B1987 Owners Manual

Bulova B1987 Owners Manual

Features: . Triple Chime - Westminster! Ave Maria! Bim-Bam Plays Melody on Hour Counts the Hour Adjustable Volume Control No Chimes or Automatic Night Shut-off from 11 :00 PM to 5:40- AM

DO NOT SET THE HANDS BACKWARDS (COUNTERCLOCKWISE) AT ANY TIME. WHENEVER THE TIME MUST BE CHANGED MOVE THE HANDS FORWARD ONLY, STOPPING AT EACH HOUR UNTIL THE CHIME FINISHES SOUNDING.

To Start The Clock If your clock has back cover or door, remove it or open it to access the movement behind the dial. Do not insert batteries. If batteries are in clock, do not remove insulator.

Turn the hand set knob, in the rear of movement, counter-clockwise until the time is 5:50. (the hands on the dial will turn in a clockwise direction) The movement will preset to 5:45AM when the batteries are inserted.

lnsert a fresh, good quality alkaline "AA" battery into battery compartment of movement with the polarity as shown.

Turn clock on side to access mechanism located in the underside of the clock. Open cover and insert two fresh, good quality alkaline "C" size batteries according to polarity marking (+) and (-) in the battery compartrnent. If batteries are already in clock, please remove insulator and reinsert batteries.

Replace batteries if the time keeping becomes erratic or melody becomes "Fuzzy" as this may be an indication of the batteries exhaustion. When replacing batteries, make sure that all batteries will be replaced at the same time and same grade of batteries should be used.

If batteries are replaced it is necessary to reset the hourly chime following the steps on this manual.

If your clock has a rotating pendulum, insert a fresh, good quality alkaline "AA" battery into the adjacent battery compartment of pendulum movement with the polarity as shown. Place the rotary pendulum onto the protruding metal shaft which is located in the base of the clock. On certain models the pendulum may already be attached. A slight push may be necessary to start the rotation.

To Set Time
Turn the hand set knob, in rear of movement, counter-clockwise until the desired time is obtained on the dial.
If setting PM, go PAST 12 o'clock.
Allow at least one hour for the timekeeping to correctly synchronize with the melody.

To Select Melody ("MELODY" Switch A)
WESTMINSTER: The clock will play Westminster chime on the hour. The clock will play Ave Maria chime on the hour. The clock will play Bim-Bam chime on the hour.

Automatic Night Shut-off And Chime Melody ON / OFF
Function ("MODE" Switch B) Gently slide the switch to "PM11:00 - AM5:45" position, the night shut-off function will be activated for any melody selected. The melody will not play between 11 :00 PM and 5:45 AM.

To play melody and count the hours every hour, gently slide the switch to middle position "24 HR ON". To turn off the melody, gently slide the switch to position "OFF".

It anytime the melody status is changed from "NIGHT SHUT OFF" to "OFF" or reversed it is necessary to reset the hourly chime following the steps in this manual.

Volume Control (Volume Control Knob C)
Adjust volume by turning Volume Control Knob C To increase the volume, turn the Volume Control Knob C clockwise.
To decrease the volume, turn the Volume Control Knob C counter-clockwise.

"SET" Button D
If this button is depressed, you will need to remove the batteries and start over again. There is no need to ever press the set button.