TFA 60.2550 Bingo 2.0 Digital Alarm Clock with Temperature Display Instruction Manual

: October 30, 2023
: TFA

Table of Contents

TFA 60.2550 Bingo 2.0 Digital Alarm Clock with Temperature Display
Product Information
Product Usage Instructions
Troubleshooting
Radio-controlled alarm clock
Specifications
References
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TFA 60.2550 Bingo 2.0 Digital Alarm Clock with Temperature Display

Product Information

The TFA Radio-controlled Alarm Clock (Kat. Nr. 60.2550) is a digital clock that synchronizes with the DCF radio signal from Frankfurt, Germany, to display accurate time and date. It features a backlit display that shows the temperature, day of the week, and two alarm times. The clock is powered by three AA batteries and has various buttons and switches for setting and adjusting alarm times, temperature units, and sound options. The clock also includes a light sensor and an auto-light feature that can be turned on or off.

Product Usage Instructions

Unpacking: Open the package and remove the TFA Radio-controlled Alarm Clock and any included accessories.
Battery Installation: Open the battery compartment located at the bottom of the clock and insert three AA batteries with the correct polarity. Close the battery compartment.
Initial Setup: Place the clock in an area with good radio signal reception. The clock will automatically receive the DCF radio signal to synchronize its time and date. Once the signal is received, the clock will display the correct time and date.
Setting Alarm Times: Press the “SET” button and use the “+” and “-” buttons to set the desired alarm time. Use the “ALARM/ALARM” switch to select between Alarm 1 or Alarm 2. Use the “ON/OFF” switches to turn on or off each alarm.
Adjusting Settings: Use the various buttons and switches to adjust settings such as temperature units (Celsius or Fahrenheit), sound options, and auto-light features.
Battery Replacement: When the battery symbol appears on the display, replace the batteries with three new AA batteries with the correct polarity.
Troubleshooting: Refer to the user manual for troubleshooting tips for issues such as no display, no signal reception, or incorrect display.
Disposal: Dispose of the clock and batteries in accordance with local regulations.

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Before you use this product
- Please make sure you read the instruction manual carefully.
- Following and respecting the instructions in your manual will prevent damage to your instrument and loss of your statutory rights arising from defects due to incorrect use.
- We shall not be liable for any damage occurring as a result of the non-following of these instructions. Likewise, we take no responsibility for any incorrect readings or for any consequences resulting from them.
- Please pay particular attention to the safety notices!
- Please keep this instruction manual safe for future reference.
Delivery contents
- Radio-controlled alarm clock
- Instruction manual
Range of operation and all the benefits of your new instrument at a glance
- Highest precision radio-controlled clock
- With time zone and manual setting option
- Two separate alarms with different alarm sounds

Radio-controlled alarm clock
Choice of ascending or continuously loud alarm tone Snooze function

Indication of indoor temperature
Indication of weekday and date
Automatic backlight with light sensor
Intuitive operation with silent keys

For your safety

This product is exclusively intended for the range of applications described above. It should only be used as described within these instructions.
Unauthorized repairs, modifications, or changes to the product are prohibited.

Caution! Risk of injury:

Keep this device and the batteries out of reach of children.
Small parts can be swallowed by children (under three years old).
Batteries contain harmful acids and may be hazardous if swallowed.
If a battery is swallowed, this can lead to serious internal burns and death within two hours.
If you suspect a battery could have been swallowed or otherwise caught in the body, seek medical help imme- diately.

Radio-controlled alarm clock

Batteries must not be thrown into a fire, short-circuited, taken apart, or recharged. Risk of explosion!
Low batteries should be changed as soon as possible to prevent damage caused by leaking.
Avoid contact with skin, eyes, and mucous membranes when handling leaking batteries. In case of contact, immediately rinse the affected areas with water and consult a doctor.

Important information on product safety!

Do not expose your product to extreme temperatures, vibrations, or shocks.
Protect it from moisture.

Elements

A: Display
A 1: Temperature
A 2: Symbol for Auto-Light (activated)
A 3: Day of the week, date
A 4: Time, seconds
A 5: DCF symbol (activated)
A 6: Alarm time 1 (activated)
A 7: Alarm time 2 (activated)

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B: Buttons
B 1: SNOOZE/LIGHT button
B2: button
B 3: button
B 4; button
B 5: button
B 6: Alarm time 1 ON/OFF switch
B 7: Alarm time 2 ON/OFF switch
B 8: AUTO LIGHT ON/OFF switch
B 9: SET button
B 10: ALARM / ALARM switch

Housing (Fig. 1-2):

C 1: The battery compartment
C 2: Colour mark for alarm time 1 ON / OFF
C 3: Colour mark for alarm time 2 ON / OFF
C 4: Light sensor

Getting started

• Open the battery compartment and insert the three AA 1.5 V batteries. Make sure the polarities are correct.
• Close the battery compartment again.

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The device will alert you with a beep and all LCD segments will be displayed for a short moment.
The clock will now scan the DCF frequency signal and the DCF sym- bol will be flashing on the LCD. When the time code is successfully received after 3-8 minutes, the radio-controlled time, the date, and the DCF symbol are steadily displayed on the LCD.
The DCF reception always takes place at 3:00 o’clock in the morning. If the reception is not successfully received at this time, further attempts will happen at 4:00 and 5:00 o’clock respectively.
You can also start the initialization manually.
Press and hold the – button for three seconds.
The DCF symbol will be flashing.
To end the reception, press and hold the – button for three seconds again. The DCF symbol disappears.
There are three different reception symbols:
flashing – reception is active
solid – reception is good no symbol – no reception/reception is deactivated
If the clock cannot detect the DCF signal
(e.g. due to interferences, transmitting distance, etc.), the time can be set manually. The clock will then work as a normal quartz clock. (See: Manual settings).

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Radio-controlled time reception: The time base for the radio-controlled time is a cesium atomic clock operated by the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt in Braun- Schweiz. It has a time deviation of less than one second in one million years. The time is coded and transmitted from Mainflingen near Frankfurt via frequency signal DCF-77 (77.5 kHz) and has a transmitting range of approximately 1.500 km. Changeover from summer time to winter time is automatic. In Daylight Saving Time, DST is shown on the LCD. The quality of the reception depends mainly on the geographic location. Normally there should be no reception problems within a 1.500 km radius around Frankfurt. Please take note of the following:

The recommended distance to any interfering sources like computer screens or TV sets is at least 1.5 – 2 meters.
Inside concrete rooms reinforced with steel (e.g. basements, super-structures), the received signal is naturally weakened. In extreme cases, please place the unit close to a window to improve the reception.
During the nighttime, atmospheric interference is usually less severe, and reception is possible in most cases. A single daily reception is adequate to keep the accuracy deviation under 1 second.

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Operation

Press and hold the – or + button in the setting mode for fast mode.
The instrument will automatically quit the setting mode if no button is pressed within 15 seconds.
If the button tone is enabled, each button operation is acknowledged with a beep.

Manual settings

Press and hold the SET button at the back in normal mode for three seconds.
dcF appears on the display and ON (default) will be flashing. If the DCF reception is activated and after successful reception of the DCF signal no manual adjustment is necessary.
Press the – or + button if you want to deactivate the DCF reception (OFF).
Confirm the setting with the SET button.
If the DCF reception is enabled (ON), you can set the time zone after confirmation with the SET button (TZ appears on the display and O default will be flashing).
Press the – or + button to adjust the time zone (-9/+9).
The time zone correction is needed for countries where the DCF signal can be received but the time zone is different from the DCF time (e.g. +1=one hour later).

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Confirm the setting with the SET button.
Press the SET button to make the settings in the following sequence: the hours, the minutes, the year, the month, the day, the temperature unit (default °C), the day-of-week language (default German), and the button tone (default OFF). Press the – or + button to adjust it.
Confirm the setting with the SET button.
After a successful reception of the DCF signal, and if the DCF reception is activated (ON), the manually set time will be overwritten.

The setting of the temperature unit

Press the – or + button to toggle between Celsius (°C) or Fahrenheit (°F) as the temperature unit to select.
Confirm the setting with the SET button.
If Fahrenheit is set, the time is automatically displayed in the 12-hour format. AM or PM appears on the display. The date format changes to month / day.

The setting of the day-of-week language

Adjust the desired day-of-week language with the – or + button: German (D), English (EN), French (FR), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT) or Dutch (NL).
Confirm the setting with the SET button.

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The setting of the button tone

Normally, the button tone (beep) is disabled (OFF).
Press the – or + button to activate the button tone (ON).
Confirm the setting with the SET button.

Alarm

The alarm clock has two separate alarms with different alarm tones.

The setting of the first alarm time

Press the button in normal mode.
7:00 (default) or the last adjusted alarm time, appears on the display.
The hour digits flash.
Press the – or + button to adjust the hours.
Confirm the setting with the button.
The minute digits will be flashing. Press the – or + button to adjust the minutes.
Confirm the setting with the button.
The adjusted alarm time appears on the display.
To activate the alarm function. move the switch alarm time 1 ON/OFF upwards (ON). At the same time, the box is highlighted in color and a frame with the alarm symbol appears around the alarm time:

Radio-controlled alarm clock

The first alarm time is now activated.
When the adjusted alarm time is reached, the alarm will ring.
The alarm symbol will be flashing and the backlight will be activated for 5 seconds.
Press any button to stop the alarm.
If the alarm is not stopped manually, the alarm will automatically turn off after a few minutes.
The alarm symbol remains on the display and the alarm time will be reactivated at the same time
When the alarm rings, press the SNOOZE/LIGHT button to activate the snooze function.
Once the snooze function is activated, z7 will be flashing on the display.
The alarm will be interrupted for 5 minutes.
Slide the alarm time 1 ON/OFF switch downwards (OFF) to deactivate the alarm function.
The alarm symbol and the color mark disappear.

The setting of the second alarm time

Press the button in normal mode.
7:00 (default), or the last adjusted alarm time, appears on the display.

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Set the alarm time for the second alarm in the same way as the first one.
To activate/deactivate the second alarm function, move the switch alarm time 2 ON OFF up (ON) down (OFF).

Setting the alarm tone

You can select either a continuously loud or ascending alarm tone with the slide switch ALARM ALARM found on the back of the unit.

Backlight

Press the SNOOZE/LIGHT button.
The backlight turns on for 5 seconds and fades gently.
The device is provided with a light sensor to turn on the light auto- matically when dark.
Use the AUTO LIGHT ON/OFFF switch at the back to activate or deactivate the automatic backlight.
appears or disappears on the display.
- Note: During a DCF signal reception, the backlight is temporarily disabled or cannot be activated.

Care and maintenance

Clean your instrument with a soft damp cloth. Do not use solvents or scouring agents.

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Remove the batteries if you do not use the product for a long period of time.
Store the instrument in a dry place.

Battery replacement

Change the batteries when the battery symbol appears on the display.
Open the battery compartment and insert three new AA 1.5 V batteries. Ensure the battery polarities are correct
Close the battery compartment again.

Troubleshooting

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If your device fails to work despite these measures, contact the supplier from whom you purchased this product.
Waste disposal
This product and its packaging have been manufactured using high-grade materials and components which can be recycled and reused. This reduces waste and protects the environment. Dispose of the packaging in an environmentally friendly manner usin the collection systems that have been set up.

Radio-controlled alarm clock

Disposal of the electrical device
Remove non-permanently installed batteries and rechargeable batteries from the device and dispose of them separately. This product is labeled in accordance with the EU Waste Elec-trical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE). This product must not be disposed of in ordinary household waste. As a consumer, you are required to take end-of-life devices to a designated collection point for the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment, in order to ensure envi-ronmentally-compatible disposal. The return service is free of charge. Observe the current regulations in place!
Disposal of the batteries
Never dispose of empty batteries and rechargeable batteries with ordinary household waste. They contain pollutants that, if improperly disposed of, can harm the environment and human health. As a consumer, you are required by law to take them to your retail store or to an appropriate collection site depending on national or local regulations in order to protect the environment. The return service is free of charge. The symbols for the contained heavy metals are Cd=cadmium, Hg=mercury, and Pb=lead.

Specifications

No part of this manual may be reproduced without the written consent of TFA Dost-mann. The technical data are correct at the time of going to print and may change without prior notice. The latest technical data and information about this product can be found in our homepage by simply entering the product number in the search box.
EU Declaration of Conformity
Hereby, TFA Dostmann declares that the radio equipment type 60.2550 and 60.2552 is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU Declaration of Conformity is available at the following Internet address: