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4. Press Enter to conrm these settings.
Next, you will select which alarm/bell will ring for 
this group. The internal alarm is music that the clock 
plays; the external bell is purchased separately. The 
options are:
01  External bell and internal alarm
02  External bell
03  Internal alarm
5. Use the + and – buttons to make your selection, 
then press Enter to conrm the setting.
Repeat these steps for codes 02–12, if you wish to 
change the alarm/bell ringing for all 12 groups. If you 
do not wish to set up all 12 alarms, you can press 
the Mode button at any time to skip to the next 
menu. Always make sure you press Enter to save the 
selection you have just entered, before moving on.
HN4—Automatic Column Shift Settings
The HN4000 allows you to enter times at which the punch 
will automatically shift over to the next column on the time 
card, eliminating the need to manually press the button for 
the proper column. You can set up to 12 different times at 
which the punch column shifts (codes 01–12).
This feature is recommended for businesses whose 
employees often work the same days and hours. For 
example, you may have ofce employees who all work 
Monday–Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm and they all take a 
lunch break from 12:00pm–1:00pm. You would set up your 
time clock to punch in four columns: punching in at the 
beginning of the shift at 8:00am, punching out for lunch at 
12:00pm, punching in from lunch at 1:00pm, and punching 
out at the end of the shift at 5:00pm. With these settings 
in place, an employee can simply enter the time card 
and the clock will punch the card in the proper column. 
However, if your employees work varying days and hours, 
such as in a retail store, they will need to manually press 
time clock buttons when punching in and out. For more 
information, see “7.2—Punching Time Cards.”