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308-1417V3 FAQS

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

308-1417v3 FAQS ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 
Batteries ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 
Weather Station Factory Restart ............................................................................................................................ 2 
Battery Change .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 
Power requirements ................................................................................................................................................. 2 
Compatible Sensor .................................................................................................................................................... 2 
Thermo-hygro Sensor ............................................................................................................................................... 2 
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 ................................................................................................................................................ 5 
Distance/Resistance/Interference............................................................................................................................. 6 
Weather Station ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 
12-Hour time format .................................................................................................................................................... 6 
Power requirements ................................................................................................................................................... 6 
Manually set time: Program Menu ............................................................................................................................ 6 
Programmable Pressure ............................................................................................................................................ 7 
WWVB Atomic time Signal ......................................................................................................................................... 8 
Forecast Icons inaccurate.......................................................................................................................................... 9 
Barometric Pressure ................................................................................................................................................. 9 
Pressure History Graph ........................................................................................................................................... 10 
Weather station is blank: No letters, numbers or dashed lines .......................................................................... 10 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for 308-1417v3

Page 1: ...tdoor 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 Cel...

Page 2: ...ep 1 Bring your sensor within five feet of your weather station Ensure you have fresh batteries in the sensor 2 Hold the ALERTS and PRESSURE button together for 5 seconds to restart the station 3 Allo...

Page 3: ...nments e g moister climates If a sensor goes out please wait 2 4 hours for it to reconnect on its own Please be patience these stations can reconnect on after many hours out RF radio frequency communi...

Page 4: ...ecords o Press again to view outdoor Heat Index o Press again to view outdoor Dew Point SENSOR AREA IS BLANK NO DASHES OR NUMBERS Check that other areas of the weather station read properly There may...

Page 5: ...in the home Wait approximately one hour before permanently mounting the outdoor sensor to ensure that there is proper reception POSITION Outdoor Protect the outdoor sensor from standing rain or snow...

Page 6: ...ir cut that distance in half for each wall window tree bush or other obstruction in the signal path Closer is better Do not mount the sensor on a metal fence This significantly reduces the effective r...

Page 7: ...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 Press and release the o...

Page 8: ...WWVB from Fort Collins Colorado The station will automatically search for the atomic time signal at UTC 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 and 11 00 Press the SEARCH button to search manually for the atomic time si...

Page 9: ...ased on its location over a period of time to generate an accurate personal forecast Please allow 7 10 days for barometer calibration The station samples the barometric pressure every twelve minutes T...

Page 10: ...ecto Pascal Occasionally a low front will come through that drops the pressure several bars in a short time When this occurs the graph appear to lose all bars for a given time period This is due to th...

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