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II. Start Up Sequence
A. Initial
Start
1. Immediately after the batteries have been installed, the indoor
weather station will sound a “beep”, and the LCD will completely
light up for a brief moment.
2. All information will then appear in normal mode, with “12:00” as
the default time and “1.1” as the default date (2001 as the year).
3. “DCA” is the default city (Washington, DC, USA), with the
sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset times displayed for that city
at that date.
4. The indoor temperature and humidity, and barometric air pressure
(as 29.91 inHg relative RH) will also be displayed.
5. There is a “satellite” icon that appears near the bottom of the LCD,
to the right of the “max” remote temperature—this icon informs
the user that the indoor weather station is looking for signals from
the remote thermo/hygro sensor. Within five minutes the remote
temperature and humidity should be displayed—if not, remove
batteries from all units and repeat battery installation, the remote
temperature sensor first, then the indoor weather station.
B. WWVB
Reception
1. Once the batteries are installed in the Weather Center, it will
automatically search for the WWVB signal. If it receives a good
signal (which is unlikely during daylight hours in most locations),
the WWVB reception indicator (looks like a tower icon) will flash.
The indoor weather station requires five full minutes of good
reception to successfully capture the signal and set to the correct
hour, minute, second, month, day and year. If the signal reception
is not successful within ten minutes, the signal search will be
cancelled and will automatically resume every two hours until the
signal is successfully captured.
2. The signal is sent from Ft. Collins, Colorado only and is similar to
an AM radio signal. Atmospheric interferences such as storms,
sunspots, and even sunlight will cause the signal to not travel as
far.
3. To maximize reception, place the indoor weather station in a
window facing Colorado, at least six feet from any electrical
source (computers, televisions, refrigerators, etc.). Do not move
the indoor weather station while it is searching for the signal.
4. The time and date can be manually set. Once the signal is captured,
it will override any time and date set to the time zone selected.
