WFC840 - Weather Station HAMA - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL WFC840 HAMA

Wettervorhersagecenter »WFC840« Weather Forecast Center 00092649/11.12 All listed brands are trademarks of the corresponding companies. Errors and omissions excepted, and subject to technical changes. Our general terms of delivery and payment are applied. Hama GmbH & Co KG D-86652 Monheim www.hama.comd Bedienungsanleitung

HOF HOF D / DEUTSCHLAND 30

WILHELMSHAVEN WILHELMSHA D / DEUTSCHLAND 19

BOLOGNA BOLOGNA I / ITALIEN 44

SAN REMO SAN_REMO I / ITALIEN 43

WROCLAW/BRESLAU WROCLAW PL/POLEN 29

BOURNEMOUT BOURNEMOUT UK 18

HOLYHEAD HOLYHEAD UK 15

KINGSTON KINGSTON UK 18

SWANSEA SWANSEA UK 15

Operating Instruction

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 Meteotime 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 stations for radio-controlled clocks HBG (located in Switzerland) and DCF (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 change to daylight saving time in winter and in summer. You are able to receive weather forecasts for 60 meteorological regions within Europe for up to 4 days in advance, and offer 2-day-advance forecasts for an additional 30 regions. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET GOOD RECEPTION? Similar to wireless signals like the mobile phone network or Radio/TV broadcasts, it is possible that the 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 impor- tant. For this reason we have equipped all of them with an innovation test function (the TEST button) which enables you 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, in the room you want to install the device, please turn on all the potential sources of interference (for example, a TV set). Then put the Meteotime Weather Station in the place and direction you want it to be, but always at least in one meter from 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 radio controlled signal. Within a few minutes time and the date will appear. However, the transfer of the very large amount of data (forecast for all regions and days) will take much longer. To completely receive all data will take up to 24 hours from the time of the initial setup. POTENTIAL SOURCES of INTERFERENCE With all Meteotime Weather Stations, we should take measures to provide best possible radio reception. HBG and DCF are long wave stations with a broad reach (for ex- ample, approximate 1500km for the DCF station). However, as with a long wave radio station, interference may occur which is often caused by the following inuences:

• In buildings with lots of concrete, metal parts, and the electrical equipment you may get reception problems (for example, in shopping centers and at exhibitions).

• Electronic equipment such as TVs, computers, household machines, etc., or transformers, power lines, radio transmitters, and trains are potential sources of interference.

• Atmospheric inuences 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.

• Week batteries in the device will lower the quality of reception. DATA TRANSFER METEOTIME sends the data during precisely dened 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)32

In the even 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 be missing. This package comes with a main unit which is Meteotime Weather Station, and a remote outdoor Thermo-hygrometer sensor. This Meteotime Weather Station has equipped the thermo-hygrometer sensor to measure the indoor temperature and humidity, and also has a wireless outdoor thermo-hygrometer sensor to measure the outdoor temperature and humidity. Key Features:

• Weather Status for today and coming three days for 470 cities

• Rain/Snow/Hail Probability for Today

• Wind Speed and Wind Direction for Today

• Single channel outdoor 433Mhz wireless Thermo-hygrometer

• Regional Day-time temperature and Night-time Temperature information

• Critical Weather Alert

• Radio-controlled Clock and Calendar

• Powered by 2 AA batteries for main unit, and 2 AA batteries for the outdoor sensor INTRODUCTION The Meteotime Weather Station LCD display shows:

• Today Weather Information Window

• In/Outdoor Temperature & Humidity

• Tomorrow, One-day-after, and Two-day-after Weather Information

• Information Window which shows Time & Date, Sunrise & Sunset, Cities, and Critical Weather Information Description. Today Weather Information including Wind Speed, Wind Direction, and the probability of Rain/Snow/Hail, Day & Night Temperature, Day & Night Weather Status In/Outdoor Temperature & Humidity Tomorrow, One-day-after, and Two-Day-after Weather Information including Day & Night Temperature, Day & Night Weather Status Information Window There are total 7 buttons on the Main Unit, namely: SET

• Selected City Time + Date Sunrise + Sunset

• Each press of [SET] will display the selected City, Time + Date or Sunrise + Sunset

• Press and HOLD [SET] for 3 second to select your <1> Country, <2> Time Zone, <3> Language, <4> Contrast of the LCD display DAY/NIGHT Critical Whether Information Time + Date Day/Night Weather Status Change

• Increasing the value during setting.

• Chose one of the pre-selected cities .

• Decreasing the value during setting.

• Chose one of the pre-selected cities. MEM

• Display the maximum and minimum measured Temperature in record.

• Press and Hold for 3 second to clear all the Max. and Min. record. TEST √

• Find the 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 IN/OUT

• Switch to read Indoor Thermo-hygrometer Outdoor Thermo-hygrometer.

• Press and Hold for 3 second to force the main unit to search for the outdoor sensor. GETTING START

• Insert the batteries for remote units, and then insert batteries for the main unit.

• The main unit will automatically scan for the radio-controlled clock signal and the Meteotime Weather signal.

• The time and date signal will be received in a few minutes. Since there is a large amount of Weather information for all regions and days, the unit needs about 24 hours from the time of the initial setup to complete the reception of all data

• After the time and date signal is being received successfully, the display shows “SELECT COUNTRY” and then “FRANKFURT” as default city in the information window.

• To change the Country and the City please see the information below.

• If the unit is able to receive the Meteotime signal successfully, the Meteotime icon is appeared in the second row of display. Otherwise, the Meteotime will be .34

means it successfully receives today’s weather information. Otherwise, it will be means it is able to receive the Meteotime weather signal. Otherwise, it will be means it successfully receives tomorrow weather information. Otherwise, it will be means it successfully receives weather information of one-day-after. means it successfully receives weather information of two-day-after. 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. You are able to use the TEST function to look for a better location.

• Press TEST button, SCAN is shown in the Information Window.

• Pick the unit to nd a good location.

• ashing : The test is running and the Meteotime signal reception is good. You are able to leave the device in this position.

• ashing: 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 press the TEST key. SWITCH CITY SUNRISE & SUNSET TIME TIME & DATE

• After inserting the batteries, the weather station searches for the Radio controlled Time signal as well as the MeteoTime signal. After it has successfully received the MeteoTime signal, the display shows in the information window “Select Country”. • After a few more minutes, the information windows the default city “ ”.

• You are able to press [ SET ] to switch from the display of the City to Sunrise & Sunset time OR Time & Date for Frankfurt am Main. [SET] [SET]

SELECT THE COUNTRY AND CITY / CITIES

• Press and Hold [ SET ] for 3 second, in the information window, is shown, and then press [ ] or [ ] key to select the country. For example, you have selected the country name such as means Germany will be shown in the information window.

• Press [ SET ] key to conrm the Country (let’s said we select Germany right now), and then the information window will show

• Then, press [ ] or [ ] key to select the city, and the city name will be shown in the information window such as means the city ‘Frankfurt am Main’.

• If the city ‘Frankfurt am Main’ is your selection, then press [ TEST √ ] key to conrm. A √ will be shown on top of your selected city, and it will be and ‘Frankfurt am Main’ will store into your personal memory list.

• Then, you are able to press [ ] or [ ] key to select more cities, and then press [ TEST √ ] key to conrm. You are able to select maximum FIVE cities to display. If you want to add more cities, then will show in the Information Window.

press [ SET ] KEY to quit, and will shown at the information window. REMARK: If you have skip the city selection in the rst time you power up the unit, the product will default select Frankfurt am Main as your selected city.

DISPLAY MORE CITIES INFORMATION

• If you have selected more than one city, let said you have select Frankfurt am Main, Köln and Münster in your desired city list, then you are able to press [ ] or [ ] key when the Information Window shows the CITY NAME (Press SET until it displays the City Name).

When you selected the other city, the sunrise and sunset time, and weather information will be of this selected city. REMOVE YOUR SELECTED THE CITY / CITIES OUT OF MEMORY LIST

• Press and Hold [ SET ] for 3 seconds, is shown in the Information Window, then press [ ] or [ ] key to select the country. For example, you have selected the country name such as means Germany.

• Press [ SET ] key to conrm the Country (let’s said we select Germany right now), and then the information window will show .

• Then, press [ ] or [ ] key to go to your selected city, lets said ‘Frankfurt am Main’, and the will show in the information window.

• Press [ TEST √ ] key to remove the √ , and this city is successful to remove out of your list of preference cities you have selected.

• Then, you are able to press [ ] or [ ] key to select more cities, and then press [ TEST √ ] key to remove your selected cities. OR Press [ SET ] KEY to quit, and will shown at the information window. After 4 second, it will go to the City-Date-Time Mode.

PERSONALIZED A PLACE NAME

• Press and Hold [ SET ] for 3 second. In the information window, is shown, and then press [ ] or [ ] key to select the country. Let’s said you have selected the country Germany which is represented in

• Press [ SET ] key to conrm the Country (let’s said we select Germany right now), and then the information window will show .

• Then, press [ ] or [ ] key to select the city, and the city name will be shown in the information window such as means the city ‘Frankfurt am Main’, and you would like to enter a new city which is near the region of Frankfurt am Main.

• Press the ‘MEM’ key ; a cursor ashes on the rst 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 jumps to the next position.

<2> If you have not entered any letter (in other words, if only the cursor is ashing at the last position), conrm 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.36

The place that you have selected to enter your own description will still exist under its own name.

• Press [ SET ] key to conrm and exit SET THE TIME ZONE, LANGUAGE and CONTRAST

• Press and Hold [ SET ] for 3 second, is shown in the Information Window.

• 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 Language for selection, namely German, English, Spanish, French, Italiano, Dutch, Swedish

• Press [ SET ] again, then is shown in the Information Window, press [ ] or [ ] key to adjust the LCD contrast Level.

• Press [ SET ] again and will shown at the information window. After 4 seconds, it will go to the City-Date-Time Mode Remark: If you do not have any selection into the Setup mode up to 60 seconds, it will automatically exit the setup mode. The Information Window will show City / Sunrise & Sunset Time / Time & Date.

The device is able to base on the SUNRISE time and SUNSET time to automatically switch to DAY-WEATHER and NIGHT-WEATHER respectively. The unit is preset to show DAY-WEATHER after sunrise time, and NIGHT-WEATHER after SUNSET time. The user can press the [ DAY/NIGHT ] button to see the DAY-Weather (for 10-second period) if currently show the NIGHT-WEATHER, or vice verse. DAY NIGHT

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. Sometimes there are more than one critical weather infor- mation 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 ashed when you read the Information.

• Press [ SET ] key to go back to the display of CITY SUNRISE & SUNSET TIME TIME & DATE. 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.

• Press [ IN/OUT ] keys to switch the reading of indoor or outdoor temperature and humidity reading.

• Press [ MEM ] key to read the record of the maximum and minimum temperature

• Press and Hold [ MEM ] key to CLEAR the record of the maximum and minimum temperature

LINKING THE OUTDOOR THERMO-HYGROMETER

SENSOR WITH MAIN UNIT IF SIGNAL LOSS: If the Main unit cannot receive the outdoor sensor signal, the outdoor signal icon will change to

Press and Hold [ IN/OUT ] button for 3 seconds, and then the wave icon will be ashed. If the signal has been received again, the outdoor signal icon will be . WEATHER STATUS There are total 15 weather status for Day and 15 weather status for Night. Signicance Day Night Sunny (Clear at night) Light Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Overcast Stratus Clouds38

Fog Showers Light Rain Heavy Rain Frontal Storms Heat Storms Sleet Showers Snow Showers Sleet Snow

CITIES There are a total of 470 cities information included in memory. The cities of the name with * will only have 2-day weather status. CITY FULL NAME CITY NAME IN SHORT FORM THAT

WILHELMSHAVEN WILHELMSHA D / GER 19

WUPPERTAL WUPPERTAL D / GER 14

FLORAC FLORAC FRANCE 4

BOLOGNA BOLOGNA I / ITALY 44

PISA PISA I / ITALY 41

SAN REMO SAN_REMO I / ITALY 43

SIENA SIENA I / ITALY 41

BOURNEMOUT BOURNEMOUT UK 18

HOLYHEAD HOLYHEAD UK 15

KINGSTON KINGSTON UK 18

SWANSEA SWANSEA UK 15

exit setmode EXIT Specication on In/Outdoor Temperature and Humidity Measurement Temperature Display Range: –40 °C to 70 °C Temperature Resolution: 0,1 °C Temperature Accuracy: +/– 1 °C Humidity Display Range: R.H. 1 % to 99 % Humidity Resolution: 1 % Humidity Accuracy: +/– 5 % (within 25 %–80 % at 25 °C) RF Transmission Frequency: 433 MHz RF Transmission Range: Max. 30 m (open area) Main Unit is powered by: 2x AA batteries Outdoor Thermo-hygrometer is powered by: 2x AA batteriesf Mode d‘emploi

COIRE CHUR CH/SUISSE 36

HOF HOF D / ALLEMAGNE 30

FLORAC FLORAC FRANCE 4

BERGAME BERGAMO I / ITALIE 40

SAN REMO SAN_REMO I / ITALIE 43

WROCLAW WROCLAW PL/POLOGNE 29

UPPSALA UPPSALA S/SUEDE 54

HOLYHEAD HOLYHEAD ROYAUME UNI 15

TEMPS LOURD JOUR TEMPS.LOURD

TEMPETE JOUR TEMPETE

HOF HOF D/DUITSLAND 30

WILHELMSHAVEN WILHELMSHA D/DUITSLAND 19

WUPPERTAL WUPPERTAL D/DUITSLAND 14

NYKOPING NYKOPING DK/DENEMARKEN 54

BOLOGNA BOLOGNA I/ITALIË 44

SAN_REMO SAN_REMO I/ITALIË 43

WROCLAW WROCLAW PL/POLEN 29

BOURNEMOUT BOURNEMOUT UK 18

HOLYHEAD HOLYHEAD UK 15

KINGSTON KINGSTON UK 18

SWANSEA SWANSEA UK 15

LETTERS SHORT FORM IN SPANISH AND ITALIAN Spanish Spanish Short Form in Information Window

TEMPORAL TEMPORAL TEMPORAL dia TEMPORAL_D

Spanish Spanish Short Form in Information Window

Italian Italian Short Form in Information Window FORTI PRECIPITAZ. DIUR. PRECIP INT