USER MANUAL 60.2557.01 TFA
CE
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Kat. Nr. 60.2557.01
Radio-controlled clock with indoor climate
Thank you for choosing this instrument from TFA.
1. Before you use this product
- Please make sure you read the instruction manual carefully.
This information will help you to familiarize yourself with your new device, to learn all of its functions and parts, to find out important details about its first use and how to operate it and to get advice in the event of a malfunction.
- Following and respecting the instructions in your manual will prevent damage to your instrument and loss of your statutory rights arising from defects due to incorrect use.
• We shall not be liable for any damage occurring as a result of non-following of these instructions.
- Likewise, we take no responsibility for any incorrect readings or for any consequences resulting from them.
- Please take particular note of the safety advice!
- Please keep this instruction manual safe for future reference.
2. Delivery contents
• Radio-controlled clock • Instruction manual
3. Range of application and all the benefits of your new instrument at a glance
• Very clearly laid out with week days written in full letters (in 7 languages) and the entire date
- Highest precision radio-controlled clock
- With time zone and manual setting option
• Indoor temperature and humidity
- Two alarm times
- Adjustable alarm frequency (daily, weekday, weekend)
- Snooze function with adjustable interval
- Backlight
• Wall mounting or table stand
4. For your safety
- This product is exclusively intended for the range of application described above. It should only be used
as described within these instructions.
- Unauthorized repairs, alterations or changes to the product are prohibited.
Caution!
Risk of injury:
- Keep this instrument and the batteries out of reach of children.
- Batteries contain harmful acids and may be hazardous if swallowed. If a battery is swallowed, this can lead to serious internal burns and death within two hours. If you suspect a battery could have been swallowed or otherwise caught in the body, seek medical help immediately.
- Batteries must not be thrown into a fire, short-circuited, taken apart or recharged. Risk of explosion!
- Low batteries should be changed as soon as possible to prevent damage caused by leaking. Never use a
combination of old and new batteries together, nor batteries of different types.
- Wear chemical-resistant protective gloves and safety glasses when handling leaking batteries.
- Do not expose the device to extreme temperatures, vibrations or shocks.
- Protect it from moisture.
Radio-controlled clock with indoor climate
5. Elements
5.1 LCD display (Fig. 1)
A 1: DCF reception symbol
A 2: Daylight Saving Time symbol
A 3: Battery symbol
A 4: Alarm 1 with frequency
A 5: Alarm 2 with frequency
A 6: Humidity
A 7: Date with weekday
A 8: Indoor temperature
A 9: Snooze symbol
A 10: Time with seconds
A 11: AM/PM in 12-hour-format
B 1: button
B 2: bùon
B 3: ▲ button
B 4: ▼ button
B 5: °C/°F button
B 6: button
B 7: sens/oz button
5.3 Housing (Fig. 2)
C 1: Wall mounting hole
C 2: Battery compartment
C 3: Stand (fold out)
6. Getting started
- Open the battery compartment and insert two new AA 1.5 V batteries, polarity as illustrated.
- Close the battery compartment again.
• The device will alert you with a beep and all segments will be displayed for a short moment.
6.1 Radio-controlled time reception
- The clock will now scan the DCF frequency signal and the DCF symbol will be flashing on the display. When the time code is successfully received after 3-7 minutes, the radio-controlled time, the date, the day of the week and the DCF symbol will be shown steadily on the display.
- You can also start the initialization manually.
- Press the button.
• The DCF reception symbol will be flashing.
- Interrupt the reception by pressing the button again. The DCF reception symbol disappears.
- The DCF reception always takes place daily at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 o'clock in the morning. If the reception is not successfully received, another DCF reception will take place the next full hour (up to 5 times).
• There are three different reception states:
Symbol flashing – reception is active
Symbol solid – reception is very good
No symbol – no reception/reception is turned off
- If the clock cannot detect the DCF-signal (e.g. due to interference, transmitting distance, etc.), the time can be set manually. The DCF reception symbol disappears and the clock will then work as a normal quartz clock (see: Manual settings).
Radio-controlled clock with indoor climate
6.2 Note on radio-controlled time
The time base for the radio-controlled time is a caesium atomic clock operated by the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt based in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany. It has a time deviation of less than one second in one million years. The time is coded and transmitted from Mainflingen near Frankfurt via the frequency signal DCF-77 (77.5 kHz) and has a transmitting range of approximately 1,500 km. Your radio clock receives the signal, converts it and always shows the exact time. The adjustment to Daylight Saving Time (summer/winter time) is automatic. In Daylight Saving Time DST is shown on the display. The reception quality depends mainly on geographic location. Normally there should be no reception problems within a 1,500 km radius around Frankfurt.
Therefore, please note the following steps:
- The recommended distance to any interfering sources like computer screens or TV sets is at least 1.5 - 2 meters.
- Within concrete walls (reinforced with steel) such as basements, the received signal is naturally weakened. In extreme cases, please place the unit close to a window to improve reception.
- During night-time, the atmospheric interference is usually less severe and reception is possible in most cases. A single daily reception is adequate to keep the accuracy deviation under 1 second.
7. Operation
- Press and hold the ▲ or ▼ button in the respective setting mode for quick setting.
- The device will automatically quit the setting mode if no button is pressed for 20 seconds.
- Important: The device cannot be operated during the DCF time-signal reception.
7.1 Manual settings
7.1.1 DCF reception
- By default, the DCF reception is activated and after successful reception of the DCF signal no manual time setting is necessary.
- Press and hold the button if you want to deactivate the DCF reception. RCC OFF appears and the DCF reception symbol disappears.
- Would you like to activate the DCF reception again, press and hold the button again. RCC ON appears and the DCF reception symbol flashes.
- Once the DCF time reception is deactivated (RCC OFF) the clock must be manually set.
7.1.2 Manual setting of the clock and calendar
- Press and hold the button in normal mode to enter the setting mode.
- BEEP (ON=default) flashes on the display. Press the ▲ or ▼ button to deactivate the button tone (OFF). Press the 📄 button again to make the settings in the following sequence: The time zone (00 - default), the hours, the minutes, the year, the month, the date and the language of the day of the week (DEUTSCH - default). Press the ▲ or ▼ button to adjust it.
- Confirm the settings with the button.
- Once the DCF time signal is successfully received and the DCF reception is activated (RCC ON), the manually set time is overwritten.
7.1.2.1 Time zone settling
- You can make the time zone correction (+2/-2) in setting mode.
- The time zone correction is needed for countries where the DCF signal can be received but the time zone is different from the DCF time (e.g. +1=one hour plus).
7.1.2.2 Day-of-the-week language
- In the setting mode you can choose the day-of-the-week language. In the display appears: German – DEUTSCH, French – FRANCAIS, Italian – ITALIANO, Spanish – ESPANOL, Dutch – NEDERLANDS, Danish – DANSK and English – ENGLISH.
Radio-controlled clock with indoor climate
7.1.3 12 or 24 hour system
- Press the ▼ button in normal mode to choose 12 HR or 24 HR system. In the 12 HR system AM or PM (after 12 o'clock) appears on the display.
7.2 Alarm clock function
7.2.1 Alarm time setting
- Press and hold the button in normal mode to enter the alarm setting mode.
- AL 1 HOUR appears on the display and the hour digit will be flashing.
- Press the ▲ or ▼ button to adjust the hours.
- Confirm the setting with the button.
- AL 1 MINUTE appears on the display and the minutes digit will be flashing.
- Press the ▲ or ▼ button to set the minutes.
- Confirm the setting with the button.
- AL1 REPEAT appears on the display and M-F will be flashing.
- Press the ▲ or ▼ button to choose between the three set alarms below:
Monday until Friday (M-F appear on the display)
Saturday and Sunday (S-S appear on the display)
Monday until Sunday (M-S appear on the display)
- Confirm the setting with the button.
- AL1 SNOOZE appears on the display and 5 min. (default) or the last adjusted snooze interval will be flashing.
- Press the ▲ or ▼ button to adjust the snooze interval (5-60 minutes) or turn off the function (OFF).
- Confirm the setting with the button.
- AL 2 OFF and 8:00 (default) or the last adjusted alarm time appear on the display.
- If necessary adjust the second alarm time in the same way.
7.2.2 Activate and deactivate the alarm
- Choose with the button ALARM 1 or 2 in normal mode.
- OFF and the last adjusted alarm time appear on the display.
- Press the ▲ button to activate (ON) or deactivate (OFF) the alarm function.
- The alarm symbol and/or and the set alarm frequency will appear on the display, if the alarm is activated.
- When the adjusted alarm time is reached, the alarm rings. The backlight turns on for a short period.
- Press any button or press and hold the sense of button for 2 seconds and the alarm will stop.
- If the snooze function is deactivated in the alarm setting mode, press the sense button briefly to stop the alarm.
- If the alarm is not stopped manually, the ascending alarm tone automatically turns off after two minutes and it will be reactivated at the same set time on the following day.
7.2.3 Snooze function
- Note: If the snooze function is switched off in the alarm setting mode (OFF), the function cannot be activated.
- When the alarm rings, press the socket button and the snooze function is activated.
• The snooze symbol flashes on the display.
• The alarm will be interrupted for the set time.
- Press any button or press and hold the senseF button for 2 seconds and the snooze function will stop.
7.3 Temperature unit setting
- Press the °C/°F button in the normal mode to change between °C (Celsius) or °F (Fahrenheit) as temperature unit.
Radio-controlled clock with indoor climate
8. Backlight
- Press the sense of button.
• The backlight turns on for 8 seconds.
9. Mounting
- With the suspension device you can fix the device with a nail or a solid screw and dowel on a wall. For table standing please fold out both holders.
10. Care and maintenance
- Clean the device with a soft damp cloth. Do not use solvents or scouring agents.
- Remove the batteries if the device will not be used for an extended period of time.
- Keep the device in a dry place.
10.1 Batlery replacement
- Change the batteries when the battery symbol appears on the display.
- Open the battery compartment and insert two new AA 1.5 V batteries, polarity as illustrated.
- Close the battery compartment again.
11. Troubleshooting
Problem Solution
| No display on the device | → Ensure the batteries' polarities are correct→ Change the batteries |
| No DCF reception | → Press the 🔒 button briefly to activate the reception→ Press and hold the 🔒 button to activate the DCF reception in setting mode (RCC ON)→ Wait for an attempt reception during the night→ Choose another place for your product→ Set the clock manually→ Check if there is any source of interference.→ Restart the instrument according to the manual |
| Incorrect indication | → Change the batteries |
If your device fails to work despite these measures, contact the retailer where you purchased the product.
12. Waste disposal
This product has been manufactured using high-grade materials and components which can be recycled and reused.
Never dispose of empty batteries and rechargeable batteries with ordinary household waste. As a consumer, you are required by law to take them to your retail store or to an appropriate collection site depending on national or local regulations in order to protect the environment. The symbols for the contained heavy metals are: Cd = cadmium, Hg = mercury, Pb = lead
This product is labelled in accordance with the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE).
Please do not dispose of this product in ordinary household waste. As a consumer, you are required to take end-of-life devices to a designated collection point for the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment, in order to ensure environmentally-compatible disposal.
Radio-controlled clock with indoor climate
- Specifications
| Power consumption 2 x AA 1,5 V batteries (not included)Use alkaline batteries |
| Measuring range - temperature -10 °C... 50 °C /14 °F...122 °F |
| Resolution 0,1 °C (0,1 °F) |
| Indication: LL / HH Temperature is outside measuring range |
| Measuring range - humidity 20 %...95 % |
| Resolution 1 % |
| Display 19 / 96 % Humidity is outside measuring range |
| Housing dimension 206 x 30 (59) x 130 mm |
| Weight 287 g (device only) |
No part of this manual may be reproduced without written consent of TFA Dostmann. The technical data are correct at the time of going to print and may change without prior notice.
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Hereby, TFA Dostmann declares that the radio equipment type 60.2557 is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following Internet address: www.lfa-dostmann.de/service/downloads/ca
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A 8: Temperatura interior
A 9: Simbolo de snooze
A 10: Hora con segundos
