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Most of us here in the United States "sprung" forward a lot earlier than we have in the past 20 years. That's because our Government decided to enact a bill to "give us more daylight hours," and to "help us conserve energy." One... See more » Most of us here in the United States "sprung" forward a lot earlier than we have in the past 20 years. That's because our Government decided to enact a bill to "give us more daylight hours," and to "help us conserve energy." One thing our wonderful lawmakers forget to take into account is how this will affect technology. Although not quite as bad as Y2k, there's still annoyances that surround us and have to be dealt with. Take for example those "SmartSet" alarm clocks. These are clocks made by Emerson Research, that when you plug them into the wall, they automatically set the time and date. Now when you buy an alarm clock, how many of you read and save the directions? Well, today's a day you might be wishing you did, if you have a "smart set" type clock that doesn't use the atomic type timing to set itself. First let me point out - the Emerson Research website is useless. Truly a total piece of useless marketing material that couldn't help you no matter how many times you scrolled through their totally flash created site that isn't search engine friendly. I searched through all of that website for directions about manually resetting the DST (Daylight Savings Time) start and end dates to no avail. Thankfully - I remembered I had an extra clock (when I bought these things I was working at my former employer - they came in packs of two - hey it was a good deal!), and popped opened the box and pulled out the trusty directions. Since no one has them printed anywhere online for helping customers who've purchased these types of clocks, I figured I'd do the internet a service and post the directions in "searchable text." Directions for Resetting the Daylight Savings Time (DST) Start & End Dates on the Emerson Research Smartset Dual Alarm Clock Radio (cks5055s): * This should work for all Smartsets, but I cannot make the guarantee (and no, I don't have any other directions, sorry)! * Adjusting the DST Start Date on an Emerson Research Smartset: * Depress & hold the MONTH/DATE and the ALARM1 buttons (at the same time). After 3 seconds the display will show the DST 'start' month, week, and date. It should be alternately showing "4 F" (April and first week week) and "4. 1". * While still holding the MONT/DATE and the ALARM1 buttons, press the DOWN (or "-") button 3 times, until the display is showing "3" (March) and the week as "F2". It should alternately flash "3 F2" and "3. 11". * After this is set, the clock should "automatically" reset itself * Adjusting the DST End Date on an Emerson Research Smartset: * Depress & hold the MONTH/DATE and the ALARM2 buttons (at the same time). After 3 seconds the display will show the DST 'end' month, week, and date. It should be alternately showing "10 L" (October and last week week) and "10. 28". * While still holding the MONT/DATE and the ALARM1 buttons, press the UP (or "+") button 1 time, until the display is showing "11" (November) and the week as "F". It should alternately flash "11 F" and "11. 4". * After this is set, the clock should "automatically" reset itself One thing to note, if you ever have to change the lithium backup battery for the Smartset clocks, it will revert back to it's factory defaults and you'll have to go through his all over again. And this conclude's Search Marketing Guru's public service announcement. :) We'll be back with relevant online marketing posts with our next posting! See less »

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Great! Now I can fix my emerson alarm clocks day light savings time start date and end date!

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