User manual LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY WS9711

[. . . ] WIRELESS 868 MHz WEATHER STATION Instruction Manual INTRODUCTION: Congratulations on purchasing this fancy Weather Station with wireless 868MHz transmission of outdoor temperature and display of indoor temperature and humidity. It is further acting as a DCF-77 radio controlled clock with calendar display and alarm clock function. In addition, sunrise/ sunset/ sun duration time as well as the moon phase are shown. With the totally 15 different weather forecast icons featured by "Weather girl", users can easily observe the forecast weather condition and will no longer worry the sudden weather change. [. . . ] Use the CH/ + key to adjust the hours and then press SET key to go to the minute setting. Confirm with the SET key and enter the "Calendar Setting" or exit the setting mode by pressing the SNOOZE/ SUN key Note: The unit will still try to receive the signal at each full hour despite it being manually set. When it does receive the signal, it will change the manually set time into the received time. 69 During reception attempts the DCF tower icon will flash. If reception has been unsuccessful, then the DCF tower icon will not appear but reception will still be attempted the following hour. CALENDAR SETTING Year "Date. Date. " (for 12h time display) The date default of the Weather Station is 1. Once the radio-controlled time signals are received, the date is automatically updated. However, if the signals are not received, the date can also be set manually. Press the CH/ + key to set the month and then press the SET key to go to the date setting. Confirm with the SET key and enter the "Sunrise, sunset and sun duration" or exit the setting mode by pressing the SNOOZE / SUN key. SUNRISE, SUNSET AND SUN DURATION The Sun Clock will automatically calculate the sunrise, sunset and sun duration time based on the city location and the set date. The short form of city name will start flashing (default "F"). Using the CH/ + key, select the city location: Short form of City location (flashing) 71 39 cities can be chosen from and every city is displayed in short-form (e. g. : AMS --> Amsterdam). The cities are displayed as follows: F- Frankfurt FL - Flensburg H - Hannover HB - Bremen HEL - Helsinki HH - Hamburg HRO - Rostock INS - Insbruck LDN - London LUX - Luxemburg 2. LYO - Lyon M - München MAD - Madrid MAR - Marseille MD - Magdeburg MIL - Milano MZ - Mainz N - Nürnberg NAN - Nantes OSL - Oslo PAR - Paris ROM - Roma S - Stuttgart SB - Saarbrücken SEV - Sevilla STO - Stockholm VIE - Vienna (Wien) ZRH - Zürich AMS - Amsterdam B - Berlin BAI - Bari BAR - Barcelona BOL - Bologna BOR - Bordeaux BRU - Brüssel CPH - Copenhagen D - Düsseldorf DD - Dresden EF- Erfurt Confirm with the SET key and enter the "Snooze setting" or exit the setting mode by pressing the SNOOZE / SUN key. 72 SNOOZE SETTING: flashing The snooze time can be set OFF or to a maximum time of 30 minutes (default is 10 minutes): 1. The snooze can also be set OFF when the "OFF" digit is being displayed. Confirm with the SET key and enter the "ºC / ºF temperature unit setting" or exit the manual setting mode by pressing the SNOOZE/ SUN key. Note: If the snooze time has been set "OFF", the snooze function will not be activated. 73 °C/°F TEMPERATURE UNIT SETTING flashing The default temperature reading is set to °C (degree Celsius). The "°C" will be flashing, use the CH/ + key to toggle between "°C" and "°F". Once the desired temperature unit has been chosen, confirm with the SET key and enter the "Weather Forecast Icon Sensitivity setting" or exit the setting mode by pressing the SNOOZE/ SUN key. WEATHER FORECASTING ICON SENSITIVITY SETTING For locations with rapid changes of weather conditions, the threshold can be set to a different level for faster display of changing weather conditions. There are 3 levels of setting: 1, 2 and 3; level 1 is the most sensitive setting, level 3 is the least sensitive setting (default setting is "2"). 74 flashing flashing Confirm with the SET key and exit the Manual settings. 75 ALARM SETTING: Alarm icon flashing flashing To set alarm: 1. Press and hold ALM for about 3 seconds until the alarm time display flashes. To activate/ deactivate the alarm function, press the ALM button once. The display of the alarm icon represents that the alarm is "ON". 76 Note: The duration of alarm sounding is 120 seconds SNOOZE SETTING AND STOPPING THE ALARM: 1. [. . . ] The transmission range is about 100 m from the transmitter to the Weather Station (in open space). However, this depends on the surrounding environment and interference levels. If no reception is possible despite the observation of these factors, all system units have to be reset (see Setting up). POSITIONING WEATHER STATION: The Weather Station comes complete with a foldout stand that gives the option of table standing or wall mounting. Fix a screw into the desired wall, leaving the head extended out the by about 5mm. [. . . ]