Meteotronic Weather Forecast Center Instruction manual

Weather Forecast Center

Instruction manual

INTRODUCTION

The Meteotronic Weather Forecast Center provides a professional weather forecast for the current
and the next three days. The weather forecasts are made by professional meteorologists and are
sent out with the radio-time signal generator DCF77 in Germany and HBG in Switzerland and can
be received in almost all of Europe. The reception area for the radio-time signal generator is divided
into a total of 90 meteorological regions (60 regions with 4 day forecast, 30 regions with 2 day
forecast). The desired region for the local or holiday location is simply selected and the respectively
current weather forecast is shown on the display. This gives you a quick overview of the weather
situation for the following days at any time. Updating the weather data is done every day.

Please read the operating instructions carefully and completely before using for the first
time, to prevent function errors and incorrect operation. Keep the instructions handy for
consulting.

FORECAST WEATHER STATION

DISPLAY

Time

Indoor

temperature

Weather forecast

MIN/MAX

Weather forecast

Probability

Reception indicator for weather data

Reception indicator for radio-time signal generator

Alarm symbol

icon (day)

temperature

icon (night)

of rain

Wind direction

Wind strength

• Symbol on  Weather data completely received

• Symbol flashing  Weather data incomplete

• Symbol flashing  Initial reception of date and time

• Symbol on  Time and date are current

• Symbol off  Time and date have not be updated

• Symbol on  Alarm function switched on

• Symbol off  Alarm function switched off

• Symbol flashing  Alarm active or temporarily switched off (Snooze)

Time reception signal

Tomorrow

Today

(Day 1)

Alarm ON icon

Day 2

Day 3

Calendar

Alarm time

Reception indicator
for weather data

CHOOSING THE INSTALLATION LOCATION

Similar to a mobile telephone network or radio/TV reception, the reception of the radio-time receiver
may not be perfect in all locations. Just a couple of notes to make sure that your device works with
no problems.

The location of the weather station is very important. This is the reason for the new test function that
allows the quality of reception to be checked in the surrounding area and to position the device in a
location that has the best possible conditions.

• Switch on all potential sources of interference (e.g. television) in the area that you want to
install the station during the test!

• Position the device in the location, oriented as you prefer, but at least one meter from the
possible source of interference.

• Activate test mode as described in chapter 0.

• Monitor the reception display on the weather station. If you have found a location that has

good reception, you can leave the device there and it will retrieve data automatically from the
transmitter.

Note!

• The time and date appear within a few minutes.

• The transfer of larger quantities of data for the forecast take much longer: In order to receive

all data, the station requires 24 hours after start-up.

Possible sources of interference

Interferences as with a radio transmitter can occur and could be caused by the following influences:

• In buildings with a lot of concrete, metal parts and electrical systems, reception problems can
occur (e.g. Mall).

• Electrical devices such as television, computer, house-hold devices, etc. or transformers, land
lines, radio transmitters and railways are possible direct sources of interference.

• Atmospheric influences and geographical features (mountains, etc.) can affect the
propagation of the radio waves.

• The distance from the transmitter does also influence the reception. Areas such as Southern
Italy or Northern Scandinavia are also critical areas because of the great distances from the
transmitter.

• In all regions, so-called “dead spots” can occur making reception impossible.

• Weak batteries in the device decrease the quality of reception.