Simple and Expert mode

The clock ships in Simple mode for a quick start and easy setup: Wi-Fi is off and the clock is set with the buttons only.

For advanced features – automatic daylight saving, brightness, visual effects, internet time sync – switch to Expert mode. It turns on the clock's Wi-Fi and a configuration website; see Expert mode.

Switching between Simple and Expert mode

1. Wait until the clock shows the time.
2. Hold ⊕ and ⊖ together for 5 seconds. Don't press ⊙ – holding all three buttons starts a factory reset.
3. The display goes dark except for one tube near the middle, which shows 2 for Expert mode or 1 for Simple mode.
4. A moment later the clock restarts in the new mode.

Release the buttons before 5 seconds to cancel. The clock remembers the mode when it is unplugged. A factory reset, soft or hard, returns it to Simple mode.

Which mode is the clock in?

Watch the tubes when the clock starts:

• Expert mode: the tubes light up one after another from left to right, each rising out of a soft glow of all its digits.
• Simple mode: the whole display fades in at once, spreading from the centre outwards.