Operator's Manual

Note:Itisrecommendedthatfreshsparebatteriesbe
athandatalltimesthatthesystemisinuse.
Note:Atsomepoint,theHandheldRemotemaysense
thatthevoltageisatthelowthreshold(approximately
1.7V)atwhichthedisplaywillshowthemessageLOW
BATTERY .Themessagewillcyclewiththecurrent
displaymessageatperiodicintervalswhiletheunit
isused.Whendisplayed,theoperatorhasalimited
time–approximatelyten(10)hours–topowerdown
thesystembeforetheremotewillautomaticallypower
downatwhichpointthebatteriesmustbereplaced.
Batteriesshouldbechangedsoonafterthedisplay
showstherstlowbatterywarning.Thewarningwill
periodicallyashacrossthedisplayasLOWBATTERY
whiletheunitisinuse.TheHandheldRemotecan
beusedforapproximatelyten(10)hours(assuming
backlightisoff)beforeultimatelypoweringdowntoa
nonoperationalconditionatwhichtimethebatteries
mustbereplacedwithfour(4)freshAAalkaline
batteries.
InstallorReplacetheBatteries
1.PlacetheRemotefacedownandremovethefour
screwsholdingthebatterycoverinplace.Remove
thebatterycover.
Note:Thefourscrewsholdingthebatterycover
inplaceare‘captive’tothecover—thecover
holesarethreaded.Althoughtheyarenoteasily
removedfromthecoveritself,beawarethatthe
screwsifoverloosenedwhileopeningthebattery
compartmentcanbecompletelyremovedincreasing
theriskofloss.
2.Removethedischargedbatteriesandproperly
disposeinaccordancewithlocalregulations.
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1.BatteryCompartment
3.Plugeachfreshbatteryintoaterminalcradle
observingproperpolarity.(Ifthebatteries
areimproperlyinstalled,theunitwillnotbe
damaged,butitwillfailtooperate.)Thecradle
isembossedwithpolaritymarkingsforeach
terminal—emphasizedinFigure3-4AAAlkaline
BatteryCompartmentbelow .Makesuretheyare
rmlyseatedintheunit.
4.Replacethebatterycover.Securethecoverwiththe
fourscrews.Makesuretheyaretightenedenoughto
compresstheseal,butbecarefulnottoovertighten.
HandheldRemoteCare
ThoughtheHandheldRemoteisrugged,careshould
betakennottodroptheunitontohardsurfaces.To
cleantheRemote,useasoftclothmoistenedwithwater
oramildcleaningsolutiontowipeitpayingparticular
attentiontoavoidscratchingtheLCD(LiquidCrystal
Display)screen.
Operation
Base↔RemoteCommunication
CommunicationbetweentheBaseandHandheld
Remoteunitsmustbeestablishedbeforethesystem
canbeused.ThislinkprocessiscalledAssociation
anditisperformedwhiletheHandheldRemoteisin
AssociateMode.
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