The Black & Decker coffee maker make it easy to set the clock. There’s no multi-button, menu-driven mess here: just a couple of plainly labeled buttons and a digital display.
Setting the clock basics
First up is a bunch of presses on the hour button. Tap it, and each tap move it forward in time. Tap enough times, and eventually it get to your desired hour.
Don’t worry about tapping and holding. Just a brief tap will suffice. Adjusting the hour this way turn out to be fast and accurate.
The minutes do the same. Tapping the minute button move it forward one minute at a time. Tap too hard, and you can easily overdo it. Slow down.
This is where patience comes into play.
It run on a 12-hour clock system. I mention that because it doesn’t have a AM/PM switch or anything like that; rather, the machine rely on a little green LED just below the “PM” text to identify whether it’s PM (afternoon) or AM (morning).
To get the correct evening programming time, you pay close attention to the light to see if it’s lit up. If so, the time will be in the afternoon. If not, then the time shown will be in the morning. That make all the difference when trying to program it to brew at certain times of the day. You’ll want to remember what position the light was in as you’re setting it up.
Then you keep pressing the hours and minutes buttons until it display the actual time. It’s very easy to read. The digits is bright and well lit, even across the kitchen counter. They are shown on that green LED display.
Then you just let go of the buttons. There is no need for an enter or save button to accept the new settings. As soon as you release the final button, the clock is updated with your correct hour and minute.
That simplicity is refreshing.
It’s a refreshing level of simplicity.
The clock will remember the time as long as it has power. Keep it plugged in and the machine will keep the time you set.
Unplugged? The clock is wiped out completely. So if you want to clean or unplug your unit, you’ll learn this the hard way. The screen blank out and you’re back at square one.
If you don’t want to deal with that, just keep it plugged in. I’d recommend that anyway because it’s worth it.
After understanding the logic off the buttons, it takes less than two minutes to get everything setup. There are no error codes. There is no weird firmware troubleshooting.
It’s a direct and functional design. It doesn’t require a manual to perform such a simple task. Hit some buttons, look at the light, set your time.