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(More customer reviews)Great gift and conversation piece.
Pros: Small desktop device that catches the attention of everyone passing by. A fun challenge for the non-computer/math person.
Cons: It is sometimes difficult to read the time in low light as the positions of the LEDS are hard to identify (the illuminated LEDs are easily seen.) It could use a backup battery (although setting the time is easy)
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We know you're dying to know, so here's how to read this unique clock. It defaults to using BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) mode. In BCD mode, the time is read left to right, with two columns assigned to hours, minutes and seconds. The four rows, starting at the bottom, represent values of 1, 2, 4 and 8 moving upward. So in the example shown here, the time is 10:48:36; the leftmost column has one bottom row LED lit, and thus the value is "1", and the next column has no LED lit, so it is zero; that makes it 10. The LED in the third column is the third row, and thus is "4", the LED lit in the fourth column is the fourth row up, and thus is "8", so those two columns read "48". The fifth column has the "1" LED lit and the "2" LED lit, so it adds up to "3", and the sixth column has the "2" and "4" LEDs lit, so it adds up to 6, with the result of "36"; thus at the tone, the time will be: 10:48:36. You can also set up "true binary" mode, where the bottom row is seconds, the second row is minutes and the third row is hours. Just think of the enjoyable hours you will spend trying to read the hours on the binary clock. It's enough to make your head spin in a very pleasant manner-and all that fun is included with the clock at no extra cost!
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