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INSTRUCTIONS
1. PRESS THE RESET BUTTON.
The reset buon is the small round white recessed buon on the right side of the mer face. Use a
pointed object to reach it in order to erase all previous programming.
2. SET THE CLOCK.
HOUR: Press the clock buon and simultaneously press the HOUR buon unl you arrive at the
correct hour. (Be aware of AM and PM hours.) MIN: Again pressing the CLOCK buon, simultaneously
press the MIN buon unl you arrive at the correct minute. WEEK: Press the clock buon and
simultaneously press the WEEK buon unl you arrive at the current day of the week.
3. PROGRAM YOUR SETTINGS.
Each event is numbered and has a me to come on and a me to go o. You can set 1, 2, or up to 8
dierent events using the PROG (program) buon. The PROG display will start at 1 ON. As you keep
pressing the buon, the display will cycle through all the events: 1 ON, 1 OFF; 2 ON, 2 OFF; 3 ON, etc.
up to 8 OFF. For each event you must set WEEK, HOUR, and MIN. First select which days of the week
this parcular event will funcon (WEEK buon.) As you press the buon, it will cycle through all the
possibilies which include: MoTuWeThFrSaSu (every day of the week); Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa, Su (each
individual day of the week); MoTuWeThFr (only week days); SaSu (only weekends); MoTuWeThFrSa;
MoWeFr; TuThSa; MoTuWe; or ThFrSa. Aer selecng the desired day(s) your event will funcon,
select the ming for the event to come on or go o using the HOUR and MIN buons. (Be aware of
AM and PM hours.)
4. SET TO AUTOMATIC.
Use the ON/OFF/AUTO buon to set to automac. The buon cycles through ON, AUTO, OFF, and
AUTO as you keep pushing it. If, according to the schedule you have programmed, it is supposed to
be o at that me of day (and day of the week), you cycle it through to OFF just before AUTO. If,
according to the schedule you have programmed, it is supposed to be on at that me of day, you cycle
it through to ON just before AUTO. If you are using the mer for subtle equipment like CO2 and you
want to test your programmed schedule, you can try plugging in something more obvious like a light
or a fan so that you can see the changes more easily.
NOTE: Daylight Savings Mode‐‐IF you press HOUR and MIN at the same me you will get Daylight
Savings mode which will delay your sengs by one hour automacally. This will be shown as
a clock symbol over the black dot in the right lower corner of the display. Press HOUR and MIN
simultaneously to remove the Daylight Savings mode. Random Mode‐‐If you press WEEK and
HOUR simultaneously, the display will show an “O” above the clock symbol which will ash when
funconing. This is random mode. The on and o ming will be delayed from 2 up to 32 minutes
randomly. This seng is probably not useful for gardening purposes. One use of this seng
is for lights, to fool would‐be burglars when you are not home. Again press WEEK and HOUR
simultaneously to remove this mode.
If you nd no display on LCD, please plug mer into power to recharge for 5 minutes,then reset the
mer before seng the programs and current me
TM01715D Instrucons ‐ rev.10.24.2015