La Crosse Technology WS-9412U User Manual

WS-9412U

Atomic Clock

Instruction Manual

Contents

Language Page English 2 French 16 Spanish 30

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Topic Page

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

Detailed Set-Up Guide

Battery Installation 4

Program Mode

Function Buttons 6 Time Zone Setting 6 DST (Daylight Saving Time) Setting 6 Time Setting 7 Calendar Setting 7 Selecting ˚F or ˚C 8

Features & Operations

Displaying the Seconds 8 Indoor T emperature 9 Mounting 9 Maintenance & Care 10 Troubleshooting 11 Specifications 12 Warranty Information 12

INVENTORY OF CONTENTS

1. WS-9412U

2. Instruction manual and warranty card.

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)

1. Two fresh 1.5V AAA batteries.

2. One wall-hanging screw.

3. Appropriate screwdriver for screw.

ABOUT WWVB (Radio Controlled Time)

The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology-Time and Frequency Division) WWVB radio station is located in Ft. Collins, Colorado, and transmits the exact time signal continuously throughout the United States at 60 kHz. The signal can be receiv ed up to 2, 000 miles away through the internal antenna in the Atomic Clock. However, due to the nature of the Earth's Ionosphere, reception is very limited during daylight hours. The Atomic Clock 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. This Atomic Clock regulates the WWVB transmitter.

QUICK SET-UP GUIDE

1. Insert two AAA batteries into the Atomic Clock.

2. Wait 15 minutes for WWVB reception.

3. If there is no WWVB reception, manually set the time and date (instructions in the Program Mode).

4. Program the settings.

5. Mount the WS-9412U in a suitable location, where WWVB signals can be received.

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DETAILED SET-UP GUIDE

I. BATTERY INSTALLATION

Note:

To avoid start-up problems make sure that the bat-

teries do not spring free.

Battery Compartment

Battery Cover

A. ATOMIC CLOCK

1. Remove the battery cover, located on the backside of the function buttons.

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

3. Replace the battery cover.

Note:

After the batteries have been installed all the LCD's (Liquid Crystal Display) will briefly light up. Then the indoor temperature, the date as "1/ 1" and the weekday as "MON" will be displayed. Also, the time will appear as "-:--" for approximately 1 minute. Then the WWVB search is automatically initiated, and a tower icon appears and flashes with the time colon (no tower icon will appear if the WWVB is too weak to be detected). While the WWVB search is being conducted various numbers will appear in the time display. The numbers "0", "1", or

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"8" will appear in the hour position and the seconds will appear in the minute display. The Atomic Clock will either display the WWVB time, or discontinue the search after 10 minutes if the time is not found. When the search is cancelled "-:--"will appear in the time LCD. The Atomic Clock will conduct a WWVB search every hour until the first signal is found. Once the WWVB time is found, a search is automatically conducted nightly at midnight. If the signal is found at midnight, the tower icon will remain, if not, another search will take place every hour (up to 6: 00 am) until the signal is found successfully. If no signal is found during this period, the tower icon will not appear and the clock will search again at 12:00 am the next night.

WWVB T ower Icon

Indoor

Month/Date

Weekday

PROGRAM MODE

To enter the Program Mode hold down the "SET" button for 2 seconds, until the time zone flashes in the Date LCD. The Program Mode is laid out in a manner that allows you to program each function separately, or you can follow the instructions entirely to program the Atomic Clock. Complete programming is usually done for the initial set-up, and will require you to skip step 1 of programming sections III through VI. Wait approximately 15 seconds for the Atomic Clock to automatically return to normal operation after completing the final step.

Temperature

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I. FUNCTION BUTTONS

There are 2 function buttons located on the front of the Atomic Clock. The function buttons are labeled: SET and +.

II. TIME ZONE SETTING

1. Hold down the "SET" button for 2 seconds, the de-

fault setting "EST" will flash in the Date LCD.

2. Press and release the "+" button to select the appro-

priate time zone. There are 13 time z ones to choose from:

EST(-5) Eastern Time (default setting) CST(-6) Central Time MST(-7) Mountain Time PST(-8) Pacific Time ALA(-9) Alaskan Time HAW(-10) Hawaiian Time

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-12 GMT Greenwich Mean Time

-1

-2

-3 ATL(-4) Atlantic Time

3. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the

time zone setting, and to advance to DST (Daylight Saving Time) setting.

III. DST (DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME) SETTING

Note:

The DST default is "On", meaning that the WWVB will automatically change the time according to Daylight Saving Time in the spring and fall. For areas that do not recognize DST changes (Arizona and parts of Indiana) turn the DST "OFF".

1. Hold down the "SET" button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will flash), press the "SET" button once more until "On" and "DST" alternate flash where the Weekday normally appears.

2. Press and release the "+" button to turn the DST off, as will be indicated by the display of "OFF" in the time LCD.

3. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the DST setting, and to advance to select the manual time setting.

IV.TIME SETTING

Note:

When the WWVB signal is found, that time will

over-ride the manually set time.

1. Hold down the "SET" button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will flash), press the "SET" button 3 more times, until the hour "12:00" flashes in the time LCD.

2. Press and release the "+" button to select the hour.

Note:

when setting the hour, "PM" will appear to the left

of the hour display, if it is AM nothing will be displayed.

3. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the hour setting, and to shift to select the minutes.

4. Press and release the "+" button to select the minutes.

5. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the time setting, and to advance to manually set the calendar.

V. CALENDAR SETTING

Note:

When the WWVB signal is found, that date will

over-ride the manually set date.

1. Hold down the "SET" button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will flash), press the "SET" button 4 more times, until the default year "00" flashes in the date LCD.

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2. Press and release the "+" button to select the year.

3. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the year, and to set the month.

4. The default month "1" will flash. Press and release the "+" button to select the appropriate month.

5. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the month, and to set the date.

6. The default date "1" will flash. Press and release the "+" button to select the appropriate date.

7. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the date, and to set the weekday.

8. The default weekday "MON" (depends on selected language) will flash. Press and release the "+" button to select the appropriate weekday.

9. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the calendar settings, and to advance to select either ˚F or ˚C temperature display.

VI.

SELECTING ˚F OR ˚C

1. Hold down the "SET" button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will flash), press the "SET" button 10 more times, until the default "˚F" flashes in the time LCD.

2. Press and release the "+" button to toggle between ˚F and ˚C.

3. Press and release the "SET" button to confirm the ˚F or ˚C selection, and exit the Program Mode.

FEATURES & OPERATIONS

I. CHANGING DISPLAY MODE (SECONDS, AND

TEMPERATURE)

There are 2 possible display modes to view the day, seconds, and temperature. The month & date/ weekday/ indoor temperature is the default. To change the display:

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1. Press and release the "+" button. The display should now show the month & date/ weekday/ seconds.

2. Press and release the "+" button a 2 time and the display will return to the normal display.

II. INDOOR TEMPERATURE

The Indoor Temperature appears on the right side of the Date LCD. The temperature is checked every 10 seconds, and updated whenever there is a change.

MOUNTING

Hanging Hole

Foldout T ab le Stand

There are two possible ways to mount the atomic clock:

• use of the foldout table stand, or

•wall mounting.

I. FOLDOUT TABLE STAND

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