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This cool Brookstone sensor clock left us wondering how it worked, so we TIA!
Let’s Go!
Lets jump to the back where all the screws are.
Take out the visible ones.
Lose the batteries, they just get in the way.
Open the cover, but be wary of all of the wires that hold it together.
Take out the buttons.
Theres not much more too it, but scope out the pictures below for some info on HOW it might work.
Here you can see the touch sensor, which we suspect works like this.
Like I said, not much to it.
how do you get it to light up and change colors? it stopped doing this after i changed the batteries.
Each screen on the clock (eg. alarm, time, temp) has a different color associated with it. As for illumination, it lights up when a semi-conductive object is in close proximity to it. Mine still lights up after disassembly and a battery change. Not sure why yours is having trouble.
I just moved into a new house. The previous owner left me this sensor clock (same as above). I put fresh batteries in. Set the date, alarm and celsius to fahrenheit. I suspect the name “sensor clock” means it senses the current time. You know what happens when an assumption is made.
How long does it take to sense the correct time? It started at 12:00. I tried to set it thinking I could get close to the correct time. No luck. Any ideas?
It does allow me to change the the hours place from 12:XX to 0:XX.
@Michael,
This clock does not synchronize itself with the atomic clock broadcasts. It is a “sensor” clock in that the back light turns on when something conductive is in close proximity to the clock.
How can I sincronize the clock, I do not have a catalogue.
I have one of these clocks and can’t find the owner’s manual. I’ve set the alarm to go off at 10 pm, and it does that, but I can’t figure out how to get the alarm to shut off and stay off. When I touch the clock the alarm stops, but then goes off a couple of minutes later. And it keeps doing that over and over. Any help, or a link to the instruction manual?
Thanks,
Al Finegold
afinegold@msn.com
Hey all, I just found a link to the owner’s manual for the Sensor Clock:
http://www.brookstone.com/bs_assets/files/pdf/product/manual/492116.pdf
Hope this helps.
Al
sweet! thanks for the tips!
I changed the battery in the sensor clock and now the sensor nor the backlight work. Is there any way to get it to work again?
I know nobody’s ever gonna read this, but if you do, the backlight feature seems to be powered entirely by the bottom battery. You can take it out and the clock still works. My backlight stopped working, until i rolled the bottom battery around to make better contact, now it works fine.
Hah! You only think no one will read your post. In fact, your post solved the problem for me! My in-laws gave us this clock several years ago. It never did show the colored display, even though their’s did. It has been an exercise in frustration, until I ran across your post. Rolling the bottom battery did the trick.
Thanks, I owe ya a beer!
Scott
I had the same problem with the light and fiddling with the bottom battery fixed it, too. So you’re right about the battery but wrong about no one reading your post! Now the Temp mode shows ERR all the time….how about that one?
John
site still works
http://www.brookstone.com/bs_assets/files/pdf/product/manual/492116.pdf
Thank you for the advice regarding the color backlight. Took out the bottom battery and put it back again did the trick. Cheers!
I love this conversation : p
I, too, am trying to just TURN OFF the alarm, and have resorted to stuffing the clock under the living room couch cushions.
I’ve tried to access the manual through the twice posted link above, but it appears 1) they no longer sell the clock and 2) there’s no evidence of a manual (perhaps they’ve redesigned the website and removed that option?).
Does anybody know how to turn off the alarm?