La Crosse Technology WS9632 User Manual

WIRELESS 868 MHz WEATHER STATION

Instruction Manual

INTRODUCTION:

Congratulations on purchasing this Weather station with wireless 868MHz transmission. It not only
displays the indoor temperature and humidity but also receives the outdoor temperature. It is further acting
as a DCF-77 radio controlled clock. With a total of 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.

« Instant Transmission+» is the up and coming state-of-the-art new wireless transmissi on
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

LCD Display

Function Keys

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Hanging hole

Battery
compartment
cover

Foldout
Stand

• DCF Radio controlled time function or manual time setting options

• DCF time reception ON/OFF setting

• 12/24 hour display

• Hour and minute display

• Calendar display

• Time zone option ±12 hours

• Wireless transmission at 868 MHz

• Signal reception intervals at 4-second

• Display indoor and outdoor temperature

• Display indoor humidity (% RH)

• Temperature displayed in degrees Celsius (°C) or Fahrenheit (°F) selectable

• Weather forecasting with 15 easy-to-read weather forecast signs featured by Weather man

• Indoor comfort level indicator

• Indoor and Outdoor temperature display with MIN/MAX recording

• All MIN/MAX recordings can be reset

• Low battery indicator

• Table standing/ Wall mounting

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The Outdoor Temperature Transmitter

SETTING UP:

Note: This weather station receives only one outdoor transmitter.

1. First, insert the batteries into the Temperature transmitter. (see “Install and replace batteries in
the Temperature transmitter“).

2. Immediately after and within 30 seconds, insert the batteries into Weather station (see “Install
and replace batteries in the Weather station”). Once the batteries are in place, all segments of

• Remote transmission of outdoor temperature to Weather Station by 868
MHz

• Shower proof casing

• Wall mounting case (Mounting at a sheltered place. Avoid direct rain

and sunshine)

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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.

3. After inserting the batteries, the Weather station will start receiving data from the tran smitter. The
outdoor temperature 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 Weather Station and the
transmitter (see notes on “Mounting” and “868 MHz Reception”).

5. Once the remote temperature has been received and displayed on the Weather station, the DCF
time (radio controlled time) code reception is automatically started. This takes typically between
3-5 minutes in good conditions.

Note:

Daily DCF reception is done at 02:00 and 03:00 every day. 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 successfu l. If the reception at 06:00 is still
not successful, then the next try takes place at 02:00 next day.

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If reception is successful, the received time will override the manually set 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”)

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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INSTALL AND REPLACE BATTERIES IN THE TEMPERATURE TRANSMITTER

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 below).

The Temperature Transmitter uses 2 x AA, IEC LR6, 1.5V battery. To install and
replace the batteries, please follow the steps below:

1. Remove the battery compartment cover at the back of the transmitter.

2. Insert the batteries, observing the correct polarity (see marking).

3. Replace the battery compartment cover on the unit.

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

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

SET key

• Press and hold the key to enter manual setting modes: Time zone, Manual time, Calendar, Time

+ key

• To make adjustment for various settings

IN key

• Press to display the MIN and MAX indoor temperature records

+ key

reception ON/OFF, 12/24 hour display and Temperature unit °C/°F setting

OUT key

IN key

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• Press and hold to reset the indoor MIN/MAX temperature records

OUT key

• Press to display the MIN and MAX outdoor temperature records

• Press and hold to reset the outdoor MIN/MAX temperature records

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LCD SCREEN AND SETTINGS:

Transmitter low

battery indicator

Outdoor reception signal*

Weather tendency icon

Weather

forecast icon

Weather

forecast icon

(Weather man)

Radio controlled time

reception icon

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Outdoor
temperature

Receiver low battery indicator

Indoor Relative
humidity %

Indoor comfort indicator

Indoor temperature

Date

Time

* When the outdoor signal is successfully received by the Weather Station, this icon will be switched on. (If
not successful, the icon will not be shown in LCD) So user can easily see whether the last reception was
successful (icon on) or not (icon off).

For better distinctness the LCD screen is split into 3 sections:

Section 1 - OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE

• Display the outdoor temperature.

• Display the signal reception symbol indicating that receiver is receiving outdoor data

Section 2 - INDOOR TEMPERATURE, INDOOR HUMIDITY, DATE AND WEATHER MAN ICON

• Display the current indoor temperature and humidity in normal display.

• Display the weather condition to be expected in form of 15 weather symbols (featured by Weather

man) which change their appearance depending on the air pressure development and the current
outdoor temperature.

• Display the weather tendency indicator and indoor comfort level indicator

• Display the date

Section 3 - TIME

• Display the current time.

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