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    From Scott@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 24 14:50:54 2023
    I have a friend who has a PURE Chronos radio with DAB and FM. It moved
    to totally the wrong time for no apparent reason then when she
    switched if off and on again, it reverted to the correct time. She is
    wondering how this occurred. I thought it would check the time
    periodically (as a radio controlled clock does) and reset if required.

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  • From Tweed@21:1/5 to Scott on Fri Nov 24 15:43:19 2023
    Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    I have a friend who has a PURE Chronos radio with DAB and FM. It moved
    to totally the wrong time for no apparent reason then when she
    switched if off and on again, it reverted to the correct time. She is wondering how this occurred. I thought it would check the time
    periodically (as a radio controlled clock does) and reset if required.


    Failure of the bit of microcontroller code used to decode the time data.
    Turn off and on causes a reset.

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  • From Scott@21:1/5 to usenet.tweed@gmail.com on Fri Nov 24 16:55:15 2023
    On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:43:19 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
    <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

    Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    I have a friend who has a PURE Chronos radio with DAB and FM. It moved
    to totally the wrong time for no apparent reason then when she
    switched if off and on again, it reverted to the correct time. She is
    wondering how this occurred. I thought it would check the time
    periodically (as a radio controlled clock does) and reset if required.

    Failure of the bit of microcontroller code used to decode the time data.
    Turn off and on causes a reset.

    She is asking if any other equipment on the server could be affected
    but I suggested - from you explanation - not. Thanks very much.

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  • From JMB99@21:1/5 to Scott on Fri Nov 24 17:12:36 2023
    On 24/11/2023 14:50, Scott wrote:
    I have a friend who has a PURE Chronos radio with DAB and FM. It moved
    to totally the wrong time for no apparent reason then when she
    switched if off and on again, it reverted to the correct time. She is wondering how this occurred. I thought it would check the time
    periodically (as a radio controlled clock does) and reset if required.


    It seems to vary, many display how many hours since it last checked the
    time. One of mine that I was using to set my watch a few days ago,
    seems to check every hour but I think some others check much less
    frequently.

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  • From Scott@21:1/5 to brian1gaff@gmail.com on Thu Nov 30 12:04:41 2023
    On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:58:53 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
    <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:

    My Roberts, apparently keeps good time, but the Pure on the clock change day >only did it when I unplugged it and plugged it in again. I suspect a
    software bug.
    Brian

    I think so. My Pure Siesta coped seamlessly but my friend's Chronos
    showed completely the wrong time at one stage.

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