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Seth thomas autoset wall clock not functioning. replaced both sets of batteries (AA and CR2032), still not working.

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  • Anonymous Mar 29, 2014

    how do i changed lithium battery

  • Anonymous Sep 12, 2017

    Remove the little screw on the tab off the circular plate. Then you'll have to gently pry the old cell out with a small tool.

  • Anonymous Sep 12, 2017

    BTW, 'Autoset' here does not denote a 'radio controlled' clock.

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I wish I had a solution... I'm in the exact same situation. I put in new batteries, and all I get is a faint reading of gibberish from the LCD screen, and that's it. I've tried following the instructions, but I can't set the time in the LCD clock, since it's unreadable, and almost completely gone. Seththomas.com has a web page indicating that "they will be back with info", but no support or FAQ pages. Disappointing... I have three of these clocks, and they are all behaving the same way.

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Had problem with seth thomas at work, took out the old lithium 3 volt battery and replaced it, but the lcd did not display anything. I put Lithium AA batteries in also but they didn't work either. I kept messing with the clip that holds the 3 volt battery in place I actually bent it towards the center of the hole and put in the battery and it worked! It wouldn't change the time with the AA Lithium batteries so I changed them to AA alkaline instead and it worked fine, it reset itself to the correct time.

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Same issue.
After pulling all of the batteries from the unit, I used a variable power supply set at 4v to connect across the coin cell battery terminals. The display came on. I placed all the same batteries in the unit, and it is now working fine.

  • Anonymous Sep 12, 2017

    Thanks for the solution! 4V jump start was all it needed (and the new cells).

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