C85845 Weather Station Use and Troubleshooting

12-Hour or 24-Hour Time Format
Fahrenheit/Celsius
Backlight
Dashes, HH.H, LL.L or stuck Indoor Temperature/Humidity
Inaccurate Indoor Temperature Reading
Set Time Alarm
No WWVB Tower Icon
Time is Inaccurate
Manually Set Time/Date:  Program Menu
Comfort Indicators
Forecast Icons Inaccurate
Weather Station is Dim
Weather Station is blank: No letters, numbers or dashed lines
Weather Station has Missing Segments

12-Hour or 24-Hour Time Format

- Time can display in 12-hour (am, pm) or 24-hour format.
- Default is 12-hour time.
- Use the Program Menu to switch time formats.

Fahrenheit/Celsius

- Use the Program Menu to switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Backlight

- When operating with the power cable, the backlight is adjustable: HI-LOW-OFF.
- Press and release the BACKLIGHT button to adjust backlight.
- When operating on batteries only, the backlight will come on briefly when the BACKLIGHT button is pressed.

Battery power: When operating on battery power only, press and release the any button and the backlight will show for 10 seconds.

Try this exercise in a dim room. The weather station has a bright, dim and OFF setting for the backlight. Wait 15 seconds after pressing the BACKLIGHT button to see if backlight stays on. This will assure it is not in OFF SET.
1. Check that the AC cord is inserted correctly to the weather station and the outlet.
2. Remove the batteries.
3. Press the BACKLIGHT button. If the backlight comes on and the display is active your AC cord works.
4. Wait 15 seconds to see if the back light stays on.
5. If the backlight goes out after 15 seconds, repeat #3.

Dashes, HH.H, LL.L or stuck Indoor Temperature/Humidity

These symbols are error messages indication the indoor sensor is outside of its readable range. For indoor readings, this is generally a power related issue.
- Check that the AC power cord is inserted into a working outlet.
- Batteries may be overpowered or underpowered. Remove batteries from the weather station.
- Press any button 20 times. Leave the weather station unpowered for 1-2 hours.
- Install fresh Alkaline batteries with correct polarity.
- If the indoor temperature is still shows dashes, HH.H or LL.L, the weather station may need replacement.

Inaccurate Indoor Temperature Reading

When the indoor temperature is inaccurate, it is often due to the location of the display or overpowered/under powered batteries. You can test the accuracy at you home.

Side-by-side test: Bring the outdoor sensor in the house and place it next to the weather station for 2 hours.
- Compare indoor and outdoor temperature. The temperature should be within 4 degrees to be within tolerance.
- Look for heat sources such as sunlight, door or window frames or reflected heat or cold near the weather station.

Check batteries and AC power cord.

Set Time Alarm

Alarm will be active when alarm time is set.
1. Hold the ALARM button for 3 seconds to enter alarm settings.
2. The HOUR will show.
3. Press the +/- buttons to adjust.
4. Press ALARM to confirm and move to the minutes
5. The MINUTES will show.
6. Press the +/- buttons to adjust.
7. Press ALARM to confirm and exit settings.

Activate/Deactivate time alarm
- The alarm is active when set.
- Press and release the ALARM button to view alarm time. Then press and release the ALARM button to deactivate or activate the alarm.
- The alarm icon (bell) will show when active.

Snooze Alarm
- When the alarm sounds, press the SNOOZE button to silence the alarm for 10 minutes.
- The snooze icon Zz will flash.
- Press any button except SNOOZE to silence the alarm for 24 hours.

No WWVB Tower Icon

- The forecast station has not received a WWVB time signal in the past 24-hours.
- Position the forecast station for better reception.
- Be sure you have good batteries in the forecast station.
- Hold the SET button to send the forecast station on a signal search at night.
- Allow up to 5 nights to receive the time signal.

Time is Inaccurate

- Check to see if the WWVB Tower icon appears on the forecast station. If not, the forecast station has not received a WWVB time signal in the past 24-hours.
- Reposition the forecast station with the front or back facing Colorado.
- Check that the Time Zone selected correctly reflects your location. Adjust the time zone in the Program Menu.
- Check that the DST indicator is correct for your location (most areas observe DST so this should be ON). Adjust the DST indicator in the Program Menu.

Manually Set Time/Date:  Program Menu

• Hold, then release the SET button to enter time set SET.
• Press and release the + or - buttons to adjust the values. Hold to adjust quickly.
• Press and release the SET button to confirm and move to the next item.
• Press and release the BACKLIGHT button any time to exit settings.|

Settings order:
• Language - Note: When Español is selected, instructions will be in Spanish
• Beep ON/OFF
• Atomic ON/OFF
• Time Zone
• DST ON/OFF
• 12H/24H
• Hour
• Minutes
• Year
• 10.Month
• 11.Date
• 12.Fahrenheit/Celsius

To Begin:
1. Hold the SET button for five seconds to enter settings SET.
2. ENGLISH will show for language. Press the + or – button if you want ESPANOL.
Press SET to select BEEP ON/OFF.
3. BEEP ON will show. Press the + or – button to select BEEP OFF and silence the beep when buttons are pressed. Press SET to select ATOMIC ON/OFF.
4. ATOMIC ON will show. Press the + or – button to select ATOMIC OFF if you do not want the atomic time signal.
Note: If ATOMIC OFF is selected, you will skip Time Zone and DST settings and move 12/24 hour time.
5. Press SET to select Time Zone. ZONE EST will show. Press the + or – button to select a different time zone. (AST=Atlantic, EST=Eastern, CST=Central, MST=Mountain, PST=Pacific, AKT=Alaska, HAT=Hawaii)
6. Press SET to select DST On/OFF.
7. DST ON will show. Press the + or – button to select DST OFF if you do observe Daylight Saving Time. Press SET to select 12/24 hour time format.
8. 12H will show. Press the + or – button if you prefer 24 hour time format. Press SET to select Hours.
9. The Hour will show. Press the + or – button to adjust the hour. Press SET to select the Minutes.
10.The Minutes will show. Press the + or – button to adjust the minutes. Press SET to select the Year.
11.The Year will show. Press the + or – button to adjust the year. Press SET to select the Month.
12.The Month will show. Press the + or – button to adjust the month. Press SET to select the Date.
13.The Date will show. Press the + or – button to adjust the date. Press SET to select Fahrenheit/Celsius.
14.The °F will show. Press the + or – button to select Celsius. Press SET to confirm and exit.

Comfort Indicators

- Indoor and Outdoor comfort charts inform you when the humidity is at a comfortable or uncomfortable level.
- The bar over the chart will move and change colors to indicate the humidity level.

Forecast Icons Inaccurate

THIS WEATHER STATION LEARNS OVER TIME!
Please allow 7-10 days for barometer calibration to generate an accurate forecast.

IMPORTANT: As the Weather station builds memory, it will compare the current average pressure to the past forty day average pressure for increased accuracy. The longer the Weather station operates in one location, the more accurate the forecast icons will be.

Weather Forecast Icons: This Weather station has six forecast icons that predict the weather condition of the next 12-hours based on the change of atmospheric pressure. The weather forecast is about 70-75% correct. As weather conditions cannot be 100% correctly forecasted we are not responsible for any loss caused by an incorrect forecast.

- Sunny (clear)
- Partly Cloudy
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Rainy
- Snowy (temp below 32 ºF)
The icons forecast the weather in terms of getting better or worse and not necessarily sunny or rainy, as each icon indicates.

Weather Station is Dim

- Press and release the BACKLIGHT button to determine if the backlight is on HIGH or LOW.
- Clock must operate on AC power for backlight to stay on.

Weather Station is blank: No letters, numbers or dashed lines

- Check that the AC adapter. Is it correctly installed and connects to an active outlet.
- Batteries may be overpowered or underpowered. Remove batteries from alarm clock.
- Press any button 20 times. Leave the alarm clock unpowered for 1-2 hours.
- Power clock with AC adapter only to determine if batteries were an issue.

Weather Station has Missing Segments

When parts of numbers, letters, or pictures are missing on the display, it is often power related.
- Check that the AC adapter. Is it correctly installed and connects to an active outlet.
- Batteries may be overpowered or underpowered. Remove batteries from alarm clock.
- Press any button 20 times. Leave the alarm clock unpowered for 1-2 hours.
- Power clock with AC adapter only to determine if batteries were an issue.