La Crosse Technology WS-9016TWC User Manual

WS-9016U

Wireless 433 MHz

Radio-controlled

Sun/Moon Weather Station

Instruction Manual

Topic Page

Inventory of Contents/Additional Equipment 3 About WWVB 4 Quick Set-Up Guide 5

Detailed Set-Up Guide

Battery Installation 6

Program Mode

Function Keys 7-8 LCD Screen 9 Manual Settings Sequence 9 LCD Contrast Setting 10 City Location Setting 10 Time Zone Setting 11 Daylight Saving Time (DST) Setting 11 WWVB On/Off Setting 12 12/24 Hour Setting 12 Manual Time Setting 13 Calendar Setting 14 Snooze Setting 15 ºF/ºC Setting 15 Weather Forecast Icon Sensitivity Setting 16 Features Alarm Setting 16-17 Sunrise/set – Moonrise/set Information 17-18 Moon Phase Symbols 18 Indoor Temperature and Humidity 18 Weather Forecast and Tendency 19-20 Outdoor Temperature 20-21 Adding Remote Temperature Sensors 21-22 Set-up of Multiple Remote Temperature Sensors 22 Mounting 22-24 City List 25 Troubleshooting 26 Maintenance & Care 27 Specifications 28 Warranty Information 29-30

Table Of Contents

INVENTORY OF CONTENTS

1. The indoor weather station (Figure 1).

2. One TX6U remote temperature sensor with mounting bracket (Figure 2).

3. Three each, ½” Philips screws.

4. One strip double-sided adhesive tape.

5. Instruction manual and warranty card.

Time LCD

Sun/moon LCD

Indoor LCD

Forecast LCD

Outdoor LCD

Figure 1

Figure 2

Battery compartment

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)

1. Two, fresh AA 1.5V batteries for indoor weather station.

2. Two, fresh AA 1.5V batteries for remoter temperature sensor.

3. One, Philips screwdriver for mounting.

Hanging hole

Battery compartment

Removable stand

Mounting Bracket

ABOUT WWVB (Radio Controlled Time)

The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology—Time and Frequency

Division) WWVB radio station is located in Ft. Co llins, Colorado and transmits the exact time signal continuously throughout the United States at 60 kHz. The signal can be received up to 2, 000 miles away through the internal antenna in the weather station. However, due to the nature of the earth’s ionosphere, reception is very limited during daylight hours. The weather station will search for a signal every night when reception is best. The WWVB radio station derives its signal from the NIST Atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. A team of atomic physicists is continually measuring every second, of every day, to an accuracy of ten billionths of a second per day. These physicists have created an international standard measuring a second as 9,192,631,770 vibrations of a Cesium-133 atom in a vacuum.

QUICK SET-UP GUIDE

Hint: Use good quality Alkaline Batteries and avoid rechargeable batteries.

1. Have the indoor weather station and remote temperature sensor 3 to 5 feet apart.

2. Batteries should be out of both units for 10 minutes.

3. Place the batteries into the remote temperature sensor first then into the indoor weather station. (All remote temperature sensors must be started before the indoor

weather station)

4. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS FOR 10 MINUTES.

In this time the indoor weather station and remote temperature sensor will start to talk to each other and the indoor weather station will show both the indoor temperature and an outdoor temperature. If the indoor weather station does not display both temperatures after the 10 minutes please retry the set up as stated above. After both indoor and outdoor temperatures are displayed for 10 minutes you can place your remote temperature sensor outdoors and set your time.

The remote temperature sensor should be placed in a dry, shaded area. The remote temperature sensor has a range of 80 feet. Any walls that the signal will have to pass through will reduce distance. An outdoor wall or window will have 20 to 30 feet of resistance and an interior wall will have 10 to 20 feet of resistance. Your distance plus resistance should not exceed 80 ft. in a straight line.

NOTE: Fog and mist will not harm your remote temperature sensor but direct rain must be avoided.

To complete the set up of your indoor weather station after the 10 minutes have passed please follow the steps starting on page 6.

The remote temperature sensor transmits a signal every 3 minutes;

Note:

after the batteries have been installed, the indoor weather station will search for the signal for a duration of 5 minutes. If there is no temperature reading in the OUTDOOR LCD after 5 minutes, make sure the units are within range of each other or repeat the battery installation procedure.

DETAILED SET-UP GUIDE I. Battery Installation

A. Remote Temperature Sensor

1. Remove the mounting bracket. The bracket

snaps on and off easily.

2. Remove the battery cover, by sliding the cover down.

3. Observing the correct polarity install 2 AA batteries. The batteries will fit tightly (to avoid start-up problems make sure they do not spring free).

4. Replace the battery cover by sliding upwards. Be sure battery cover is on securely.

B. Indoor Weather Station

1. Remove the battery cover. To do this,

insert a solid object in the space provided at the lower-central position of the battery cover, then push up and pull out on the battery cover.

2. Observe the correct polarity, and install 2 AA batteries.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Immediately after the batteries have been installed, each LCD

Note:

(Liquid Crystal Display) will flash and a tone will sound. Within a few seconds the indoor temperature, indoor relative humidity and the weather icons (sun and clouds) will be displayed. If not, then remove batteries for 10 seconds and reinstall. If the outdoor temperature is not displayed within four minutes, remove batteries from both units, wait 10 seconds, and reinstall. The time will show -:-- and start searching for the signal. If it successfully receives the time signal (usually at night), it will display the correct time (default is Eastern).

II. Program Mode

Programming Note:

If 30 seconds are allowed to pass or either the IN or the OUT button is pressed during programming modes, the unit will set the last inform ation entered—the display will stop flashing and return to normal time-date readings.

A. Function Keys

Weather Station:

The Weather Station has 8 easy to use function buttons; 6 behind the right front panel of the Weather Station and 2 on the front:

34 preset city name for Sun/moon data

SET button

PLUS (+) button

MINUS (-) button SUN/MOON button

LARM SET button LARM ON/OFF button

1. SET button

MAX/MIN R button

CHANNEL button

• Enter manual setting modes: LCD contrast, city location, time

zone, DST ON/OFF, WWVB ON/OFF, 12/24 hour display,

manual time setting, calendar, snooze function, temperature °C or °F, and weather icon sensitivity setting

• Stop the alarm during alarm ringing

2. PLUS (+) button

• Increase value in all setting modes

• Increase the digits

• Stop the alarm during alarm ringing

3. MINUS (-) button

• Decrease value in all setting modes

• Decrease the digits

• Stop the alarm during alarm ringing

4. SUN/MOON button

• Enter the sun/moon setting mode

• Start the sun/moon time calculation of the selected city

• Stop the alarm during alarm ringing

5. ALARM SET button

• Enter the alarm setting mode

• Stop the alarm during alarm ringing

6. ALARM ON/OFF button

• Activate/de-activate the alarm time

• Stop the alarm during alarm ringing

7. CHANNEL button

• Toggle between the outdoor transmitters 1, 2 and 3 (if more than

one transmitter is used)

• Pressed together with “MAX/MIN R” button for 3 sec allows

temperature channel reset

• Exit any set mode anytime during setting and to return to the

normal display mode

• Stop the alarm during alarm ringing

8. MAX/MIN R button (Max/min Reset)

• Press shortly to toggle between maximum, minimum and current

temperature value for selected outdoor temperature channel.

• Press and hold for 4 seconds to reset the maximum and minimum

records for selected temperature channel.

• Press to activate snooze function during alarm if snooze time is

valid in setting mode.

• Stop the alarm if snooze time is off in setting mode

• Pressed together with the “CHANNEL” button allows temperatur e

channel reset

B. LCD Screen

The LCD screen is split into 5 sections displaying the information for time and date, sun/moon data, indoor data, weather forecast and outdoor data.

Time reception icon (for WWVB time)

larm icon

Moonrise time

City location light

Sun icon

Sunrise time

Indoor relative humidity in RH%

Outdoor transmitter identification number

Outdoor data signal reception indicator

C. Manual Setting Sequence

The following manual settings can be changed when pressing the “SET” button:

• LCD contrast setting

• City location setting

Time

Date display

Moon icon/Moon phases icon

Moonset time

Sunset time

Indoor temperature in °C or ºF

Weather tendency indicator

Weather forecast icon

Outdoor Temperature in °C or ºF

• Time zone setting

• DST (Daylight Saving Time) setting

• WWVB ON/OFF setting

• 12/24-Hour setting

• Manual time setting

• Calendar setting

• Snooze setting

• °C/°F setting

• Weather forecasting icon sensitivity setting

LCD Contrast Setting

Last digit flashing

The LCD contrast can be set within 8 levels, from LCD 0 to LCD7 (the default setting is LCD 5):

1. Press and hold the “SET” button until the digit starts flashing in the LCD.

2. Press and release the PLUS (+) or MINUS (-) button to view all levels of

contrast.

3. Select the desired LCD contrast.

4. Press and release the “SET” button to confirm and enter in the City location

setting.

City Location Setting

Flashing

Open the left side panel on the Weather station to see the 45 preset city names list. Any city can be selected in order to view the sun/moon data (the default city is Washington D.C.). To select a city:

1. Open the left panel on the weather station. List of cities are displayed.

2. Use the PLUS (+) or MINUS (-) to select a city.

3. A small dot displayed on the left side of the LCD will light up next to the city

name.

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