La Crosse Technology WS9635 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 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.

« 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

 

Hanging hole

LCD

 

Display

Battery

 

 

compartment

 

cover

Function

Foldout

Keys

Stand

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DCF Radio controlled time function or manual time setting options

DCF time reception ON/OFF setting

calendar display

12/24 hour display

Hour and minute display

Time zone option ±12 hours

Wireless transmission at 868 MHz

Signal reception intervals at 4-second

Display indoor and outdoor temperature and indoor humidity (% RH)

Temperature displayed in degrees Celsius (°C) or Fa hrenheit (°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

Remote transmission of outdoor temperature to temperature

Station by 868MHz

Weather-resistant casing

Wall mounting case

Mount in a sheltered place. Avoid direct rain and sunshine

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

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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.

3.After inserting the batteries, the Weather station will start receiving data from the transmitter. 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. If after 10 minutes, the DCF time has not been received, press the SET key to manually enter a time initially.

Note:

Daily DCF reception is done at full hour between 00:00 to 06:00 every day. If the reception at 00:00 is not successful, then at 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, 04:00 and 05:00 and 06:00 there are other tries, until one is

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successful. If the reception at 06:00 is still not successful, then the next try takes place at 00:00 next day.

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 AA, IEC LR6, 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 temperature transmitter uses 2 x AA, IEC LR6, 1.5V Alkaline battery. To install and replace the batteries, please follow the steps below:

1.Remove the battery compartment cover.

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

3.Replace the battery 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 the Temperature 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).

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Please participate in the preservation of the environment. Return used batteries to an authorized depot.

FUNCTION KEYS:

Weather station:

The weather station has four easy to use function keys.

SET key

+ key

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OUT key

IN key

SET key

Press and hold the key to enter manual setting modes: Time zone, Manual time, Calendar, Time reception ON/OFF, 12/24 hour display and Temperature unit °C/°F setting

+ key

To make adjustment for various settings

IN key

Press to display the MIN and MAX indoor temperature records

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

Outdoor

Signal*

Temperature

Weather

Tendency icon

Weather Forecast icon (Weather man)

Radio controlled time reception On icon

Receiver Low battery

indicator

Indoor Relative

Humidity %

Indoor comfort

indicator

Indoor Temperature

Date

Time

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* 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 fancy 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

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Section 3 - TIME

Display the current time.

A signal reception symbol is shown indicating that Atomic time(DCF time) signal is received.

DCF-77 RADIO CONTROLLED TIME:

The time base for the radio controlled time is a Cesium Atomic Clock operated by the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig which has a time deviation of less than one second in one million years. The time is coded and transmitted from Mainflingen near Frankfurt via frequency signal DCF-77 (77.5 kHz) and has a transmitting range of approximately 1,500 km. Your radio-controlled Weather station receives this signal and converts it to show the precise time in summer or wintertime. The quality of the reception depends greatly on the geographic location. In normal cases, there should be no reception problems within a 1,500 km radius around Frankfurt.

Once the outdoor temperature is displayed on the Weather station after initial set-up, the DCF tower icon in the clock display will start flashing in the upper left corner. This indicates that the clock has

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