La Crosse Technology WS9620 User Manual

WIRELESS 868 MHz WEATHER STATION
INTRODUCTION:
Congratulations on purchasing this Weather station with wireless 868MHz transmission.It not only displays the indoor temperature and humdity but also receives the outdoor data. It is further acting as a DCF-77 radio controlled clock. With the totally 15 different weather forecast icons featured by "weather man", users can easily observe the forecast weather condition and will no longer worry the sudden weather change. This innovative product is ideal for use in the home or office.

Instruction Manual

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« Instant Transmission+» is the up and coming state-of-the-art new wireless transmission technology, exclusively designed and developed by LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY. “IT +” offers you an immediate update of all your outdoor data measured from the transmitters: follow your climatic variations in real-time!
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FEATURES: The Weather station
Function
Keys
LCD Display
Battery
compartment
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cover
Removable Stand
DCF-77 Radio controlled time with manual setting options
DCF Time reception ON/OFF
12/24 hour display
Hour and minute display
Time zone option ±12 hours
Wireless transmission at 868 MHz
Display indoor temperature and humidity
Display outdoor temperature and humidity (3 channels)
Outdoor Signal reception intervals at 16-second
Weather forecasting with 15 easy-to-read weather forecast signs featured by
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weather man
Weather forecasting icon sensitivity setting
Temperature display in degrees Celsius (°C) or Fahrenheit (°F) selectable
Outdoor temperature and humidity display with MIN/MAX recording
All MIN/MAX outdoor recordings show date and time received
All MIN/MAX recordings can be reset
Can take up to three outdoor transmitters
LCD contrast setting
Low battery indicator
Table standing/ Wall mounting
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SETTING UP:
When one transmitter is used
1. First, insert the batteries into the Thermo-hygro transmitter. (see “How to install and replace batteries in the Thermo-hygro transmitter“).
2. Immediately after and within 2 minutes, insert the batteries into Weather station (see “How to install and replace batteries in the Weather station”). Once the batteries are in place, all segments of the LCD will light up briefly. Following the time as 0:00 and the "weather man" icon will be displayed. If these are not displayed after 60 seconds, remove the batteries and wait for at least 10 seconds before reinserting them.
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3. After inserting the batteries into the transmitter, the Weather station will start receiving data from the transmitter. The outdoor temperature/ humidity and the signal reception icon should then be displayed on the Weather station. If this does not happen after 3 minutes, the batteries will need to be removed from both units and reset from step 1.
4. In order to ensure sufficient 868 MHz transmission however, this should under good conditions be a distance no more than 100 meters between the final position of the Temperature Station and the transmitter (see notes on “Positioning” and “868 MHz Reception”).
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When more than one transmitter is used

1. User shall remove all the batteries from the temperature station and
transmitters and wait 60 seconds if setting has been done with one transmitter before.
2. Insert the batteries to the first transmitter.
3. Within 30 seconds of powering up the first transmitter, insert the batteries to
the Weather Station. Once the batteries are in place, all segments of the LCD will light up briefly. Following time as 0:00 and the "weather man" icon will be displayed. If they are not shown in LCD after 60 seconds, remove the batteries and wait for at least 60 seconds before reinserting them.
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4. The outdoor temperature and humidity from the first transmitter (channel 1)
should then be displayed on the Temperature station. Also, the signal reception icon will be displayed. If this does not happen after 2 minutes, the batteries will need to be removed from both units and reset from step 1.
5. Insert the batteries to the second transmitter immediate after (in 10
seconds after) inserting battery to the weather station.
6. The outdoor temperature and humidity from the second transmitter and the
"channel 2" icon should then be displayed on the Temperature station. If this does not happen after 2 minute, the batteries will need to be removed from all the units and reset from step 1.
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7. Insert the batteries to the third transmitter immediate after (in 10 seconds
after) inserting battery to the second transmitter.
8. Then within 2 minutes, the channel 3 outdoor data from the third transmitter
will be displayed and the channel icon will shift back to "1" once the third transmitter is successfully received. If this is not happen, user shall restart the setting up from step 1.
Note:
After the three transmitters have been set up, user may need to check the readings displayed on the weather station against those being shown on the
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transmitter displays, in order to ecognise on which channel each transmitter is being presented.
IMPORTANT:
Transmission problems will arise if the setting for additional sensors is not followed as described above. Should transmission problems occur, it is necessary to remove the batteries from all units and start again the set-up from step 1.
9. Once the remote data has been received and displayed on the Weather
station, the DCF-77 time code reception is automatically started. This takes
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typically between 3-5 minutes in good conditions.
Note:
If after 10 minutes, the DCF time has not been received, press the SET
key to manually enter a time initially.
Daily DCF reception is done at 02:00 and 03:00. If the reception at 03:00 is
not successful, then at 04:00 and 05:00 and 06:00 there are other tries, until one is successful. If the reception at 06:00 is still not successful, then the next try takes place at 02:00 next day.
When this is successful, the received time will override the manually set
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time. The date is also updated with the received time. (Please refer also to notes on “DCF-77 Radio controlled Time” and “Manual Time Setting”).
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The Outdoor Thermo-hygro Transmitter

Remote transmission of outdoor temperature and
humidity to Weather Station by 868 MHz
Displays alternately the measured temperature and
humidity readings on LCD
Shower proof casing
Wall mounting case
Mounting at a sheltered place. Avoid direct rain and
sunshine
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HOW TO INSTALL AND REPLACE BATTERIES IN THE WEATHER STATION
The Weather station uses 2 x AAA, IEC LR3, 1.5V batteries. To install and replace the batteries, please follow the steps below:
1. Remove the cover at the back of the weather station.
2. Insert batteries observing the correct polarity (see marking).
3. Replace compartment cover.
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HOW TO INSTALL AND REPLACE BATTERIES IN THE HYGRO TRANSMITTER
The Thermo-hygro Transmitter uses 1 x 3.0V, CR2032, Lithium battery. To install and replace the batteries, please follow the steps below:
1. Pull out the battery holder at the bottom of the transmitter.
2. Insert the batteries, observing the correct polarity (see marking).
3. Replace the battery holder on the unit.
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THERMO-
Note:
In the event of changing batteries in any of the units, all units need to be reset by following the setting up procedures. This is because a random security code is assigned by the transmitter at start-up and this code must be received and stored by the Weather station in the first 3 minutes of power being supplied to it
BATTERY CHANGE:
It is recommended to replace the batteries in all units regularly to ensure optimum accuracy of these units. (Battery life –see Specifications)
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Please participate in the preservation of the environment. Return used batteries to an authorised depot.
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FUNCTION KEYS: Weather station:
The weather station has four easy to use function keys.
SET key
MIN/
MAX key
+ key CH key
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SET key (Setting):

To enter the set mode for the following functions: LCD contrast, Time zone,
Time Reception ON/OFF, 12/24 hour display, Manual time, Year, Month, Date, °C/°F, and Weather forecast sensitivity settings.
Press to reset at the maximum or minimum temperature and humidity
records of the indoor or the currently selected outdoor channel (will reset all records to current level)

MIN/ MAX

To toggle between the maximum/ minimum indoor and outdoor temperature
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and humidity data
Note: The Time/date shown is corresponding to MIN/MAX temperature data.
+ key
To toggle between the current time and current "Indoor Temp + Humidity"
display
To make adjustment for various settings
CH key
To toggle between the Outdoor transmitters 1, 2 and 3 (if more than 1
transmitter is used)
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To exit from the manual setting mode

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LCD SCREEN AND SETTINGS:
Displays "Time" or
"Indoor Temp +
Humidity"
Weather
Forecast icon
(Weather boy)
Outdoor Temperature
in °C
Low battery
indicator
Weather Tendency icon
Transmitter identification
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(channel No.)
DCF Tower Icon (for time reception)
Outdoor Reception Signal*
Outdoor Relative Humidity %
*When the signal from the transmitter is successfully received by the Temperature Station, this icon will be switched on. (If not successful, the icon will not be shown on the LCD). User can therefore easily see whether the last reception was successful (“ON” icon) or not (“OFF” icon). On the other hand, the short blinking of the icon shows that a reception is being done at that time.
For better distinctness the LCD screen is split into 3 sections displaying the information for time and indoor data, weather forecast, and outdoor data.
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Section 1 - TIME / INDOOR TEMPERATURE AND INDOOR HUMIDITY
In normal mode, display the radio controlled time.
A reception tower symbol will be shown
Note: The symbol will not be shown when radio time reception is not successful or when time reception function is turned off.
Display "Indoor temp + Indoor humidity" when the "+" key is pressed

Section 2 - WEATHER ICON (FEATURED BY WEATHER MAN)

Display of the weather to be expected in form of 15 fancy weather symbols
(featured by Weather man) which change their appearance depending on
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