La Crosse Technology WS-7059U4 User manual

WS-7059U
Wireless 433 MHz
Temperature Station
Instruction Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topic Page
Inventory of Contents/Additional Equipment 3
About WWVB 3-4
Battery Installation 4
Program Mode 5-13
Time Setting (WWVB & Manual) 5-6
Time Zone Setting 7
Daylight Saving Time 8
Year Setting 8
Setting the Date 9
Selecting °F or °C 9-10
Setting the Forecast Sensitivity 10-11
Displaying Relative/Absolute inHg/hPa 11-12
Manually Setting Relative Air Pressure 12
Setting the LCD Contrast 12
12 or 24 hour Time Setting 13
Features 14-17
Weather Forecast and Icons 14-15
Air Pressure History Bar Graph 15-16
Indoor Temperature/Humidity (min/max) 16-17
Optional Outdoor Remote Senders 18-20
Mounting 20-21
Troubleshooting 22
Maintenance and Care 23
Specifications 24-25
Warranty Information 26-27

INVENTORY OF CONTENTS
1. The Indoor Temperature Station (ITS)
2. Instruction Manual and Warranty Card
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Pressure
Tendency
Pressure
History
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Hanging
Hole
Time
Battery
Cover
Indoor
Table
Stand
LCD screens
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)
1. Three fresh AA 1.5V batteries.
ABOUT WWVB
The NIST (National Institute of Standards and
Technology—Time and Frequency Division) radio station,
WWVB, is located in Ft. Collins, Colorado and transmits the exact
time 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 Weather Station. However, due to the
nature of the Earth’s Ionosphere, reception is very limited during
daylight hours. The Weather Station 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 continually measure every second of every
day to an accuracy of ten billionths of a second a 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. This Weather Station regulates the WWVB transmitter.
SET-UP GUIDE
I. BATTERY INSTALLATION
1. Remove the battery
cover—insert a
solid object in the
space provided at
the lower-central
position of the
battery cover, push
up and pull out on
the battery cover.
2. Observe the correct polarity and install 3
AA batteries.
3. Replace the battery cover.
Note: Immediately after the batteries have been installed
each LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) will flash. Within a
few seconds the indoor temperature, indoor relative
humidity, and the weather icons (sun and clouds) will be
displayed. If not, then remove batteries for 10 seconds
and reinstall. The time will show 12:00 am and start
searching for the signal. If it successfully receives the
time signal (usually at night), it will display the correct
time (default is Eastern)
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PROGRAM MODE
Programming Note: If 20 seconds is allowed to pass
during programming modes the unit will confirm/set the
last information entered—the display will stop flashing
and return to normal time-date readings. If for program
settings IV through XI, you don’t leave the program mode
you can advance to step 3 of the following program
setting. If you do leave the program setting (or want to
program a specific setting) follow each step in the
program settings instruction.
Function Keys:
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II. TIME
There are two methods by which the time can be set:
1) Automatically via WWVB reception
2) Manually (see section III)
WWVB (Remote Control Time)
This method requires you to do nothing but wait for the
signal to be received, and to select a time zone.
Reception usually takes approximately 6-8 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 Weather Station conducts a WWVB
search every night between these hours, and overrides any
time that has been set manually. The WWVB tower icon

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(appearing in the TIME LCD) will flash when a search is
in progress, will remain steady when the signal has been
received, and nothing will be displayed in all other
situations. If the WWVB time has not been received after
10 minutes of battery installation, you may manually set
the time or leave the time function alone (reception will
occur regardless).
III. MANUAL TIME SETTING
1. Press and hold the MODE/SET button for 5
seconds, or until “Lcd 5” flashes in the
TIME LCD.
2. Press the MODE/SET button two more
times. The digit representing the hour
should be flashing.
3. Press the CH/+ button to select the
appropriate hour.
Note: In 12h mode, “PM” will appear to the left
of the time during PM hours. If the time is not
within the PM hours nothing will be displayed.
Be sure to set the time to the correct AM/PM
time to ensure automatic reception.
4. Press the MODE/SET button to set the
minutes. The digits that represent the
minutes will flash.
5. Press the CH/+ button to advance the
minutes.
6. Press the MODE/SET button to confirm and
advance to the time zone setting.

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IV. TIME ZONE SETTING
The default time zone is EST (Eastern Standard
Time), to change this setting:
1. Press and hold the MODE/SET button for 5
seconds, or until “Lcd 5” flashes in the
TIME LCD.
2. Press the MODE/SET button four more
times; “-5” should flash in the TIME LCD.
3. Select your appropriate time zone using the
CH/+ button. The TIME LCD displays the
3 letter abbreviations for the time zones
found in North America. Observe the chart
below, showing corresponding
abbreviations, time zones, and codes.
GMT 0
Atlantic -4
EST; Eastern -5
CST; Central -6
MST; Mountain -7
PST; Pacific -8
ALA; Alaska -9
HAW; Hawaii -10
Note: There are more time zones represented by numbers
than there are represented by letters. If you live in North
America you need only be concerned with the ones in the
chart above.
4. Press the MODE/SET button to confirm and
advance to the Daylight Saving Time
setting.

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V. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST) SETTING
1. Press and hold the MODE/SET button for 5
seconds, or until “Lcd 5” flashes in the
TIME LCD.
2. Press the MODE/SET button 5 more times to
reach the DST selection mode. DST 1 is the
default setting and both “DST” and “1” are
flashing in the TIME LCD.
3. DST 1 shows that the feature is on and will
change times automatically.
4. DST 0 shows that the feature is off and will
not change times automatically.
Note: Some locations (Arizona and parts of Indiana) do
not follow Daylight Saving Time.
5. Press the MODE/SET button to confirm and
advance to the Year setting mode.
VI. SETTING THE YEAR
1. Press and hold the MODE/SET button for 5
seconds, or until “Lcd 5” flashes in the
TIME LCD.
2. Press the MODE/SET button 6 more times
to reach the Year setting mode.
3. The default year “2000” appears in the
TIME LCD.
4. Press the CH/+ button to advance the years.
5. Press the MODE/SET button to confirm and
advance to the numeric date setting mode.

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VII. SETTING THE DATE
Note: This is only necessary if you do not wish to wait for
the WWVB reception. All manual set data will be over-
ridden by the reception of the WWVB signal.
1. Press and hold the MODE/SET button for 5
seconds, or until “Lcd 5” flashes in the
TIME LCD.
2. Press the MODE/SET button 7 more times to
reach the Numeric Date setting mode.
3. “1.1” is the default setting, representing
month and date respectively. The digit
representing the month should be flashing.
4. Press the CH/+ button to advance the
month.
5. Press the MODE/SET button to confirm the
month setting and to shift to the numeric day
setting. The digit representing the day
should be flashing.
6. Press the CH/+ button to advance the day.
7. Press the MODE/SET button to confirm the
date and to advance to °F and °C selection.
VIII. SELECTING °F OR °C
1. Press and hold the MODE/SET button for 5
seconds, or until “Lcd 5” flashes in the
TIME LCD.
2. Press the MODE/SET button 8 times to
reach the °F or °C setting mode.
3. “°F” is the default setting, and should be
flashing in the TIME LCD.

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4. Press the CH/+ button to shift °F to °C, and
back.
5. Press the MODE/SET button to confirm and
to advance to the Weather Forecast
Sensitivity setting.
IX. SETTING WEATHER FORECAST
SENSITIVITY (hPa)
Note: A higher hPa (Hekto Pascal) setting decreases the
forecasting sensitivity of the unit, a feature available for
persons living in areas where the air pressure changes
significantly (not necessarily related to a change of
weather). A lower hPa setting is available for areas with
a more constant air pressure. This designates that it takes
2 hPa of pressure change to change the forecast icon.
Note that 1 hPa change= 0.03 inHg (Inch Column of
Mercury) change. 1 hPa = 1 mb (millibar). The hPa
options that appear in the PRESSURE LCD are: “2” hPa
= 0.06 inHg, “3” hPa = 0.09 inHg, and “4” hPa = 0.12
inHg.
1. Press and hold the MODE/SET button for 5
seconds, or until “Lcd 5” flashes in the
TIME LCD.
2. Press the MODE/SET button 10 additional
times to reach the hPa setting.
3. The default hPa setting of “3” will flash.
4. Press the CH/+ button to select one of the
three hPa settings. “2” is the lowest setting,
designated for areas with a relatively
constant air pressure; “3” is the mid-range
setting; “4” is the highest setting, designated