Lidl - Radio Controlled clocks are back

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These clocks have been in the news before.

Beware: these clocks are for (most of) Europe only so run one hour fast in the UK.
>:)Warning: In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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  • [Deleted User]
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    Consumerist wrote: »
    Beware: these clocks are for (most of) Europe only so run one hour fast in the UK.
    Ha Ha
    That's just brilliant! At least no one who uses one over here is likely to be late! :D
  • societys_child
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    Ive had a cheap Lidl weather station for about 12 months. I tried changing the time settings a number of times but it always reverted to "euro time" . .


    Sooo . . . I looked deeper into the settings and found the correct way to alter it.


    It's fine now, don't know if these clocks are the same ;)
  • Consumerist
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    societys_child wrote: »
    Ive had a cheap Lidl weather station for about 12 months. I tried changing the time settings a number of times but it always reverted to "euro time" . .
    Sooo . . . I looked deeper into the settings and found the correct way to alter it.
    It's fine now, don't know if these clocks are the same
    These clocks are analogue. The only way I can think of is to loop a piece of wire over the hour hand and physically pull the hand back an hour. This would, of course, invalidate the 3-yr guarantee and could possibly damage the movement. I didn't investigate how easy it might be to gain access to the hands.
    >:)Warning: In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
  • societys_child
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    These clocks are analogue


    Analogue? What is the world coming to . .
  • [Deleted User]
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    Consumerist wrote: »
    These clocks are analogue.
    Indeed.
    Radio controlled clocks correct themselves via a signal from an atomic clock, but the signal for Central European Time originates from a different location than the signal for GMT.
  • 168hourweek
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    Hi
    Moved my hands to the correct UK time
    Worked fine for 3 years now
  • twhitehousescat
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    168hourweek wrote: »
    Hi
    Moved my hands to the correct UK time
    Worked fine for 3 years now

    reads correct , twice a day
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