Chaney Instrument L5C0964TX User Manual

WIRELESS WEATHER STATION INSTRUCTION MANUA L

Thank y ou for pu rchasing t his Cha ney Instru ment el ectronic w eathe r station. D esign ed and engin eered w ith the stat e-of-art t echnolog y and com ponents, t his ins trument pr ovide s accurate and rel iable m easureme nts of ai r pressure , indoo r and outdoo r tempe rature and h umidi ty toget her wit h an Atomix Ra dio-C ontrolle d perpe tual calen dar clo ck. Follow the st ep-by-st ep instr uctio ns in this man ual car efully to se t the fol lowing fun ction s: setting u p the wir eless therm omete r, synchr onizing the atomi c clock, and settin g the weather forec aster. Ot her funct ions ex plained in t his man ual includ e utili zing the dua l alarm f eature as we ll as man ually setti ng time , date and wea ther se ttings.

SNOOZE / LIGHT

W E A T H E R

TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY

DST

N M

M X

LEA

E F

n BAROMETER n WIRELESS n DIGITAL n

RF WIRELESS

REMOTE SENSOR

FCC ID : L5C0964TX

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions; (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Made in China

Bracket Stand

FUNCTION BUT TONS:

A =Sno oze/Light Button E =Clear Button

B =Alarm Button F =

SET

C =CH (Cha nnel) Button G =

D =Min/Max Button H =Set Button

STEP ONE: SETTING UP THE WIRELESS THERMOMETER

Home Receiver Set Up:

For the init ial ins tallatio n, alwa ys insert ba tteri es to the home u nit fir st and then th e remot e senso r. Remove the batt ery cover on the back a nd install 2 "AA alka line or lithium bat teries" (not inclu ded) ac cording to t he pola rity indic ated. R eplace the b atter y cover. Th e home unit will star t to sear ch for a se nsor trans mitti ng outdoor t emper ature & humi dity in formatio n durin g the first 5 minut es afte r entering t he exis ting weath er cond ition. To enter t he existing weath er conditions selec t the cor rect weath er cond ition by pre ssing " MIN/MAX" a nd pres s "CLEAR" to e nter. The home un it will t ry to seek for a r emote s ensor afte r the wea ther condi tions a re entered . The out door te mperatur e and hum idity sect ion wil l flash duri ng chan nel regist ratio n. If you pres s the CH ke y it will d isable the r egist ration mod e and go to r adio contr olled c lock recep tion mo de.

Remote Sensor Set Up: Remov e the bra cket stand a nd remo ve the 4 screw s with a sm all Philip s head sc rewdrive r. Insert 2 "AAA" a lkali ne or lithiu m batte ries (not in clude d) accordi ng to the p olarity in dicat ed. Set Chann el 1 for th e first remo te sens or. You mu st set to Ch 1 if on ly one se nsor is in use . One senso r is incl uded with th e base un it. Additi onal se nsors may be p urcha sed separa tely. Set chann el 2 if usi ng a second se nsor or c hannel 3 if us ing a thi rd sensor.

• To verify t ransmiss ion of a si gnal press t he TX but ton inside t he batt ery compar tment o f the remot e senso r. The red LE D on the front of the rem ote sensor will fla sh when it successf ully trans mits a si gnal. Temper ature and hu midit y of the remot e senso r will be upda ted and displ ayed on t he remote se nsor.

• Selec t Celsi us or Fahrenhei t by pres sing the C/F b utton i nside the ba ttery c ompartme nt.

• Repla ce the co ver and tigh ten the 4 s crews.

• When re placi ng the batte ries in t he remote se nsor re member to cl ear the c orrespon ding chann el on the home receiv er unit i n this way: Se lect the respecti ve chan nel by press ing the CH butt on, hol d the CH butto n 3 secon ds to clear th e chann el.

Placement of Remote S ensor :

Place t he remo te sensor ou t of dire ct sunligh t and dir ect exposu re to rai n or snow. At ext remely low tem perat ures, belo w 15F, battery volta ge output decreas es. The low tempera tures may cause y our out door tempe ratur e reading to g o blank . Using lith ium bat teries can i ncrea se the effec tive te mperatur e range a s they funct ion at lo wer temper ature s than alkal ine bat teries. For prolo nged pe riods of ext reme co ld we recomm end the r emote sens or be bro ught indoo rs. Met al struc tures , walls and el ectri cal interf erenc e can shorte n the tra nsmissio n range o f the remote senso r. Please try seve ral locations to de termine the best re ception of the sign al by the home unit.

STEP TWO: SETTING THE ATOMIC CLOC K

About The Atomic Clock:

The Nat ional I nstitute o f Stand ard and Techno logy (NIST ) in Fo rt Coll ins, Color ado bro adcasts the tim e signa l (WWVB at 60k Hz AM rad io signal) w ith an ac curacy of on e secon d per every 3,000 y ears. T he signal co vers a di stance up to 2 ,000 mi les from the s ource .

Selecting the Ideal Locati on: Like a ty pical A M radio, the A tomic C lock will no t recei ve the WWVB si gnal in p laces surr ounde d by heav y concr ete or metal p anels . For b est recept ion, pl ease insta ll the ho me receive r near a windo w. The time sig nal rec eption is al so grea tly affect ed by ele ctrical or e lectr onic inter feren ce. If the ho me rece iver locat ion you s elected do es not wo rk, change t o a locat ion in anoth er part o f the roo m or buil ding.

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