1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Fish Mate P7000 Pond Fish Feeder.
The Fish Mate P7000 Pond Fish Feeder allows you to program up to 3 meals over a 24 hour period with the
ability to serve each meal in units of approximately 15ml (3 teaspoons). In addition, the feeder will allow you
to serve meals in advance of their programmed times, as well as serve extra meals on demand. This feeder
also offers a ‘frequent feeding’ option which will dispense a programmed meal over a longer period of time.
To ensure your chosen settings cannot easily be tampered with, the control buttons need to be pressed firmly
to operate.
If you start the set-up process and wish to abandon it before completion, the operating system will ‘time out’
after 60 seconds and the current time will be displayed.
Your Fish Mate feeder is manufactured from top quality materials and is assembled to comply with rigorous
quality standards. However, we do recommend that before use, you supervise its correct operation over a
period of at least 3 days.
This feeder is designed to make a noise when serving food. The noise is an audible indication for the user
that the feeder is functioning correctly.
This feeder is designed for use with dry foods with a maximum size of 16mm (
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food may be suitable.
When leaving your fish for long periods, we recommend that someone periodically checks to ensure
that all is well.
2. Fitting the batteries
2.1 Lift the hopper out of the base unit.
2.2 Invert the base unit and remove the battery cover by releasing the retaining clip (Fig. 3).
2.3 Insert 4 good quality alkaline ‘C’ batteries using the orientation symbols marked in the bottom of the
battery compartment. Replace the battery cover. Good quality alkaline batteries should normally last
approximately 12 months (dependent on use). You may use all popular batteries including rechargeable
and 1.5v lithium batteries but the low battery indicator will only work correctly with standard alkaline
batteries.
3. Setting the clock
3.1 Press and hold the ‘TIME’ button for 5 seconds until the hour figure on the clock starts to flash.
3.2 Press the ‘+’ or ‘-’ buttons to adjust the clock to the correct hour. Hold down either the ‘+’ or ‘-’ button for
longer than 3 seconds to scroll through.
3.3 Press the ‘TIME’ button and the minute figure will flash. Adjust the minutes using the ‘+’ or ‘-’ buttons.
3.4 Press the ‘TIME’ button to save the setting.
3.5 To change the clock between 12 hour (AM/PM) and 24 hour formats, press and hold the ‘TIME’ button
and within 3 seconds press the ‘+’ button.
Wait 60 seconds for the display to stop flashing and the clock to set (Fig. 2) before proceeding to the next
step.
4. Assembling the fish feeder
4.1 Open the hopper lid (Fig. 4) and remove the feeding nozzle and feeding mechanism.
4.2 Push the nozzle in to the front aperture at base of the hopper (Fig. 5). Ensure correct location with the
nozzle opening turned downwards.
4.3 Carefully insert the feeding mechanism in to the rear aperture at the base of the hopper (Fig. 6) until the
retaining clip clicks in to position. Fit assembled hopper to base unit.
5. Setting meal sizes
We recommend that meals are sized to feed no more than your fish will consume within a few
minutes. Overfeeding your fish is both expensive and detrimental to their health. Fish may be fed
once, twice or three times a day depending on requirements. Alternatively, consider setting the
Frequent Feed option described in section 12.
5.1 Fill the hopper with a suitable quantity of food sticks or pellets well in excess of a daily amount. For
maximum food freshness/appeal, we recommend that a maximum of 10 days food is loaded.
5.2 Place a suitably sized bowl beneath the feeding nozzle.
5.3 Fill the feeding mechanism by pressing and holding the ‘FEED’ button and within 3 seconds pressing
and holding the ‘+’ button until the display shows ‘10’. When feeding stops, press the ‘TIME’ button to
display the clock again. Return food in bowl to hopper.
5.4 Repeat 5.3 above, this time holding both buttons until the required amount of food has been dispensed.
When the desired amount of food appears in the bowl release both buttons and the feeder will complete
its current feed unit. Make a note of the number of feed units displayed on the LCD. After 60 seconds
the display will revert to the clock.
Set the meal sizes for each programmed meal time as follows:
5.5 Press and hold the ‘FEED’ button for 5 seconds. The letter ‘F’ next to two zeros (‘00’) will appear and
flash on the display (Fig. 7). Press the ‘+’ or ‘-’ buttons to set the number of feed units noted at 5.4 for
this meal setting.
5.6 Press the ‘FEED’ button again to set the meal sizes for ‘MEAL 2’ (and ‘MEAL 3’).
NOTE: Programming the feed units to two zeros (‘00’) denotes that the feed unit is set to ‘off’ and the
meal indicator will not be displayed when this procedure is completed.
5.7 When all meal sizes are programmed, save your settings by pressing the ‘FEED’ button.
Once the settings are saved, the clock indicator will be shown and the programmed meal indicators will be
displayed under the respective fish icons (Fig. 2). The indicator representing the next meal time due to be
served will flash.
6. Reviewing meal sizes
When the clock indicator is showing you can review all your programmed meal size settings as follows:
6.1 Press the ‘FEED’ button - the programmed feed units set for ‘MEAL 1’ will display for 60 seconds.
6.2 Press the ‘FEED’ button again within 60 seconds to view the programmed feed units for ‘MEAL 2’ and
again for ‘MEAL 3’.
6.3 Press the ‘FEED’ button again to return to the clock display.
7. Setting meal times (Not required for Frequent Feeding option - go to section 12)
7.1 Press and hold the ‘TIME’ button for 5 seconds until the hour figure on the clock starts to flash.
7.2 Press the ‘TIME’ button twice - the hour figure and the ‘MEAL 1’ indicator will flash.
7.3 Set the meal time in the same way as setting the clock, by pressing the ‘+’ or ‘-’ buttons to adjust the
hours, press the ‘TIME’ button again and adjust the minutes.
7.4 When the desired meal time is displayed press the ‘TIME’ button. Repeat 7.3 to set ‘MEAL 2’ and
‘MEAL 3’.
NOTE: If only one (or two) meals per day are required, the setting for ‘MEAL 2’ (and ‘MEAL 3’) are not
critical.
7.5 When all meal times are programmed, save your settings by pressing the ‘TIME’ button repeatedly until
the clock indicator displays (after ‘MEAL 3’).
8. Reviewing meal times
When the clock indicator is showing you can review all your meal time settings as follows:
8.1 Press the ‘TIME’ button to display the programmed meal time set for ‘MEAL 1’.
8.2 Press the ‘TIME’ button again within 60 seconds to view the programmed meal times for ‘MEAL 2’ and
again for ‘MEAL 3’.
8.3 Press the ‘TIME’ button again to return to the clock display.
9. Extra feed (in addition to a Set Meal)
If you would like to serve your fish additional units of food at any time, press the ‘FEED’ and ‘+’ buttons
together. The feeder will dispense one unit of food. To serve a number of units, keep both buttons held down
and the LCD will display the total number of units dispensed. Release both buttons and the unit will complete
its current feed unit. The number of units dispensed will remain displayed for 60 seconds.
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