posts

278 months

Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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On the watches, you have to set your home city for it to go to, or search for, the right transmitter.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/357955/Casio-305...

Morningside

24,147 posts

259 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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Interesting. OK quick Google (for fun).

The JJY time signal as referred to below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJY

Electric wave reception function: The auto-receipt / manual operation reception, (reception electric wave = long wave standard wave JJY, frequency = 40kHz/60kHz) with automatic function to select, electric wave reception indicator (level displays electric wave reception state), audible tone alarm (we change with five phases), (we repeat up to seven times every approximately five minutes) with snooze function to sound again even if we stop even if we stop, second hand stop function (in snooze alarm ON), LED light (with afterglow function)
http://www.biccamera.com.e.lj.hp.transer.com/bc/di...


And other site
This product is a Japan Radio specifications. When you use overseas please use off the radio receiver.
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/sunknots/item/1...


I know we have rugby but europe tends to use the German time signal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77



mikem004

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2 posts

113 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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The clock does not have a feature for setting the location.
It currently seems to be working OK as a normal quartz clock. It's impossible to say whether it is receiving a signal!
I may re-set the time and see if it auto-corrects.