If your clock cannot find the signal (due to location or interference), you can set it manually. It will continue to try to find the signal automatically in the background.
Your clock is synchronized by a radio signal broadcast from:
The clock receives this signal automatically every night. If the clock loses the signal for a few days, it will continue to run on its internal quartz mechanism but may drift slightly until it reconnects with the radio signal. kincaid radio controlled clock instruction manual
If you moved the clock to a new location or want to force a sync immediately:
Problem: The clock is exactly 1 hour off.
Solution: You likely live in Arizona or Indiana (non-DST zones), or you forgot to flip the DST switch to "ON" or "OFF." Find the tiny switch labeled DST and flip it. The clock will fix itself within 1 hour. If your clock cannot find the signal (due
Problem: The clock stopped at 2:17 AM and won't move.
Solution: The batteries are dead. However, because this is a radio clock, it will remember the exact time when new batteries go in. It is not broken; it is in a coma. Change the batteries.
Problem: The second hand ticks twice, pauses, then ticks twice again.
Solution: This is the "Low Battery Lope." The clock is saying, "I am starving for voltage but clinging to life." Replace the batteries immediately. Your clock is synchronized by a radio signal broadcast from:
Problem: It never finds the signal.
Solution: Radio waves hate metal and concrete.
Your Kincaid clock communicates in symbols. Learn their language.