Conrad RC-DCF User manual

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KW9184M WEATHER STATION (RC-DCF)
USER MANUAL
1. Features
1.1 Time  - Radio Controlled Time
- Perpetual Calendar Up to Year 2099
- Day of week in 8 languages user selectable
- Daily Alarm Snooze Function
1.2 Humidity - Indoor & Outdoor measurable range: 20 ~ 99%
- Outdoor Humidity Record from Start-Up/Reset, and the corresponded time
- 24 Hours Min/Max Display for Outdoor Humidity
1.3 Temperature - Indoor measurable range: -10~ 50°C
- Measures °C / °F user selectable
-Outdoor measurable range: -20 ~ 50°C
- Outdoor Temperature Record from Start-Up/Reset, and the corresponded time
- 24 Hours Min/Max Display for Outdoor Temperature
- Comfort Indicator
1.4 Wireless Outdoor Sensor - Low-battery indicator for Outdoor Thermo Sensor
- Wall Mount or Table Stand
- One Wireless Thermo Sensor Included
- 433MHz RF transmitting frequency
- 100 meter transmission range in an open area
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2. Main Unit Appearance
2.1 Part A- LCD
A1: Comfort Indicator
A2: Indoor Temperature
A3: Indoor Humidity
A4: Outdoor Temperature
A5: Outdoor Humidity
A6: Temperature Memory
A7: Humidity Memory
A8: Time
A9: Radio Controlled Icon
A10: Date
2.2 Part B- Buttons
B1: “MODE “button
B2: “AL ON/OFF” button
B3: “MEM” button
B4: “SNOOZE/LIGHT” button
B5: “RESET” button
B6: “SEARCH” button
B7: “ALERT” button
B8: “ϰ/C/F/”button
B9: “ϧ” button
2.3 Part C- Structure
C1: Battery Compartment
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D1: Transmission Indication LED
D2: Outdoor Temperature display
D3: Outdoor Humidity display
D4: Battery Compartment
D5: Wall Mount Hole
D6: “RESET” button
D7: “C/F” button
D8: Stand
4. Getting Started:
4.1 Main Unit:
lOpen main unit battery compartment cover [C1]
lInsert 2 x AA batteries observing polarity [ “+” and “ –“ marks]
lReplace main unit battery compartment cover
lUse a pin to press the RESET [B5] button on the rear of the main unit, the main
unit is now ready for use
4.2 Outdoor Thermo Sensor
lBatteries compartment (D4) of thermo sensor is locating behind the back cover,
lInsert 2 x AAA batteries observing polarity [ “+” and “–“ marks]
5. Installation
5.1 Main Unit
The main unit can be placed onto any flat surface.
5.2 Outdoor Thermo sensor
The remote sensor should be securely mounted onto a horizontal surface.
Note: Transmissions between receiver and transmitter can reach up to 100m in
open area. Open Area: there are no interfering obstacles such as buildings, trees,
vehicles, high voltage lines, etc.
6. Thermometer
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6.1 RF Transmission Procedure:
lThe main unit automatically starts receiving transmission from outdoor thermo
sensor for outdoor temperature & humidity after batteries inserted.
lThe outdoor sensor will automatically transmit temperature and humidity signal
to the main unit after batteries inserted.
lIf main unit failed to receive transmission from outdoor thermo sensor in first 3
minutes after the batteries inserted (“- - . –”display on the LCD), hold “SEARCH”
button (B6) for 3 seconds to receive transmission manually. RF icon “ ”flashes
on the LCD
6.2 Temperature & Humidity
(1) Past 24 Hours Maximum / Minimum Outdoor Temperature and Humidity
lAfter start up, the unit automatically shows past 24 hours maximum outdoor
temperature and humidity record. “MAX” show on the LCD
lAfter start up, the unit automatically shows past 24 hours minimum outdoor
temperature and humidity record. “MIN” show on the LCD.
(2) Recorded Maximum/Minimum Outdoor Temperature and Humidity from
Start-up/Reset.
lPress “MEM”button (B3) to view the maximum and minimum temperature and
humidity record from start-up or reset. “”flash on the LCD.
lWhen viewing the memory record, hold “MEM”button for 3 seconds to clear
the maximum and minimum record.
lWhen viewing the memory record, press “MEM”button (B3) again to check the
corresponded time and date for memory maximum and minimum temperature
& humidity record. The memory record value and corresponded time and date
flash. Press “MEM”button select to view:
Time & date for minimum temperature memory record, Time & date for
minimum humidity memory record, Time and date for maximum temperature
memory record, Time and date for maximum humidity memory record.
(3) Celsius / Fahrenheit
lPress “°C /°F” button (B8) to select Indoor/Outdoor Temperature in Celsius mode
or Fahrenheit mode.
lIf the temperature is out of the measurable range, LL.L (beyond the minimum
temperature) or HH.H (beyond the maximum temperature) will be shown on the
LCD.
(4) Humidity
lThe humidity measurable range is 20% ~ 99%. If the current humidity

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measurement is lower than 20%, the LCD would display .
lFor past 24 hours or memory maximum or minimum temperature and humidity
record. If the record is lower than 20%, the LCD would display
(5) Outdoor Temperature Alert Function
lPress “ALERT” button (B7) to select to activate or deactivate outdoor temperature
alert function.
lpress ALERT button select to:
Active outdoor upper temperature alert, the icon “”besides outdoor
temperature digit would display.
Active outdoor upper& lower temperature alert, the icon “”besides outdoor
temperature digit would display.
Active outdoor lower temperature alert, the icon “”besides outdoor
temperature digit would display.
Deactivate outdoor temperature alert, alert icon disappear.
lHold “ALERT”button (B7) for 3 seconds to enter outdoor temperature alert
setting. Icon “ ” or “ ” beside Temperature’s digits flash. Press “ϧ”or “ϰ
“button to adjust the setting value, press “MODE”(B1) to confirm the setting.
Setting Sequence as follow: Upper limit of temperature, Lower limit of
Temperature.
lWhen it’s alert, the corresponding icon “”or “ ” and temperature digit
would flash on the LCD. Press any buttons to stop the alert soundʿʳotherwise, it
will sound for 2 minutes, and stop automatically.
(6) Comfort Indicator (A1) for the display of pleasant/unpleasant climate.
7. Time and Alarm Setting
7.1 Radio Controlled Clock:
lAfter batteries inserted and main unit finishes receiving the transmission from
outdoor sensor, the clock automatically starts to scan the DCF time signal. Radio
Control Icon“ ” flashes on the LCD.
flashesˈ
Indicating now is receiving
turns on,
Indicating signal received
disappear,
Indicating signal reception
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DCF signal
successfully
failed
lThe clock automatically scans the time signal at 3.00 a.m. every day to maintain
accurate timing. If reception fail, scanning stops (“ ” on LCD disappear) and
repeats again at 4.00 a.m. 5.00a.m. and6.00a.m.
lThe clock can be set to scan the time signal manually by holding “ϧ”and “ϰ
buttons (B9 &B8) for 3 seconds. Each reception takes about 5 minutes. If
receptions fail, scanning stops. (“ ” on LCD disappear) and repeats again on next
full hour. E.g. scanning failed at 8:20a.m. It will scan again at 9:00a.m.
lStop scanning by holding “ϧ”and“ϰ” buttons (B9 &B8) for 3 seconds.
l“” shown on the LCD if it is in Daylight Saving Time Mode.
7.2 Manual Time Setting:
lHold “MODE” button (B1) for 3 seconds to enter Clock/Calendar setting mode.
lPress “ϧ” (B9) or “ϰ” (B8) button to adjust the setting and press “MODE”
button (B1) to confirm each setting.
(By keeping the “ϧ” (B9) or “ϰ” (B8) button pressed, could accelerate the
process and reach the desired value more quickly)
lThe setting sequence is shown as follow: 12/24 Hour, Time Zone, Hour, Minutes,
Second, Year, Month, Day, Day-of-week language.
l8 languages can be selected in Day-of-week, they are: German, French, Spanish,
Italian, Dutch, Denmark, Russian, and English.
lThe languages and their selected abbreviations for each day of the week are
shown in the following table.
Language
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
German, GE
SO
MO
DI
MI
DO
FR
SA
English, EN
SU
MO
TU
WE
TH
FR
SA
Russian, RU
BC
ПН
BT
CP
ЧТ
ПТ
СБ
Denmark, DA
SO
MA
TI
ON
TO
FR
LO
Dutch, NE
ZO
MA
DI
WO
DO
VR
ZA
Italian, IT
DO
LU
MA
ME
GI
VE
SA
Spanish, ES
DO
LU
MA
MI
JU
VI
SA
French, FR
DI
LU
MA
ME
JE
VE
SA
Note:
(1) Second adjusted to zero only.
(2) The Time Setting Mode will automatically exit in 15 seconds without any
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adjustment.
(3) The Time zone is used for the countries where can receive the DCF time signal but
the time zone is different from the German time.
(4) When the country time is faster than the German time for 1 hour, the zone should
be set to +1. Then the clock will automatically set 1 hour faster from the signal
time received.
7.3 Daily Alarm Function:
lPress “ MODE” button (B1) to select to view:
lWhen viewing the Alarm Time, hold “MODE” button (B1) for 3 seconds to enter
Alarm Time setting. Press “ϧ” (B9) or “ϰ” (B8) button to adjust the alarm time.
Press “MODE” button (B1) to confirm the setting.
lPress “AL ON/OFF” button (B2) to switch alarm on or off. If it is on, “ ” show
on the LCD.
lWhen Alarming, press “SNOOZE / LIGHT” button (B4) to activate the snooze
alarm, (“ ” flash on the LCD). The alarm will snooze for around 5 minutes, then
it alarms again. This snooze function can be enabled for maximum 7 times.
lExcept “Snooze” button, press any buttons to stop the snooze alarm. Otherwise,
the alarm signal sounds for about 2 minutes, and then stops automatically.
8. Low battery indication:
The low battery icon “ ”will appear l indicating that thermo sensor is in low
battery status. The batteries should be replaced.
9. Backlight
Press “SNOOZE/LIGHT” button (B4), back light states for 5 seconds.
10. Precautions
lUse a pin to press the reset button (B5) if the Unit does not work properly.
lAvoid placing the clock near interference sources/metal frames such as computer or TV sets.
lThe clock loses its time information when the battery is removed.
lDo not expose it to direct sunlight, heavy heat, cold, high humidity or wet areas
lThe outdoor sensor must not be set up and installed under water. Set it up in away direct
Time Time & Day of Week Alarm Time ( “AL” shown on the LCD)
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sunlight and Rain
lNever clean the device using abrasive or corrosive materials or products. Abrasive cleaning
agents may scratch plastic parts and corrode electronic circuits
11. Specifications
Indoor Data:
Temperature range:
-
10 to 50°C
Temperature Units Measured:
°C or °F [switchable]
Humidity Range:
20% to 9
9%
Outdoor Data:
Transmission distance:
(open area)
10
0m @ 433MHz
Temperature range:
-
20 ~ 50°C
Humidity Range:
20% to
99%
Main Unit Dimensions:
W
92x h152 x d45 mm
Thermo Sensor Dimensions:
w6
2 x h101 x d24 mm
Battery Requirements:
Base Station [indoor]:
2
x AA batteries
Sensors [outdoor]:
2 x AAA batteries