User manual PHILIPS HF3462 20

[. . . ] Introduction This appliance helps you wake up feeling fitter and more energetic. It creates a summer dawn experience that makes awakening and getting up easier. The light intensity slowly increases to the chosen level during 30 minutes. Light reduces the level of the sleep hormone melatonin and increases the production of the cortisol hormone that makes you feel more energetic when you wake up. You can have the appliance wake you up by light only or by light and sound. The appliance can also be used as a reading lamp. Light and the biological clock Exposure to light regulates the biological clock that controls the body's circadian rhythms. [. . . ] The sound slowly increases in 90 seconds to the chosen level after the set alarm time. Setting the alarm time D Press · the alarm time button (i!!) to set the alarm. 8) The alarm time starts blinking and two arrows appear above and below the alarm time (Fig. 9). the . A. and the T buttons to set the alarm time, i. e. 10) the button longer to put the time forward or backward more quickly. D Use D Press II Press · the alarm time button (i!!) again to confirm the alarm time. 8) The arrows disappear and the alarm time stops blinking. Note: If you do not confirm the alarm time, the blinking stops after 10 seconds. This means that the alarm time has been set Setting tl'!e sound and the sound level D Press · · the ALARM button (Fig. The light ring round the ALARM button starts burning (Fig. The first sound symbol (radio symbol for HF3462, HF3461 and gentle beep symbol for HF3451) starts blinking for 3 seconds and the sound can be heard. D Press · · the ALARM button again if you want to select another wake-up sound. When you have found the sound you want to use, do not press the ALARM button again (Fig. After 3 seconds, the symbol of the sound selected stops blinking to indicate that it has been selected. The alarm has been set and continues to work until you switch the alarm function off. When you do this, the sound symbol disappears from the display and the light ring round the ALARM button goes out. See also section 'Switching the alarm on or off'. the volume control wheel. ' to set the sound level. 14) want no sound at wake-up time, select level O. D Turn · II If you D Use · Setting the light intensity level the light adjustment wheel . :!:- to set the light intensity level. 15) The -;-;appears on the display. Tip: We advise a light intensity between 9 and 20 (for the HF3451 with 75W lamp) or between 7 and 15 (for the HF3462, HF3461 with WOW lamp) for the alarm function. Set the light intensity to your own preference by trying out the alarm function at different light intensity levels. D If you D Press don't want the light to go on at wake-up time, select light intensity level O. Quick alarm check the QUICK CHECK button to start an accelerated wake-up alarm test (Fig. 16). · · The light ring round the QUICK CHECK button goes on (Fig. During the first 50 seconds of the test, you see a rapid increase of the light intensity to the selected level. During the last 40 seconds, you hear the selected sound gradually increase to the selected level. the QUICK CHECK button again to stop the test (Fig. you have switched on the reading lamp and/or the radio, press the <!> button to switch off the reading lamp and/or the radio. [. . . ] Perhaps you switched off the alarm function by pressing the ALARM button. Replace the lamp (see chapter 'Replacemenf). '1y can I not switch ::- che lamp again - 'T1ediatelyafter I :: , , :ched rt: off?You have to wait 3 seconds forthe lamp to dim. [. . . ]