STAR TREK: TNG ("THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS") ALARM CLOCK

Star Trek: TNG (''The Best of Both Worlds'') Alarm Clock, retail $TBA
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 05-12-10




(In reference to the package I received from an Ebay seller on 09-02-04):
{sung like the Foreigner song "Feels Like the First Time"}

This is an analogue (uses hands, not a digital display) alarm clock that features six LEDs (2 each red, yellow, and yellow-green) that do this cool "chase" sequence when you press the transparent dome or when the alarm discharges (goes off).

The graphic on the clock's face shows a Borg cube, Locutus of Borg (Locutus is actually Captain Jean Luc Picard after he was captured by the Borg in the episode "The Best of Both Worlds 1"), and a scene from this episode that shows Locutus walking down a corridor of what I believe is the Borg ship .

It is an analogue clock; that is, it uses hands to tell time instead of a digital display.


SIZE



Install two AA cells in the clock first if necessary (see directly below), and THEN you can pretend to be a Borg and then go assimilate something.

First, pull the upper half of the clock away from the lower half, and set the lower half aside.


You should see something like this now.

To set the time:
On the underside of the clock, you'll see a small ribbed wheel in a circular recess for it.

Pull the wheel out until it stops, and rotate it counterclockwise (or "anticlockwise" if you prefer) while observing the clock face; stop turning the wheel when the hands indicate the correct time. Push the wheel back in at this point.


To set the alarm:
Rotate the same wheel counterclockwise (or "anticlockwise" if you prefer) but without pulling it out first while observing the clock face; stop turning the wheel when the yellow hand indicates the time you want the alarm to discharge (go off).


To arm the alarm:
Slide the switch on the left side of the clock's body to the "ON" position. The alarm will then discharge (go off) at the time you set it for.

When the alarm is discharging, press & release the dome to silence it; this acts like a "snooze" function in that the alarm will sound again in several minutes. To silence the alarm permanently, slide the switch on the left side of the clock's body toward the "OFF" position.


You may start the rotating LED display at any time by simply pressing & releasing the transparent dome.



To install the two AA cells, first seperate the upper and lower sections of the clock. On the underside of the upper part of the clock (the part with the dome) is a battery door. Slide off & remove the battery door, gently place it on the ground, and kick it into the garden so the hungry, hungry praying mantids will think it's something yummy for their insect tummies and subsequently strike at it...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

If necessary, remove the used-up old AA cells from the compartment, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.

Install two new AA cells into the compartment, orienting them so that their flat-ends (-) negatives face the springs for them in each chamber, and slide the battery door back on.
Aren't you glad you didn't kick that battery door into the garden with all those hungry, hungry praying mantids now?


Here is what a praying mantis looks like.
I found this guy on the morning of 09-08-06 clinging to the basket of my scooter.



The Star Trek: TNG (''The Best of Both Worlds'') Alarm Clock is not waterproof or drop-resistant; it was meant to be put somewhere and not {vulgar term for having had intercourse} with, not a flashlight meant to be bashed, trashed, thrashed, and abused. So I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the {vulgar term for feces}bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a patio, use a sledgehammer to bash it open in order to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoņata (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piņata" too much again - candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform with a large readout, a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or a pack-of-cards-sized instrument that Fergy Fudgehog uses; and the cannoņata is only used to fire piņatas to piņata parties away from picturesque Piņata Island), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analysis, or inflict upon it punishments that a flashlight may have inflicted upon it.

So this section of the Star Trek: TNG (''The Best of Both Worlds'') Alarm Clock's web page will seem ***SIGNIFICANTLY*** more bare than this section of the web page on the web page about a flashlight.



Photograph of the front when two of the LEDs are on.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the red LEDs in this clock.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the yellow LEDs in this clock.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the yellow-green LEDs in this clock.

USB2000 spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.




This is a video on YourTube showing the unit's LEDs cycling.

This clip is approximately 7.59674561256 megabytes (7,713,592 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than thirty eight minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.



And this is a video on YourTube allowing you to hear (and see) the alarm.

This clip is approximately 12.27774523257 megabytes (12,443,776 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than sixty one minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.


Here is a .WAV audio (sound) file allowing you to hear the alarm.

This clip is approximately 0.399978564567 megabytes (405,986 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than two minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.






TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased on Ebay in late-August 2003 and was received on on 09-02-04 (or "02 Sep. 2004." if you prefer).

It is not known where this product was made.
A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I wanted to publish it on this web page.


UPDATE: 00-00-00






PROS:
Great if you're a Trekker (major league Star Trek fan)
Uses LEDs to make a rather colorful, eye-catching display
Alarm isn't obnoxiously loud
Uses batteries that are common and relatively inexpen$ive


CONS:
Not waterproof or submersible, but most clocks aren't


    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Analogue alarm clock with LED effects
    LAMP TYPE: 3mm LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 6 (2 ea. red, yellow, yellow-green)
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: Slide switch for alarm on/off; momentary pushbutton for LED display
    CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
    BEZEL: Transparent dome protects clock face & LEDs
    BATTERY: 2x AA cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
    WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: No
    SUBMERSIBLE: NO WAY HOZAY!!!
    ACCESSORIES: None
    WARRANTY: Unknown/TBA

    PRODUCT RATING:

    Because this product is not intended to emit
    light, the standard "star" rating will not be used.





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