Radio controlled clock

[pureevoke]

My friend has a radio controlled clock, it is receiving signals to put it to the correct time, but the display always shows 10 minutes fast, any ideas it't got me totally baffled.

[SpookyMan]

Is it set to the right time zone ?

[ChuckFickens]

What time zone is ten minutes ahead of us then?

[sara3]

my daughter is 10 minutes behind us.

[sprayer]

You don't say if the clock is analogue or digital, I had an analogue clock with the same problem and all it turned
out to be is that the big hand had somehow got lose on its spindle, I simply removed the front glass cover,
manually turned the big hand to the correct position and replaced the glass... Simples..

[redman41]

Check the Batteries as they may well be low and will need replacing.
Think the Atomic Clock is now based in Cumbria whereas before it was in Rugby.

[Hymie]

Most radio clocks work in much the same way as a standard quartz clock – the only difference being that they respond to a synchronisation signal (normally once a day), and adjust accordingly.

People incorrectly believe that these clocks are very accurate, but in reality you would achieve the same result, resetting a quartz clock once a day manually, to a time signal broadcast on your radio.

Tell your friend to move the clock to a location where it will receive a stronger signal e.g near a window. Otherwise to buy a standard quartz clock, these days most have an accuracy of better than 5 seconds a month – if your friend needs to know the time more accurately than that, they are very sad.

[heathfield]

Maybe they want to put on last-second bids on Ebay, Hymie!

[Hymie]

Even bidding on ebay at the last minute (second), does not require a particularly accurate clock.
I regularly bid within the last 5 seconds (using my 30 pence alarm clock for time indication), which does not give enough time for some one to manually enter a higher bid.

To make things easier for last minute bidders on ebay, items now show a count down to their auction end by the second. Anyone with a time-piece having a second hand has the power to make a last second bid – no need for atomic clocks to achieve that.

[denis567]

I have a radio controlled clock that refuses to alter when the clocks go forward/back. If I alter it manually, it just reverts to the original time.