Setting the clock on a Hamilton Beach FlexBrew, is it really this simple?

lol my wife unplugged ours to vacuum and then asked me to reset it. Took me longer to find the manual than to actualy set the clock.
 
counterpoint, why does a coffee maker even need a clock. Just push the button when you want coffee. We're so deep into feature creep these days for appliances its insane.
 
counterpoint, why does a coffee maker even need a clock. Just push the button when you want coffee. We're so deep into feature creep these days for appliances its insane.

because some people want to wake up to coffee already brewed? thats literally the whole point of the programmable feature
 
my 49978 dual follows the sequence in the OPs post. Press start, hour blinks, adjust hour, wait, minute blinks, adjust to desired coffee time, wait for brew cycle to start. Took me two tries the first time.
 
does the auto brew time get wiped if you lose power to the machine? does it save that separately from the clock setting? if i set it to brew at 6am but then lose power to the coffee maker, would i have to reprogram the clock AND the auto brew time?
 
does the auto brew time get wiped if you lose power to the machine? does it save that separately from the clock setting? if i set it to brew at 6am but then lose power to the coffee maker, would i have to reprogram the clock AND the auto brew time?

both get wiped. No battery backup for these machines. I looked into replacing the battery once when the clock was set to brew coffee but the power went out.