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TABLE OF CONTENTS

308-1417BL FAQS

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Batteries

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Weather Station Factory Restart

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Battery Change

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Power requirements

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Compatible Sensor

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Thermo-hygro Sensor

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Dashes shown for outdoor temperature/humidity .............................................................. 2

Inaccurate outdoor temperature/humidity .......................................................................... 3

Outdoor Readings are stuck or Show HI or LO .................................................................. 3

Intermittent Sensor Readings ............................................................................................. 3

sensor drains batteries quickly ........................................................................................... 3

Humidity shows Dashes but temperature works ................................................................ 4

Fahrenheit/Celsius .............................................................................................................. 4

HI | LO Temperature/Humidity Records .............................................................................. 4

Sensor area is blank (no dashes or numbers) .................................................................... 4

Alerts: Temp, humidity ........................................................................................................ 4

Mounting/Positioning

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Distance/Resistance/Interference ....................................................................................... 6

Weather Station

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12-Hour time format ............................................................................................................ 7

Power requirements ........................................................................................................... 7

Manually set time: Program Menu ...................................................................................... 7

WWVB Atomic time Signal .................................................................................................. 8

Backlight ............................................................................................................................. 9

Forecast Icons inaccurate .................................................................................................. 9

Barometric Pressure

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Pressure History

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Weather station is blank: No letters, numbers or dashed

lines .........................................11

BATTERIES

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308-1417BL FAQS The links below will work in most PDF viewers and link to the topic area by clicking the link. We recommend Adobe Reader version 10 or greater available at: http://get.adobe.com/reader TABLE OF CONTENTS 308-1417BL FAQS .............................................................................................................. 1 Batteries ............................................................................................................................
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• • • • • Half of all warranty issues can be resolved with fresh batteries of the appropriate voltage. We suggest name brand alkaline batteries. Use batteries dated at least six years in advance of the current year. Batteries dated earlier than six years from now may still work, but may be unstable in performance. Alkaline batteries manufactured this year will have an expiration date 10 years in the future. Battery technology has improved and batteries will maintain voltage longer in storage.
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It may be helpful to orient the weather 90 degrees towards the sensor for better reception. • Sensor operate best when elevated at least 6 feet. • Remove the batteries from the sensor for 2 minutes. Replace the batteries in the Thermohygro sensor and hold the SEARCH button for five seconds. Wait 10 minutes. If the unit does not receive a reading from the sensor, please try the factory reset. • INACCURATE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY • • • • • The thermo-hygro sensor reads the environment.
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• • • When the batteries fail, please note the date and voltage again. This is helpful in determining the problem. Check the distance and resistance between the sensor and your weather station. Sensor at the end of the range may work while batteries are fresh but not after they drain a bit. Check for leaking batteries, which may damage the sensor. HUMIDITY SHOWS DASHES BUT TEMPERATURE WORKS • • • The humidity low range is 10% RH. If your local humidity is below 10%, you will see dashes.
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Alert Setting Order: • Outdoor LOW Temperature • Outdoor HIGH Temperature • Outdoor LOW Humidity • Outdoor HIGH Humidity • Indoor LOW Temperature • Indoor HIGH Temperature • Indoor LOW Humidity • Indoor HIGH Humidity Active Alert: • The alert icon will only show when the alert is active, and indicate HI or LO. • When armed alert value is reached, station will beep 5 times, once each minute, until out of alert range. • The flashing alert icon will indicate whether it is a LO or HI alert.
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• • • • • • • • Do not mount the outdoor sensor on a metal fence. This significantly reduces the effective range. Outdoor sensor are water resistant, not waterproof. Mount outdoor temperature sensor vertically. Avoid more than one wall between the outdoor sensor and the weather station. The maximum transmitting range in open air is over 300 feet (91 meters). Obstacles such as walls, windows, stucco, concrete and large metal objects can reduce the range.
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• Stucco held to the wall by a metal mesh will cause interference. • Transmitting antennas from: ham radios, emergency dispatch centers, airports, military bases, etc. may cause interference. • Electrical wires, utilities, cables, etc. may create interference if too close. • Vegetation is full of moisture and reduces signal. • Dirt: Receiving a signal through a hill is difficult. WEATHER STATION 12-HOUR TIME FORMAT • Time display: 12-hour or 24-hour format. • Default is 12-hour time.
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3. ATOMIC and the word ON will flash. Press and release the + or - button to turn this to OFF if you do not wish WWVB time reception. Confirm with the SET button and move to time zone. Note: If OFF is selected, you will skip DST & Time Zone and move next to 12/24 hour time format. 4. DST will flash and the word ON. Press and release the + or - button to turn this to OFF if you do not observe DST. Confirm with the SET button and move to Time Zone. 5. EASTERN will flash.
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1. Check for a Tower Icon showing on the display near the time. The tower icon indicates successful reception of the WWVB signal in the past 24-hours. 2. Check that the Weather Station is in the correct Time Zone. This station offers seven time zones listed in letter format (default is EST): • Atlantic • Eastern • Central • Mountain • Pacific • Alaskan • Hawaiian 3. Check that ATOMIC is ON. This must be ON to receive a WWVB atomic time signal. 4. Check that the DST indicator is ON.
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• • • • • • • Sunny Partly Sunny Cloudy Rain T-Storm Snow The weather station calibrates barometric pressure based on its location over a period to generate an accurate, personal forecast. Please allow 7-10 days for barometer calibration. • The station samples the barometric pressure every twelve minutes. These samples are averaged hourly and daily then stored in nonvolatile memory. The three-hour pressure icon change is based off the last four average hourly readings.
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When this occurs, the graph appear to lose all bars for a given time period. This is due to the graph having a limited number of bars per period. The unit will notice that the numeric pressure is still showing correctly. The graph will correct itself within 1-2 days. Note: The graph will scroll continually. This cannot be turned off. • WEATHER STATION IS BLANK: NO LETTERS, NUMBERS OR DASHED LINES • • • • Check that the batteries connect correctly. Batteries may be overpowered or underpowered.