Bresser 7001030 User manual

4Cast CS
Instruction Manual
GB IE
Art. No. 7001030
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GENERAL INFORMATION
About this Instruction Manual
Please read the safety instructions in this manual carefully. To avoid damage to
the unit and the risk of injury, only use this product as described in the manual.
Keep the instruction manual handy so that you can easily look up information on
all the functions.
GENERAL WARNING
DANGER!
This device contains electronic components that operate via a power source (po-
wer supply and/or batteries). Children should only use the device under adult su-
pervision. Only use the device as described in the manual; otherwise, you run the
risk of an electric shock.
Children must only use the device under adult supervision. Keep packaging ma-
terial, like plastic bags and rubber bands, out of the reach of children, as these
materials pose a choking hazard.
Keep batteries out of the reach of children! Make sure you insert the batteries
correctly. Leaking battery acid can lead to chemical burns. Avoid contact of battery
acid with skin, eyes and mucous membranes. In the event of contact, rinse the
affected region immediately with a plenty of water and seek medical attention.
DANGER!
Do not expose the device to high temperatures. Use only the recommended batte-
ries. Do not short-circuit the device or batteries, or throw them into a fire. Excessive
heat or improper handling could trigger a short-circuit, a fire or an explosion.
NOTE!
Do not disassemble the device. In the event of a defect, please contact your dea-
ler. The dealer will contact the Service Centre and can send the device in to be
repaired, if necessary.
Always replace weak or empty batteries with a new, complete set of batteries at
full capacity. Do not use batteries from different brands or with different capacities.
Remove the batteries from the unit if it has not been used for a long time.

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MUST READ BEFORE GETTING STARTED
Your Meteotime weather station is different to traditional weather stations, which
measure the prevailing conditions only. The data of this weather station is based
on the METEOTIME, which is worked out on a daily basis by highly professional
meteorologists using state-of-art instruments.
The Metotime weather station is engineered in such a way that it is able to
receive the coded METEOTIME signal containing the weather information. The
information is broadcasted via the DCF77 station for radio-controlled clocks
(located in Germany). For this reason, your Meteotime weather station is also a
radio-controlled clock with all the known advantages, such as always showing the
exact time, and automatic transition to daylight saving time in winter and summer.
You are able to receive weather forecasts for 90 meteorological regions within
Europe for up to 2 days (today and tomorrow) in advance.
WHAT DOES ITTAKE TO GET GOOD RECEPTION?
Similar to wireless signals like the mobile phone network or Radio/TV broadcasts,
it is possible that Meteotime weather stations do not receive signals all the time
and everywhere. The following are some tips you should follow by all means to
make sure that your device works properly:
The location for Meteotime weather station is very important. For this reason we
have equipped all of them with an innovation test function (the [TEST] button)
which enables you to test the quality of reception in your environment and to
place the device where the best conditions prevail.
Try your reception by testing your Meteotime weather station as stated in the
manual. To do this, turn on all the potential sources of interference (for example,
a TV set in the room you want to install the device. Then put the Meteotime
weather station in the place and direction you want it to be, but always at least
one meter within the potential source of interference.
Watch the symbol GOOD RECEPTION or BAD RECEPTION on the display. Once you have
found the right location for GOOD RECEPTION, you may leave the Meteotime weather
station there. It will collect its data by a radio-controlled signal. Within a few minutes
time, the date will appear. However, the transfer of very large amount of data (forecast
for all regions and days) will take much longer. To completely receive all data, it will take
up to 24 hours from the time of the initial setup.

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POTENTIAL SOURCES of INTERFERENCE
With all Meteotime weather stations, we should take measures to provide best
possible radio reception. DCF is a long wave station with a broad reach (ap-
proximately 1500 km). However, as with a long wave radio station, interference
may occur which is often caused by the following influences:
• In buildings with lots of concrete, metal parts, and the electrical equipment you
may get reception problems (for example, in shopping centers and at exhibi-
tions).
• Electronic equipment such as TVs, computers, household machines, etc., or
transformers, power lines, radio transmitters, and trains are potential sources
of interference.
• Atmospheric influences might affect the radio waves.
• The distance from the station, and also the geographic conditions (mountains,
etc.) also affect the reception. Due to their great distance from the station,
areas like Southern Italy or Northern Scandinavia are critical.
• So-called (dead-spots) which make reception impossible can appear everywhere
• There is less interference in rural area than in heavily built-up urban ones.
• On principle at night the sources of interference are less active, consequently
reception is
better than during the day.
• Weak batteries in the device will lower the quality of reception.
DATA TRANSFER
METEOTIME sends the data during precisely defined time slots in accordance
with UTC. (UTC, i.e. for Central Europe during the winter UTC+1, during the
summer UTC+2; for Great Britain and Portugal during the winter UTC, during the
summer UTC+1)
Transmission times (UTC) Forecast for
10:00 p.m. – 03:59 a.m. the current day (TODAY)
04:00 a.m. – 09:59 a.m. the next day (TOMORROW)
In the event that the reception during the above time slots is completely or at
times interfered with or has broken down, these forecasts, or parts of them, will
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SCOPE OF DELIVERY
This package contains the 4Cast CS weather station, a suitable power supply and
a wireless outdoor sensor for external temperature and humidity measurement.
MAIN FEATURES
• Weather status for today and tomorrow for 90 regions in Europe (470 cities for
easy choice)
• Rain/Snow/Hail probability for today
• Wind speed and wind direction for today
• Wireless 433MHz outdoor thermo-hygrometer with 3 external channels
(1 sensor is included)
• Indoor thermo-hygrometer
• Memory function for maximum and minimum temperature and humidity readings
• Temperature in °C
• Regional day and night time temperature information
• Weather reports: choice of 7 languages (English/Spanish/French/Italian/Dutch/
Swedish/ German)
• Critical weather alert
• Up to 5 favourite cities can be assigned for simple query
• Adaptation of a place name / town
• Radio-controlled clock (in 24 hour format) and calendar
• Time zone setting
• Dual alarm (weekday alarm/single alarm, Alarm sound for 2 minutes)
• Pre-alarm (Programmable) for outdoor sensor – channel 1 only.
• Low battery indicator for main unit and wireless sensor
• Power supply for the weather station by a mains adapter and for the remote
sensor by 2 pcs. of AA type batteries. Weather station function is ensured by a
built-in rechargeable battery in case of failure of the mains adapter. During that
time, the display is not lit and only legible in optimal light.
• Motion sensor for switching the display of today/tomorrow weather information
• Light sensor to automatically adjust the light intensity of the display

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INTRODUCTION
The 4Cast CS LCD display shows:
• Todays weather information window
• Weather information for the following day (Day 2).
• Information window which shows date and current time, alarm time, cities and
warnings on critical weather conditions
• Indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity
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Outdoor sensor
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Information for today or tomorrow (shift),
including wind speed, wind direction and
the probability of rain/snow/hail, day & night
temperature, day & night weather status.
Indoor/Outdoor
temperature/humidity
Auto light function to
adjust a proper light
intensity
Motion sensor for
switching the display of
today/tomorrow weather
information. Motion sensor
on station’s top site
Information window
Weather station
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THERE IS A TOTAL OF 8 BUTTONS ON THE WEATHER STATION::
• Critical Weather Information Time and Date Day/Night Weather Status
Change
• Read the critical weather information one by one.
CHANNEL
• Switch to read Outdoor Thermometer channel 1,2, 3 or indoor.
• Press and Hold key for 3 seconds to enter into automatic cycle display mode
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MEM
• Display the maximum and minimum measured Temperature in record
• Press and Hold for 3 seconds to clear all the Max. and Min. records
• Edit your home town
SET
• Selected city Date Week day alarm “OFF W-ALM”
Single alarm „OFF S-ALM“ Pre-Alarm „OFF P-ALM“.
• Press and hold [SET] for 3 seconds to select <1> Country, <2> Time zone,
<3> Language, <4> Return to city display mode
▲
• Increasing the value during setting
• Turn ON alarm
• Press and hold for 3 seconds to force RC Clock receiving
• Switch to tomorrow weather information for tomorrow. “DAY” icon flashing.
▼
• Decreasing the value during setting
• Choose one of the pre-selected cities
• Turn OFF alarm
• Press and hold for 3 seconds to force to search for outdoor sensor
TEST √
• Find a place for the device which has a good reception
• Add the city into the list of your desired cities
OR
Remove the city out of the list of desired Cities
• Edit your home town
ON/OFF RESET
• Turning the station on or off
• The key must be pressed and snapped in, in order to be SWITCHED ON!

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THERMO/HYGRO REMOTE SENSOR
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A. LED-ANZEIGE
flashes once when the remote unit transmits a reading and flashes twice when
low battery is detected on sensor unit
B. BATTERY COMPARTMENT
accommodates 2 UM-3 or “AA” size 1.5V batteries
C. RESET BUTTON
resetting of all functions after changing the channels
D. CHANNEL SELECTOR
assigns the sensor to Channel 1, Channel 2 or Channel 3
E. WALL MOUNT HOLE
for mounting the sensor on the wall
F. °C/ °F SWITCH
Select between Celsius (˚C) or Fahrenheit (˚F)

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GETTING STARTED
• Insert 2 pcs. AA batteries into the remote sensor first. (before operation the
weather station).
• Connect the weather station with the power socket (power supply). The weather
station will automatically scan for the radio-controlled clock signal and for the
Meteotime signal when started.
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• Time and date are displayed in a few minutes. Since there is a large amount of
weather information for all regions and days, therefor the unit needs about 24
hours from the time of the initial setup to complete the reception of all data.
• After receiving the DCF radio signal, the weather station tries to receive the radio
signal from the outdoor sensor. The wave symbol (reception symbol) flashes. Upon
successful reception, the readings for temperature and humidity are displayed.
• If the unit is able to receive the Meteotime signal successfully, the Meteotime
icon will appear in the second row of the display. Otherwise, it will be .
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◄means it is successfully receives
today’s weather information.
Otherwise, it will be
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means it is able to receive
the Meteotime weather signal.
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In the event the Meteotime icon change to , that means there are potential
sources of interference on the unit. The sources of interference may come from
the electronics equipment such as TV-set, computers, household machines etc.
It may also be due to lots of concrete, metal parts and electrical equipment in
the building. It may also be due to your living area if it is very far away from the
Radio-controlled clock tower (Mainflingen – Coordinates 50°01‘ North, 09°00‘
East.
You can use the „TEST“ function to look for a better location.
• Press „TEST“ button, „SCAN“ is shown in the Information Window.
• Take the unit and find a good location.
• flashing: The test is running and the Meteotime signal reception is good. You
are able to leave the device in this position.
] flashing: The test is running and the Meteotime signal reception is poor.
You need to keep on looking for a better location.
• The test lasted for around 1 minute. You can restart the test with the [TEST] key
at any time, and also discontinue the test by pressing the [TEST] key.
• Scan A: that “A” means the reception quality should be 0=bad…..9=very good
SWITCH CITY ALARM TIME TIME AND DATE
• After switching on, the weather station searches for the Radio controlled
Time signal as well as the MeteoTime signal. After it has successfully re-
ceived the MeteoTime signal, the information window shows the default city
„FRANKFURT.M“.
• You are able to press [ SET ] to switch from the display of the City, Time and
Date to week alarm, single alarm or pre-alarm for Frankfurt am Main.
SELECTTHE COUNTRY AND CITY / CITIES
• Press and Hold [ SET ] for 3 seconds, in the information window, „COUNTRY“ is
shown, and then press [ ▲] or [ ▼] key to select the country.
For example, if you see in the information window „D/GER“, that means you
have selected “Germany”.
• Press [ SET ] key to confirm the Country. Assuming you have selected Germa-
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• Then press [ ▲] or [ ▼] key to select the city, and the city name will be shown
in the information window. Example: „FRANKFURT.M“ means the city ‘Frankfurt
am Main’ .
Press [SET] to accept this value. From now on, the information box will display
the selected city..
ACTIVATION OF FAVORITES
Once you have set your city as described above, you can save even more cities
for facilitated access. Rather than terminate the entry with the [SET] button, you
can proceed as follows:
• If ‘Frankfurt am Main’ is your selection as one of your favourite cities, then press
[TEST√ ] to confirm. A √will be shown on top of your selected city, and it will be
stored into your personal memory list.
• Then, you are able to press [ ▲ ] or [ ▼ ] to select more cities in the same
country, and then press [TEST√ ] to confirm.
You may select maximum FIVE cities to display. If you want to add more cities,
then [MEMFULL] will be shown in the information window.
OR
Press [ SET ] key to quit, and EXIT will be shown at the information window.
REMARK: If after inserting the batteries for the rst time, you are skipping the city selection,
the product will select by default ”Frankfurt am Main” as your selected city.
DISPLAY OF FAVOURITES
If you have selected more than one city. Let’s say you have select “Frankfurt
am Main”, Köln and Münster in your desired city list, then you are able to press
[▼] key when the information window shows the CITY NAME (Press SET until it
displays the City Name).
REMOVE YOUR SELECTED CITY/ CITIES OUT OF MEMORY LIST
To get into the setting as described below, the current day must be displayed on the
forecast window.
• Press and hold [ SET ] for 3 seconds, „COUNTRY“ is shown in the information
window, then press [ ▲ ] or [ ▼ ] key to select the country. For example, you
had selected the country name such as „D/GER“ means Germany.
• Press [ SET ] key to confirm the country. (let’s say we select Germany right
now), and then the information window will show „CITY“.
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Main’, and the „FRANKFURT.M“ will show in the information window.
• Press [ TEST √ ] to remove the √, and this city is successful remove out of your
list of preference cities you had selected.
• Repeat this if you wish to remove more cities from your list
• Then, you are able to press [ ▲ ] or [ ▼ ] key to select more cities, and then
press [ TEST √] to remove your selected cities.
OR
• Press [ SET ] key to quit, and EXIT will shown at the information window.
After 4 seconds, it will go to the City-Date-Time Mode.
PERSONALIZE A PLACE NAME
• Press and hold [ SET ] for 3 seconds, In the information window, is shown, and
then press [ ▲ ] or [ ▼ ] to select the country. For example, let’s said you had
selected country Germany which is represented in „D/GER“
• Press [ SET ] key to confirm the Country. (let’s say we select Germany right
now), then the information window will show „CITY“.
• Then, press [ ▲ ] or [ ▼ ] key to select the city, and the city name will be shown
in the information window such as means city „FRANKFURT.M“, and you would
to enter a new city which is near the region of Frankfurt am Main
• Press the [ MEM ] key ; a cursor flashes on the first position of the Information
Window
Then following input commands then apply:
KEY Function
[ ▲] or [ ▼] Selection of a letter
SET <1> Accept the selected letter and jump to the next position.
OR
<2> If you have not entered any letter (in other words, if only the cur-
sor is flashing at the last position), confirm the entry with this key and
your place will also be included in the memory with immediate effect
TEST One position back in the data entry process
** The place that you have selected to enter your own description will still exist
under its own name.
• Press [ SET ] key to confirm and exit.
SET THE TIME ZONE AND LANGUAGES
• • Press and hold [ SET ] for 3 seconds, „COUNTRY“ is shown in the information
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• Press [ SET ] again, then „ “ is shown in the information window,
press [ ▲ ] or
[ ▼ ] key to adjust the time zone.
• Press [ SET ] again, then the LANGUAGE will be shown in the information
window, press [▲] or [ ▼ ] key to select your desired language. There are total
seven languages for selection, namely German, English, Spanish, French,
Italiano, Dutch, Swedish
• Press [ SET ] on last time, „EXIT“ will be shown in the information window. After
4 seconds, it will change to the City-Date-Time Mode
Remark: If you do not have any selection into the Setup mode up to 30 seconds, it will
automatically exit the setup mode. The Information Window will show City/ Date & Alarm
CHANGE DATA DISPLAY FROM THE CURRENT DAY TO THE FOLLOWING DAY
Move your hand over the motion sensor or press [▲] to switch the display of
weather forecast from current day to the following day.
SWITCH DAY WEATHER INFORMATION NIGHT WEATHER INFORMATION
The device is able to automatically switch to DAY-WEATHER and NIGHT-
WEATHER
respectively. The user can press [ DAY/NIGHT ] button to see the DAY-Weather
(for 10-second period) if currently show the NIGHT-WEATHER, or vice verse.
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CRITICAL WEATHER INFORMATION
Meteotime Weather signal contains the Critical Weather Information such as
Gust, Frozen Rain, Heavy Snow, Thunder, Strong UV, Dense Fog, Bise, Mistral,
etc. for today and coming three days. A critical weather alert signal „ “ will be
turned on in case that day has critical weather that the user must know.
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Sometimes there are more than one critical weather information in the 4-days.
Press [DAY/NIGHT] key to read the critical weather information one by one. The
special icon of the day will be flashed when you read the Information.
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DAY/NIGHT
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• Press [ SET ] key to go back to the display of CITY DATE
WEEKDAY ALARM SINGLE ALARM PRE-ALARM. If you would
like to read the weather Information in the information window, then press [ DAY/
NIGHT] key to display Day Night weather information and also the Critical
Weather Information.
If no key is pressed, the critical weather information will be toggle to display, so as
to make sure you are aware of the critical weather details.
LOW BATTERY INDICATION
When it is time to replace batteries in the outdoor transmitter, the low-battery
indicator will appear next to the channel indicator (see graphics on the right side).
When the Li-Ion battery of the main station is getting low, the low-battery indicator
will appear next to the day of the forecast. However, this will be difficult to see
when there is no adapter connected and once it is, the Li-Ion battery will recharge
automatically.
Low- battery indictor icon for main unit
Low- battery indictor icon for
outdoor transmitter
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WEATHER STATUS /INFORMATIONEN
• There is a total of 15 weather status symbols for the day time and another 15
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RECEPTION INDICATOR
Above the channel indicator the current connection with the remote sensor is
indicated by a wave symbol:
Symbol Status
Searching for the remote sensor signal
Remote sensor connected
No signal received for more than one hour
SEARCHING FOR OUTDOOR SENSORS
You can start searching for outdoor sensors manually by pressing and holding the
[▼] button for about 3 seconds. The wave symbol starts to flash. With this search
option, the main unit searches for the same outdoor sensor which has previously
been recognized by the main unit. If you have changed the battery in the outdoor
sensor, then the sensor has received a new identification number and is then
no longer recognized by the main unit. You can connect the outdoor sensor
with the new identification number as follows: You need to start an advanced
search operation by pressing the [▼] button for 3 seconds and while the wave
icon is flashing you need to again press the [▼] button for 3 seconds. Then the
temperature will begin to flash and now a new outdoor sensor is searched.
DISPLAYING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY FROM REMOTE SENSOR (CHANNEL)
Static Display:
• Press the [ CHANNEL ] key to select measurements from different remote
sensors, channel 1, 2, 3 or IN
Automatic channel display change:
• Press To enable an automatic scan of all channels, press and hold CHANNEL,
until the
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MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
• The maximum and minimum recorded indoor and outdoor temperatures and
humidity will be automatically stored in the memory of the main unit. Press
[MEM] button, the respective indicators, [MAX] or [MIN] will then be displayed.
• To clear the memory, hold [MEM] button for 3 seconds. The maximum and
minimum temperature records will be erased.
ALARM FEATURE
Weekday Alarm [
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• The alarm sounds on weekdays (Monday to Friday) when the alarm time is reached.
Single Alarm [
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• The alarm sounds once only when the alarm time is reached.
Pre-Alarm [
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• The pre-alarm will be activated if the temperature of Channel 1 is falling to
+0°C or below. It is programmable 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes earlier than the
weekday alarm or single alarm time.
HOW TO SET ALARM
• Press [ SET ] button to toggle between weekday alarm, single alarm or pre-alarm.
If the alarm is disarmed, the time will be displayed as “OFF W-ALM”
• Hold [ SET ] button for 3 seconds, the hour digits will blink.
• Enter the hour by using UP [ ▲ ] or DOWN [ ▼ ] button.
• Press [ SET ] button to confirm, the minute digits will blink.
• Enter the hour by using UP [ ▲ ] or DOWN [ ▼ ] button.
• Press [ SET ] button to exit and the respective alarm icons [
˚C
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], [
˚C
s
] and [
˚C
s
] will be activated.
HOW TO STOP ALARM
• When alarm is on, the respective alarm icons [
˚C
s
] and [
˚C
s
] will be flashing.
Press UP [▲] or DOWN [ ▼ ] button to stop the alarm immediately.
• To turn off the alarm, press UP [ ▲ ] or DOWN [ ▼ ] button to change the alarm
time display as “OFF W-ALM”.
• If no button is pressed, the alarm will be sounded for 2 minutes and then
deactivated automatically.
SETTING THE PRE-ALARM
• The pre-alarm (Pre-ALM) can be set when the alarm for weekdays (W) or
individual days (S) is set.
• Press the [SET] button for 3 seconds after entering the value in the setting of
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• The number 15 flashes and this means that this alarm will now sound 15
minutes before the weekday alarm or single alarm.
• Use the UP (▲) or DOWN (▼) button to select the pre-alarm interval between
15 and 90 minutes.
• Press the [SET] key to confirm settings and to exit.
INFORMATION ON INDOOR/ OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY
MEASUREMENT
Temperature Display Range -20 °C to 60 °C
Temperature Resolution 0,1 °C
Temperature Accuracy +/-1 °C (between +5 °C and +40 °C)
RF Transmission Frequency 433 Mhz
Maximum No. of Remote units 3
RF Transmission Range up to 30 meters (open area)
Relative Humidity Display Range 30% to 80%
Humidity Resolution 1%
The main unit is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and an AC
adaptor.
The outdoor sensor is powered by 2 pcs of AA type batteries.

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NOTES ON CLEANING
Before cleaning the device, disconnect it from the power supply (remove batteries)!
NOTE!
Only use a dry cloth to clean the exterior of the device. To avoid damaging the
electronics, do not use any cleaning fluid.
EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
Bresser GmbH has issued a “Declaration of Conformity” in accordance
with applicable guidelines and corresponding standards. This can be
viewed any time upon request.
DISPOSAL
Dispose of the packaging materials properly, according to their type, such
as paper or cardboard. Contact your local waste-disposal service or envi-
ronmental authority for information on the proper disposal.
Do not dispose of electronic devices in the household garbage!
As per Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament on waste elec-
trical and electronic equipment and its adaptation into German law, used
electronic devices must be collected separately and recycled in an environ-
mentally friendly manner.
In accordance with the regulations concerning batteries and rechargeable batter-
ies, disposing of them in the normal household waste is explicitly forbidden. Please
make sure to dispose of your used batteries as required by law — at a local col-
lection point or in the retail market. Disposal in domestic waste violates the Battery
Directive.
Batteries that contain toxins are marked with a sign and a chemical symbol. “Cd” =
cadmium, “Hg” = mercury, “Pb” = lead.
Cd¹ Hg² Pb³
1battery contains cadmium
2battery contains mercury
3battery contains lead
GARANTIE & SERVICE
The regular guarantee period is 2 years and begins on the day of purchase. To
benefit from an extended voluntary guarantee period as stated on the gift box,
registration on our website is required.
You can consult the full guarantee terms as well as information on extending the
guarantee period and details of our services at www.bresser.de/warranty_terms.