Cobolt Systems Ltd T12 Talking Calendar/ Stopwatch/ 4 Alarm Clock

Your clock has a long thin TALK button on the top front edge for obtaining the time with 4 operating buttons behind it also on the top of the case.  Left is a sliding ALARM button, left for off, right for on.  Next is the SET button used for setting functions then the UP button used to alter settings and finally the MODE button used to step through various options.

Setting the date and time

Repeatedly press MODE until you hear the time announced. Press and hold SET for a few seconds until you hear “Time set, hour set”.  Repeatedly press UP until the correct hours are spoken. Press SET to cause “Minute set” to be spoken and again use UP to   select the minutes. Repeat this process using SET and UP to set the year, month and date. Press MODE when finished to return to normal time mode. Please note that only the day is spoken numerically i.e. “Today is the 4th”.

Setting the alarms

Repeatedly press MODE until you hear “Alarm 1”. Press and hold SET until you hear “Alarm 1 set, hour set”. Repeatedly press UP until the required hours are spoken. Use SET to store the hour then UP and SET in the same way to set the minutes. Use MODE to set the other 3 alarms and, when finished, to return to normal time mode.  The alarms can be selected on and off at any time by using MODE to select each alarm and UP to toggle it on and off.  At the preset times the alarms will sound for 1  minute. To silence them press any button.  If you press TALK while an alarm is sounding it will stop then sound again after 8 minutes.  You can repeat this if you wish.

Hourly report

In normal time mode use UPDATE to turn this feature on and off. 

Stopwatch

Repeatedly press MODE until you hear “Stopwatch”. Press SET to return the counter to zero. If you do not hear “all clear” this indicates that the stopwatch is running. Press UP to stop it then SET again to reset it to zero.  Press UP to start the timer.  UP will stop and re-start the timer and TALK will give the elapsed time at any stage.  With the timer running pressing SET freezes the display and TALK will give this lap time but the stopwatch will  continue to run in the background. Pressing SET again will cause the timer to revert to the total elapsed time.

In normal time mode one press of SET will show the month, date and year although only the day will be spoken.  There is a Hi/Lo volume switch on the back of the case and a toggle switch for turning the speech off.  This also disables alarms.

The clock is powered by 2 x AAA Alkaline batteries in the compartment on the back.  This can be removed by pressing your thumb on the back and sliding down.  We strongly recommend the use of alkaline batteries for maximum life.
Modified 18/03/2020