La Crosse Technology WT-2165 User manual

Model: WT-2165
Radio-controlled
Travel Alarm Clock
Instruction Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topic Page
Inventory of Contents 2
Detailed Setup Guide
Battery Installation 3
About WWVB 4-6
Programming 6-10
Programming Sequence 6
Time zone 7
Daylight on/off 7-8
Snooze setting 8
Manual time setting 8-9
Manual date setting 9-10
Setting & Operating Alarms 10-12
Operating Screens 12-13
Traveling 14
Troubleshooting 15
Maintenance & care 16
Warranty & contact information 17-20

INVENTORY OF CONTENTS
1. Radio-controlled travel alarm.
2. Instruction manual and warranty card.
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DETAILED SETUP GUIDE
I. BATTERY INSTALLATION
A. The battery compartment is located on
the back of the travel alarm.
B. Remove the battery cover.
C. Insert one AA battery (alkaline
recommended) into the battery
compartment making sure to observe the
correct polarity.
D. Replace the battery cover and do not
press any buttons for 10 minutes while the
travel alarm searches for the WWVB time
signal.
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II. PROGRAMMING
A. SETTING THE TIME
There are two methods by which the time
and date can be set: 1) Automatically via
WWVB reception, or 2) Manually.
B. WWVB (Radio-Controlled Time)
This method requires you to do nothing,
except wait for the signal to be received,
and to select a time zone. Reception
usually takes approximately 6-10 minutes
during optimal conditions. The best
conditions for reception is at night,
between midnight and 6:00 am—when
there is less atmospheric interference. To
keep your time as accurate as possible, the
alarm clock conducts a WWVB search
every night between these hours, and
overrides any manually set time. The
WWVB tower icon (appearing in the
TIME LCD) will flash when a signal-
search is in progress and a signal is being
received, and will remain steady when the

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signal has been received. If the WWVB
time has not been received after 10
minutes of battery installation, you may
manually set the time or wait for the
WWVB reception.
About Radio-Controlled Time signal,
WWVB:
The NIST (National Institute of Standards
and Technology—Time and Frequency
Division) WWVB radio station is located in
Ft. Collins, Colorado, and transmits the
exact time and date signal continuously
throughout the United States at 60 kHz.
The signal can be received up to 2,000
miles away through the internal antenna in
the alarm clock. However, due to the
nature of the Earth’s Ionosphere, reception
is very limited during daylight hours. The
alarm clock will search for a signal every
night when reception is best. The WWVB
radio station derives its signal from the
NIST Atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. A
team of atomic physicists is continually
measuring every second, of every day, to an

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accuracy of ten billionths of a second per
day. These physicists have created an
international standard, measuring a second
as 9,192,631,770 vibrations of a Cesium-
133 atom in a vacuum. For more
information please see the NIST website at
www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm.
C. PROGRAMMING
(includes manual time setting)
This section is designed to walk you
through the entire set up procedure. If you
only require setting one section please hold
the “SET” button until the U.S. map flashes
and then press and release the “SET” button
until the section you wish to program
begins flashing.
The Programming Sequence is as follows:
→Time Zone →DST On/OFF →Snooze
Setting →Manual Time Setting (Hour →
Minute) →Manual Date Setting (Year →
Month →Date →Day) →12/24-hour time
format

**To end the programming mode at any
time, simply press the SNOOZE button
Time Zone Setting
a) Press and hold the “SET” button until
the US map and time zone begins to
flash (“-5” is the default). The time zone
is displayed according to “GMT”; please
see the table for explanation.
b) Press and release the “+” key to move
the time zone West one hour until it
reaches the your time zone.
c) Press and release the “SET” key to set
the time zone and move to the next
programming step.
Daylight Saving Time Setting
d) “DST On” will flash.
Eastern time zone
shown
-4: Atlantic, =-5: Eastern
-6: Central, -7: Mountain
-8: Pacific, -9: Alaska
-10: Hawaii
GMT: Greenwich
Mean Time
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e) Press and release the “+” key to toggle
between the Daylight Saving Time ON
or OFF (for places that do not follow
Daylight Saving Time changes)
f) Press and release the “SET” key.
Snooze Duration Setting
g) “Sno” will show at the bottom of the
screen, and a number will flash at the
top. This is the setting for the length of
the alarm snooze.
h) Press and release the “+” key to
advance the length of time from 0 (no
snooze) to 59 minutes. This sets the time
the alarm is silenced after pressing the
SNOOZE key while the alarm is
sounding.
i) Press and release the “SET” key.
Manual Time Setting
j) The hour will now flash.
k) Press and release the “+” key to
advance to the correct hour; be sure to
note the correct am/pm setting (“PM”
will show for hours between 12 noon
and midnight).

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l) Press and release the “SET” key.
m) The minutes will now flash.
n) Press and release the “+” key to
advance the minutes. By holding the “+”
key, the minutes will advance in five
minute increments.
o) Press and release the “SET” key.
Manual Date Setting
p) The year will now flash.
q) Press and release the “+” key to
advance to the correct year.
r) Press and release the “SET” key.
s) The month will now flash.
t) Press and release the “+” key to
advance to the correct month.
u) Press and release the “SET” key.
v) The date will now flash.
w) Press and release the “+” key to
advance to the correct day.
x) Press and release the “SET” key.
y) The day of the week will now flash
(Sun, Mon, etc.).