al fajr user guide

Model: CT-01

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OVERVIEW

Qibla direction (relative to North)

Hijri and Gregorian calendars

Temperature display

Special extra alarm

Daily alarm (weekends optional)

Azan times for all cities around the world

Fajr alarm, adjusted automatically everyday

Snooze option

Low Batery indictor

Daylight saving time option

Crescendo alarms

Full screen Light

Model: CS-03

MAIN FEATURES 1

Azan sound for all prayers (with volume control)

LCD Display

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CONTENTS

MAIN FEATURES ..........................

OVERVIEW .......................................................

SETTING THE CALENDAR ...............................

SELECTING YOUR CITY ..................................

SETTING FAJR ALARM ....................................

SETTING DAILY ALARM ...................................

AND ITS WEEKEND SETTING .......................

SETTING SPECIALALARM ..............................

STOPPING THEALARMS .................................

SNOOZE OPTION .............................................

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME .................................

QIBLA DIRECTION ...........................................

AZAN SOUNDACTIVATION ..............................

AZAN SAFETY TIME .........................................

AZAN TAQWEEM SYSTEMS ............................

HIJRI CALANDER CALCULATION ...................

BATTERIES & DC-JACK ...................................

ADDING NEW CITY ..........................................

FREQUENTLYASKED QUESTIONS ................

CITY CODES .....................................................

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OVERVIEW

1. LCD display

2. STOP button/Light

3. Setting switch

4. UP button

5. DOWN button

6. SET button

7. Daily alarm switch

8. Fajr alarm switch

9. City selector

10. DC socket

11. Speaker socket

12. Volume control switch

13. Snooze switch

14. STOP button

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Model: CW-05

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Setting the time, the calendars and the three alarmsare almost the same. Note that when setting andnumber in the clock, that number will be flashing.

To set the time, follow the steps below:

SETTING THE TIME

Whenever minutes are changed (in step 3),the seconds will be reset to 00

SELECTING YOUR CITY

To select a city, look up the telephone code of your city(see page 18) , and follow the steps below.*

If azan times are not correct, make sure tocorrectly set: Gregorian calendar, city code,DST option, and a suitable taqweem systemfor your city (see page 14).

* If your city is not listed, follow the steps on page 16 or

refer to: www.alfajr.com/newcity

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Qibla direction and anglewill appear (see page 12).

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1) Press the city select button, in

models CS-03 & CW-05.

In model CT-01, first move the

city dialer and then return it

back to (Other Cities) position.

1) Move the setting switch to

2) Use or to adjust thehours, then press

4) Switch back to position.

3) Use or to adjust theminutes, then press

(Notice the AM/PM icons)

2) Use or to adjust thecity code, then press

The clock displays the Hijri or Gregorian calendar. Totoggle between the two calendars, press

To set the Gregorian (or Hijri) calendar, first makesure that the desired calendar is displayed, thenfollow the steps below:

SETTING THE CALENDAR

After setting the Gregorian calendar, the Hijricalendar will be re-calculated according tothe moon sighting at Makkah for that date.But, changing the Hijri calendar, does notaffect the Gregorian calendar .

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1) Move the setting switch toand press twice.

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2) Use or to adjust thedays, then press


This unique feature allows you to wake up exactly atthe same time relative to fajr azan everyday.For example, suppose you set this alarm to 5:10 AMand the fajr azan is at 5:00. If fajr azan becomes5:01 in the next day, then automatically the fajralarm will change to 5:11 AM. This way, the alarmwill always ring 10 minutes after fajr azan everyday.To set this alarm, lookup the current fajr azan timefrom the clock and decide your desired wake uptime, then follow the steps below:

SETTING FAJR ALARM

5) Turn the alarm switch.The icon will be displayed.

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If Fajr alarm is set to ring exactly at Fajr azantime, the sound of azan will be disabled.

3) Use or to adjust themonths, then press

4) Use or to adjust theyear, then press





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The daily alarm is a regular alarm that rings at thesame time everyday. Moreover, this alarm can be setto ring only on weekdays (see next page).

Setting the daily alarm is shown below:

SETTING DAILY ALARM

SETTING SPECIAL ALARM

In addition to fajr and daily alarms, this clock alsoinclude an extra alarm (special alarm) for one timeappointment. When this alarm is set, the other twoalarm settings are not affected.

The steps below illustrate the setting of this alarm.

After setting this alarm, the icon willappear on the screen. To cancel this alarm,press and hold the button for fewseconds; you will hear a soft beep, and theicon will disappear.

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To stop any alarm, you may pressbutton (rather than turning OFF the alarmswitch).

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The daily alarm can be automatically disabled onweekends, as per the following options:

rings everyday except Saturday and Sunday

rings everyday except Sunday

rings everyday except Friday and Saturday

rings everyday (no icon, or blank)

To set the daily alarm to ring everydayexcept Sunday,Example:

follow the steps below:

If the weekend in the selected city is onThursday and Friday, means this alarmdoesn't rings on Thursday and Fridayand means it does not ring on Fridays.

2) Use or to select thesymbol then press

The selected days will be flashing



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WEEKEND SETTING 9

When the switch is turned ON, the clock will bein snooze mode (and the icon will be displayed).In this case, after stopping the alarm (by pressing the

button), the alarm will ring again after fiveminutes . (Notice that the icon will be flashing ).

To completely stop the alarm, press and hold thebutton for few seconds until you hear the beep.

(Notice now that icon is not flashing).

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Simply press the button to stop any alarm (inthis case, the alarm will ring again on next day).

Alarms can also be stopped by turning off the alarmswitch (but in this case, the alarm will not ring again onthe next day).

STOP

Note: To cancel any alarm in the coming 20minutes, press and hold the buttonuntil you hear the beep.

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STOPPING THE ALARMS

SNOOZE OPTION

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

To set Daylight Saving Time (DST) for any city (exceptcities in the Arabian peninsula), press and hold thebutton for few seconds. You will hear a soft beep andwill notice that the current time and the azan times areincreased by one hour. The icon will also appearon the screen.

To get back to standard time, press and hold buttonfor few seconds. The icon will disappear and thecurrent time and azan times will decrease by one hour.

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QIBLA DIRECTION

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After selecting your city code, the qibla direction willappear on the screen. The exact qibla angle

he angle is between 0 and 360degrees, clockwise from North.

After selecting London's city code "44-207",the clock will display the qibla direction (South East)and qibla angle (119 degrees, clockwise from North),as follows:

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AZAN TAQWEEM SYSTEMS

Fajr and Isha times are calculated by either an angleof the sun below the horizon or by an interval of time.This clock is programmed to use the local taqweem orthe most widely used system for your city. Also, youcan change to another system, as follows:

Press and hold and move the switch to the .position, then release Use or to select .(which means Hanafi) or which means regular Asrtime. Notice that Asr azan time will be flashing (andchanging) during Hanafi setting mode.

Press and hold and move the setting switch to theposition then release and press it again.Use or to select the desired system as follows:

Local taqweemMuslim LeagueIslamic Society of North America (ISNA)

Islamic Scientific University (Hanafi)Egypt taqweem

Um Alqura taqweemFajr azan is hours before Shuroq andIsha azan is hours after Magrib.

Selecting Hanafi Asr Azan:

Selecting Taqweem System ( for Fajr & Isha):

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After re-selecting a city, the clock will bereset to use the city’s default taqweem.

AZAN SOUND ACTIVATION

The sound of the complete azan can be played atevery azan time. And the volume level can be adjustedusing the volume switch.

When the azan sound is turned , the icon willdisappear from the screen, and three beeps will soundat the time of each azan.

Model CW-05 clock also include a speaker jack whichcan be connected to an external speaker.

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When an alarm is set at the time of anyazan, that azan sound will be disabled.

This clock is powered by size alkaline batteries.Replace batteries when icon appearon screen. You may notice that azan sound becomesweak or screen becomes faded.

Alkaline batteries can last more than six months whenazan is played regularly with maximum volume.

Models CT-01 and CW-05 also have DC jack. You canuse a (Nokia phone) charger. You may also use anyother 6 Volt adapter with at least 500 mA. Note thatpolarity should be positive to inside and negative tooutside.

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BATTERIES & DC-JACK

AZAN SAFETY TIME

As needed, any azan time can be adjusted forward orbackward by a fixed number of minutes, as follows:

Press and holdMove the switch to position, then releaseUse or to set the safety time for fajr azan.Fajr azan time will be displayed.Press to adjust Shuroq safety time, ... etc.Return the switch to position.

HIJRI CALANDER CALCULATION

The Hijri calendar in this clock is calculated based onthe astronomical moon sighting at Makkah.Accordingly, It is re-calculated after setting theGregorian calendar.

This unique feature helps to determine the Gregoriandates for the corresponding Hijri-based Islamic events.For example, to know Eid Al-Fitr in the year 1430, setthe Gregorian date to 20/9/2009, then check whetherthe calculated Hijri date is 1/10/1430 or not.

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After selecting another city, all safety timesare reset, and need be re-adjusted if needed.

This clock can be used anywhere around the world.You can select your city directly by selecting its citycode, see page 6.

If your location is not one of the major listed cities onpage 18, your location can be added to the list of citiesas “NEW CITY” using (999-999) city code.Refer to:

If you do not have access to the internet, you mayprogram “your city” by using an already ”listed city”(which is close to your city), as shown below:

To program Lausanne city in Switzerland, (with azantimes two minutes before Geneve):1/ Select newcity code2/ Select Geneve city code3/ Select Azan difference4/ Select Muslim League taqweemNow, Lausanne city code is 999-999

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999 - 99941 - 22- 21 8 : 1 7

ADDING NEW CITY

To get more accurate azan times, refer to:

CITY CODESAbha 966-7Abu Dhabi 971-2Adana 90-322A 251-1Aden 967-2

Alayn 971-3Albaha 966-77A 1-505Aleppo 963-21Alexandria 20-3Algeria 213-2Alkhalil 970-2Almansurah 20-50Almaty 7-327Alquds 0-3Alur Setar 60-4Amman 962-6Amsterdam 31-20Ankara 90-312Annaba 213-8Athens 30-1Atlanta 1-404Auckland 64-9Az Zarqa 962-9Baghdad 964-1Baku 994-12Baltimore 1-301Bander Seri 673-2Bandung 62-22Bangalore 91-80Bangkok 66-2Barcelona 34-3Basrah 964-40Beijing 86-1Beirut 961-1Belgrade 381-11Benghazi 218-61Berlin 49-30B 44-121B 1-205Bombay 91-22

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Ahmedabad 91-272

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Bonn 49-228Bordeaux 33-56Boston 1-617Brisbane 61-7Bristol 44-117Brussels 32-2Bucharest 40-1Budapest 36-1B 54-1Buffalo 1-716Buraydah 966-6Bursa 90-224Cairo 20-2Calcutta 91-33Calgary 1-403Calicut 91-495Cape Town 27-21Caracas 58-2Casablanca 212-Cebu 63-32Charlotte 1-704Chennai 91-44Chicago 1-312Cincinnati 1-513Cleveland 1-216Cologne 49-221Colombo 94-1Columbia 1-803Columbus 1-614Copenhagen 45-1Dakar 221-Dallas 1-214Damascus 963-11Dammam 966-3

255-51Davao 63-82Delhi 91-11Denver 1-303D 1-515Detroit 1-313Dhaka 880-2Doha 974-

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Dubai 971-4Dublin 353-1Durban 27-31D 992-377Edinburgh 44-131Esfahan 98-31Faisalabad 92-411Frankfurt 49-69Fujairah 971-9Gaza 970-7Geneva 41-22Glasgow 44-141

Hail 966-65Hamburg 49-40Hanover 49-511Hartford 1-203Helsinki 358-9Homs 963-31Hong Kong 852-Honolulu 1-808Houston 1-713Hufoof 966-35Hyderabad 91-40Indianapolis 1-317Ipoh 60-5Irbid 962-2Islamabad 92-51Istanbul 90-212Izmir 90-232Jackson 1-601Jacksonville 1-904Jakarta 62-21Jeddah 966-2Jersey City 1-201Jizan 966-73

Johar Bahru 60-7Kabul 93-Kano 234-64K 1-816Karachi 92-21

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Azan times are not correct. Why?Make sure you have correctly set the following:

city code, Gregorian calendar, Day lightsaving time option, Taqweem system (azantime calculation methods).

Can other cities be programmed in this clock?Yes, any location can be programmed (page 16).

How can I set the daily alarm so that it will not ringon Sundays?Follow the weekend setting on page 9 and selectthe little symbol in step 2.

How can I find out the astronomical beginning ofRamadhan at Makkah for any year?Set the Gregorian calendar to the expected date,then check the astronomically calculated Hijricalendar.

I can not hear the Azan sound. Why?Make sure the alkaline batteries are not weakand also the volume control switch is turned .

The azan sound is working for all prayers exceptfor Fajr azan. Why?It is possible that Fajr alarm is set to ring exactlyat Fajr azan time.

After stopping the alarm, it rings again after fiveminutes. Why?Alarms are in mode, press and holdfor few seconds (until you hear soft beep); thiscan also be used will also stop all alarms comingin next 20 minutes.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

CITY CODES (continued)Kathmandu 977-Khartoum 249-11Kiev 380-44Kinshasa 243-Kota Baharu 60-97Kota Kinbalu 60-88Kuala Lumpur 60-3Kuala Treng 60-9Kuching 60-82Kuwait 965-Lagos 234-1Lahore 92-42Leeds 44-113Leicester 44-116Lisbon 351-1Little Rock 1-501Liverpool 44-151London 44-207Los Angeles 1-213Louisville 1-502Lucknow 91-522Luxembourg 352-Lyons 33-7Madinah 0-2Madras 91-44Madrid 34-1

Malaga 34-52Manama 973-Manchester 44-161Manila 63-2Marrakech 212-4Marseille 33-91Mashhad 98-51Medan 62-61Melbourne 61-3Memphis 1-901Mexico City 52-5Miami 1-305Milan 39-2Milwaukee 1-414Minneapolis 1-612

Mekkah 0-1

Minsk 375-17

Montreal 1-514

Perth 61-8

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Moscow 7-95Mosul 964-60Mukkalla 967-5Munich 49-89Muscat 968-Nairobi 254-2Naples 39-81Nashville 1-615New Orleans 1-504New York 1-212Nicosia 357-2Norfolk 1-804Nottingham 44-115Nouakchott 222-Oklahoma 1-405Omaha 1-402Osaka 81-6Oslo 47-2Ottawa 1-613Padang 62-751Palembang 62-711Paris 33-1

Philadelphia 1-215Phoenix 1-602Pittsburgh 1-412

27-41Portland 1-503Prague 420-2Providence 1-401Rabat 212-7Ras Alkhyma 971-7

55-21Riyadh 966-1Rome 39-6Rotterdam 31-10Sakakah 966-46Salalah 968-2S 1-801Salzburg 43-662San Diego 1-619

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Sana'a 967-1

Wichita 1-316Zagreb 385-1Zurich 41-1

Sao Paulo 55-11Sarajevo 387-33Seattle 1-206Semarang 62-241Seoul 82-2Shanghai 86-21Sharjah 971-6Sheffield 44-114Shiraz 98-71Singapore 65-Sofia 359-2Srinagar 91-194St. Louis 1-314

7-812Stockholm 46-8Stuttgart 49-711Surabaya 62-31Sydney 61-2Tabuk 966-4Taipei 886-2Tangier 212-9Tbilisi 995-883Tehran 98-21Tokyo 81-3Toronto 1-416Tripoli 961-6Tripoli West 218-21Trivandrum 91-471Tunis 216-1Turin 39-11Uj. 62-411Urumqi 86-991Valencia 34-6Valletta 356-Vancouver 1-604Vienna 43-222Warsaw 48-22Washington 1-202Wellington 64-4

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