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Radio Control Watch
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My Husband who is blind has had a radio control talking watch and he has had it for over a year but this weekend it never updated the time until this morning. Does anyone know why this maybe.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've got a couple of radio controlled clocks - they only try to update a couple of times each day and if they happen not to get a clear signal at that moment then it can be 12/24 hours before they try again.
I presume your husband's watch just failed to pick up a signal overnight on saturday/sunday and so was 'wrong' until it got the update overnight sunday/monday.
I presume your husband's watch just failed to pick up a signal overnight on saturday/sunday and so was 'wrong' until it got the update overnight sunday/monday.
As there is an advertised outage of the MSF radio time signal at the moment (which wasn't on the site two days ago) I'd guess that the transmitter has been having a problem .
http://www.npl.co.uk/...-services/msf-outages
(I checked the site on Sunday as two of my fathers radio clocks wouldn't update either)
http://www.npl.co.uk/...-services/msf-outages
(I checked the site on Sunday as two of my fathers radio clocks wouldn't update either)
I have several radio-controlled watches and they all updated. Some watches need to have their receivers pointing towards the transmitter- that's Cumbria for those using the UK transmitter and middle-Germany for the European transmitter.
Also, if the watch is battery-powered (as opposed to solar-powered) perhaps the battery needs changing, because low battery-level means it won't be able to receive the signal.
Also, if the watch is battery-powered (as opposed to solar-powered) perhaps the battery needs changing, because low battery-level means it won't be able to receive the signal.