Welcome to the forum and welcome to Meridian.

Clock works in standby mode - I think you may need to press the 'display' button to toggle through the options - like bloank, calender + clock, and only clock.

I wish the clock was available whilst listening to music.

Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).