OPERATION
Using the Lightning De
tect
or
Pow
er On/Off
Press "
" button t
o turn t
he detect
or ON. The de
tect
or will display "PLEASE
WAIT" while it aut
omatically calibr
ates itself. When calibr
ation is comple
te
“LISTENIN
G..” will displa
y, indicating it is r
eady for use. Pr
ess AND HOLD the
"
" button f
or 3 seconds t
o turn t
he detect
or off.
Indoor & Outdoor Modes
Outdoor mode is the def
ault setting. Indoor Mode op
timizes the per
for
mance
of the de
tect
or for indoor use b
y making it less sensitive t
o inter
fer
ence.
To select indoor mode, pr
ess AND HOLD the “
” and "
" buttons f
or
2 seconds until you hear a beep. The displa
y will say "INDOOR". When
pow
ered of
f, the de
tect
or will retur
n to its def
ault, outdoor mode.
Lightning Detect
ed
The device de
tects cloud-t
o-cloud, cloud-to-gr
ound and intra-cloud lightning.
When lightning is detect
ed, the de
vice emits two beeps and t
he red light
flashes. The display indicat
es "STRIKES DETECTED!", and "C
OUNT" displays a
running count of lightning str
ikes de
tect
ed. The detect
or estimates t
he distance
to t
he front of t
he lightning-producing st
orm. The de
tect
or alerts and flashes
the light e
ver
y 5 seconds until no strik
es are de
tect
ed for 30 minut
es. After 30
minutes of inactivity
, the de
tect
or will retur
n to its def
ault “LISTENIN
G..” st
ate.
The "COUNT" r
esets when t
he device is po
wer
ed off.
False De
tection
This detect
or featur
es advanced t
echnology t
o distinguish betw
een lightning
strik
es and inter
fer
ence, how
ever in r
are cases t
he detect
or may "f
alse detect"
lightning activity due to int
erfer
ence. In these situations, v
erify t
here is no
lightning in the ar
ea and then r
elocate t
he detect
or. If t
he false de
tections
persist, identify and relocat
e the sour
ce of inter
fer
ence or relocat
e the de
tect
or.
Silencing Audio Alerts
Audio aler
ts (beeps) are enabled b
y default eac
h time the de
vice is pow
ered
on. Audio aler
ts can be tem
porar
ily silenced f
or up to 60 minut
es. To
tem
porar
ily silence audio aler
ts, press and hold t
he “LIGHT” button f
or 5
seconds. The device will displa
y “MUTED”. The visual alerts fr
om the LED
light and display messages will r
emain active e
ven when audio aler
ts have
been silenced. When the de
vice detects a lightning str
ike while audio aler
ts
are mut
ed, the de
vice will display t
he message,"STRIKES DETECTED! MUTED"
along with t
he strik
e indicator/flashing LED, updat
ed strik
e count and updated
estimated dist
ance. The device will r
e-activat
e audio alerts af
ter 60 minut
es or
after audio aler
ts have been r
e-enabled. To r
e-enable audio alerts, pr
ess and
hold the “LIGHT” butt
on for 5 seconds. The de
vice will display “SOUND ON”.
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