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Clock Tacular has 4 Alarm Clocks and 4 Countdown Timers along with a very large Digital Clock for distance viewing. Fully Multi-Tasking aware, all alarms/timers will fire when the app is in the background and even when the iPad is off. All Portrait and Landscape orientations are supported, and there are 26 color Themes to choose from using futuristic graphics. You can have a separate Theme for Portrait and Landscape orientations, and a third theme for the Big Clock view. You can choose from 20 different sound fx for the alarms/timers. Time is displayed in 12 hour or 24 hour versions. The alarm clock automatically resets to fire the next day after dismissal. There is a brightness dimmer with 5 different levels, which is really useful for dimming when sleeping. All 4 Countdown Timers have advanced features that are useful for molecular biologists, lab technicians, and broadcast professionals, among others. They can also be used for simpler tasks such as cooking, workouts and training, timed medications, tracking your productivity, keeping yourself focused, reminding yourself to take breaks to rest your eyes every 10 minutes, and reminding yourself to take a break from the computer every 50 minutes to stretch and relax. NEW in version 4 of the app, all Countdown Timers have an 'Auto Restart' feature with adjustable delay time that controls how much time to wait before the next restart trigger happens. Each Countdown Timer with Pro Features has:
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Quick Start Guide - Version 4 |
Landscape ModeTap the ALARMS button in the top bar of the app to show the Alarm Clocks in the bottom half of the ipad. Tap the TIMERS button in the top bar of the app to show the Countdown Timers in the bottom half of the ipad. Tap the DELAYS button in the top bar of the app to show the Auto Restart Delay controls in the bottom half of the ipad. The SYSTEM button displays the current operating system version of the ipad. Tap the BIG CLOCK button to show the GigaClock with date readouts. It slides into view from the right. Use the BRIGHTNESS button to dim or lighten the window. Dimming the the window at night is really useful. Each tap makes all views in the iPad dimmer than before until it rolls over back to full brightness. Whenever any alarm triggers, all views are automatically switched back to full brightness. Use the MUTE button to turn all of the sound effects ON or OFF. This will also turn off the alarm clock sound effects too. Tap the THEME button to go to the next theme. Tap the cap button to its right (with the Theme number) to go to the previous theme. Note that the Theme button in Portrait Mode controls the theme color for the Big Clock in both modes. The BATTERY readout displays the current amount of charge in the battery of the iPad. The STARDATE button toggles between the TNG millennial stardate and the more human readable startdate. The 12/24 HOUR button toggles between standard 12 hour and 24 hour time for all three chronometers. The SECONDS button toggles the current seconds readout on or off for all three chronometers. For all Alarm Clocks (but not for Countdown Timers), you can change the firing time even if the Alarm Clock is already engaged, and it will automatically update. For the Countdown Timers, you must turn the current one OFF before changing its values.
Pro Countdown TimersTap the TIMERS button in the top bar of the app to show the Countdown Timers in the bottom half of the ipad. The UP and DOWN buttons (within the brackets in the bottom of the panel) allow you to set the amount of time that needs to elapse before the Countdown Timer will fire. (Hours:Minutes:Seconds) Tap to change by 1. They will also rollover to the start/end when you go past the max/min, respectively. After you initially set countdown values for the timers, you can reset them back to those values after the timer fires by clicking the RESET button. You can use the CLEAR button to change all the values of a timer back to zero (00:00:00), which includes clearing all the 'Reset Values' back to zero too. Use a START button to engage a Pro Countdown Timer. When tapped, the START button color changes to Red and the label changes to STOP. The associated progress bar at the very bottom of the iPad will become visible, and the calculated FINISH time will be displayed. When the countdown timer finishes, the alarm sound will repeatedly play every 5 seconds, and the brackets will flash. The ELAPSED time readout will start to show how much time has elapsed since the timer finished, and will continue updating until the STOP button is tapped. If you are in the same orientation (Landscape vs Portrait) as the firing timer, the app will automatically show the view that contains the timer.
Tap each AUTO RESTART ON/OFF button to toggle the auto restart behavior of its Pro Countdown Timer. If auto restart is on, then the app will automatically restart the timer after the delay time has elapsed. Note that the delay time defaults to a value of zero, which causes the timer to immediately start counting down again as the single alarm sound effect is played. If the delay time is greater than zero (change it by tapping the DELAYS button in the top bar, which shows the delay time controls), then the ELAPSED: readout at the bottom-right of the bracket will change to a DELAY: readout and it will countdown and show the amount time remaining until the next trigger of the Pro Countdown Timer. When auto restart is on, its FINISH: readout will update every time the Countdown Timer restarts. Tap each SOUND button at the top-right of each Countdown Bracket to choose the next available sound, the number of which is displayed in the button to its right that allows you to choose the previous sound. The TNG Red Alert sound is number 17. Tapping either of these two buttons will audition the sound that is being chosen.
Alarm ClocksTap the ALARMS button in the top bar of the app to show the Alarm Clocks in the bottom half of the ipad. The UP and DOWN buttons on the right side of the panel allow you to set the absolute time when the Alarm Clock will fire. (Hours:Minutes) Tap to change by 1. They will also rollover to the start/end when you go past the max/min, respectively.
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Portrait ModeExcept for the location and size of various GUI controls, the Portrait Alarm Clocks and Countdown Timers work exactly the same as their Landscape counterparts.
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