| I think I solved the case. I went back and looked in the box. Along with a manual they had a little note that had a short FAQ.
1. Yellow switches don't turn on, why?
Ans: You have to let the timer cycle for 24 hours if you set it after the on time.
This means that if you set it to turn on every day at 9am and off 8pm and the current time is in between (ie. say 10am) the yellow switches will not turn on even though you may want them to be on. They won't turn on until the next cycle.
No way to force it through.
Some poor programming on the timers software. Once its cycled it should be good though. They need to have a test button and also a software fix to make it turn on the Yellow socket without having to wait for the next cycle. | 
