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WCIF digital alarm clock in ENGLISH?

Postby PapaAzucar » 13 Jul 2012, 19:21

I see either mechanical alarm clocks, or digital alarm clocks in Chinese.
I have yet to see a digital alarm clock in English.
I am still using my US cell phone as my alarm clock.
Has anyone seen a digital alarm clock in English?
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Re: WCIF digital alarm clock in ENGLISH?

Postby StuartCa » 13 Jul 2012, 20:55

I have a very basic one from carrefour. so basic you don't need to know the language.
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Re: WCIF digital alarm clock in ENGLISH?

Postby Dragonbones » 14 Jul 2012, 10:06

Would you settle for Arabic numerals? I've seen a lot of those. Not many that say "Three o'clock" in English, though.
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Re: WCIF digital alarm clock in ENGLISH?

Postby PapaAzucar » 14 Jul 2012, 11:50

Dragonbones wrote:Would you settle for Arabic numerals? I've seen a lot of those. Not many that say "Three o'clock" in English, though.

I am referring to the electronic instructions of the digital clocks.
The buttons and menus are in Chinese on all the digital alarm clocks that I've seen here.
I am looking for digital alarm clocks with English instructions on the buttons and menus.
Without knowing Chinese, you can't program the clock.

I might look into the Carrefour. Thanks.
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Re: WCIF digital alarm clock in ENGLISH?

Postby Icon » 14 Jul 2012, 12:12

Maybe you can ask the clerk to program it for you? They are often helpful in that regard. Just choose a time they are not horribly busy and I am sure they will help waiguoren readily.
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Re: WCIF digital alarm clock in ENGLISH?

Postby darienpeak » 14 Jul 2012, 22:55

PapaAzucar wrote:I am looking for digital alarm clocks with English instructions on the buttons and menus.
Without knowing Chinese, you can't program the clock.


Why not just make your own? You'd be surprised what you can accomplish with a sundial, a simple CCD and a joy buzzer.
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