La Crosse Technology WS-8055U User manual

WS-8055U

Radio Controlled Moon Phase Clock

Instruction Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Topic Page

Inventory of Contents/ Additional Equipment 3

About WWVB 3

Quick Set-Up Guide 3

Detailed Set-Up Guide

Battery Installation 4

Program Mode

Function Buttons 5

Time Zone Setting 5

DST (Daylight Saving Time) Setting 6

Language Selection 6

Time Setting 6

Calendar Setting 7

12/24-Hour Setting 7

Selecting °F or °C 7

Features & Operations

Displaying the Seconds 8

The Alarm 8

Moon Phase 8

Mounting 9

Maintenance & Care 10

Troubleshooting 11

Specifications 11

Warranty Information 12

INVENTORY OF CONTENTS

1) WS-8055U

2) Instruction manual and warranty card.

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)

1) Two fresh 1.5V AA batteries.

ABOUT WWVB (Radio Controlled Time)

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 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 Moon Phase Clock.

However, due to the nature of the Earth’s Ionosphere, reception is very limited during

daylight hours. The Moon Phase Alarm 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 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. This Moon Phase Alarm is regulated by

the WWVB transmitter.

QUICK SET-UP GUIDE

1) Insert two AA batteries into the Moon Phase Alarm Clock.

2) Wait 10 minutes for WWVB reception.

3) If there is no WWVB reception, manually set the time and date (instructions

in the Program Mode).

4) Program the settings.

5) Place the WS-8055U in a suitable location, where WWVB signals can be

received.

DETAILED SET-UP GUIDE

I) BATTERY INSTALLATION

Note: To avoid start-up problems make sure that the batteries do not spring free.

A) MOON PHASE CLOCK

1) Remove the battery

cover, located on the

backside of the unit.

2) Observe the correct

polarity, and install 2

AA batteries.

3) Replace the battery

cover.

Note: After the

batteries have been installed a tone will sound, and all the LCD’s (Liquid

Crystal Display) will briefly light up. Then the indoor temperature, the date

as “1/ 1”, the weekday as “MON”, and the Moon Phase will be displayed.

Also, the time will appear as “-:--” for approximately 1 minute. Then the

WWVB search is automatically initiated, and a tower icon appears and

flashes with the time colon (no tower icon will appear if the WWVB is too

weak to be detected). While the WWVB search is being conducted various

numbers will appear in the time display. The numbers “0”, “1”, or “8”

will appear in the hour position and the seconds will appear in the minute

display. The Moon Phase Alarm will either display the WWVB time, or

discontinue the search after 10 minutes if the time is not found. When the

search is cancelled “-:--”will appear in the time LCD. The Moon Phase

Alarm will conduct a WWVB search every hour until the first signal is

found. Once the WWVB time is found, a search is automatically conducted

nightly at midnight. If the signal is found at midnight, the tower icon will

remain, if not, another search will take place every hour(up to 6:00 am)

until the signal is found successfully. If no signal is found during this

period, the tower icon will not appear and the clock will search again at

12:00 am the next night.

PROGRAM MODE

To enter the Program Mode hold down the “SET”

button for 2 seconds, until “-5EST” flashes in the

Date LCD. The Program Mode is laid out in a

manner that allows you to program each function

separately, or you can follow the instructions

entirely to program the Moon Phase Clock.

Complete programming is usually done for the

initial set-up, and will require you to skip step 1 of

programming sections III through VIII. Press the

“SNOOZE” button at any time to exit the Program Mode, or wait approximately 15

seconds for the Moon Phase Alarm to automatically return to normal operation.

I) FUNCTION BUTTONS

There are 3 function buttons located on the front of the Moon Phase Alarm and one

on top (snooze). The function buttons are labeled: SET, +, ALARM, and SNOOZE.

II) TIME ZONE SETTING

1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds, the default setting “-5EST” will

flash in the Date LCD.

2) Press the “+” button to select the appropriate time zone. There are 13 time

zones to choose from:

-5EST Eastern Time (default setting)

-6CST Central Time

-7MST Mountain Time

-8PST Pacific Time

-9ALA Alaskan Time

-10HAW Hawaiian Time

-11

-12

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

-1

-2

-3

-4ATL Atlantic Time

3) Press the “SET” button to confirm the time zone setting, and to advance to

DST (Daylight saving time) setting.

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III) DST (DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME) SETTING

Note: The DST default is “On”, meaning that the WWVB will automatically change

the time according to Daylight Saving Time in the spring and fall. For areas that do

not recognize DST changes (Arizona and parts of Indiana) turn the DST “OFF”.

1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will

flash), press the “SET” button once more until “On” flashes in the time

LCD and “DST” flashes where the Weekday normally appears.

2) Press the “+” button to turn the DST off, as will be indicated by the display

of “OFF” in the time LCD.

3) Press the “SET” button to confirm the DST setting, and to advance to select

the language for the weekday.

IV) LANGUAGE SELECTION FOR THE WEEKDAY

1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will

flash), press the “SET” button 2 more times, until the default language

“US” flashes in the time LCD.

2) Press the “+” button to toggle through and to select the desired language.

There are 3 languages to select from:

US English

F French

E Spanish

3) Press the “SET” button to confirm the language setting, and to advance to

manually set the time.

V) TIME SETTING

Note: When the WWVB signal is found, that time will over-ride the manually set

time.

1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will

flash), press the “SET” button 3 more times, until the hour “12” flashes in

the time LCD.

2) Press the “+” button to select the hour. Note: when setting the hour, “PM”

will appear to the left of the hour display, if it is AM nothing will be

displayed.

3) Press the “SET” button to confirm the hour setting, and to shift to select the

minutes.

4) Press the “+” button to select the minutes.

5) Press the “SET” button to confirm the time setting, and to advance to

manually set the calendar.

VI) CALENDAR SETTING

Note: When the WWVB signal is found, that date will over-ride the manually set

date.

1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will

flash), press the “SET” button 5 more times, until the default year “00”

flashes in the date LCD.

2) Press the “+” button to select the year.

3) Press the “SET” button to confirm the year, and to set the month.

4) The default month “1” will flash. Press the “+” button to select the

appropriate month.

5) Press the “SET” button to confirm the month, and to set the date.

6) The default date “1” will flash. Press the “+” button to select the

appropriate date.

7) Press the “SET” button to confirm the date, and to set the weekday.

8) The default weekday “MON” (depends on selected language) will flash.

Press the “+” button to select the appropriate weekday.

9) Press the “SET” button to confirm the calendar settings, and to advance to

select either 12 or 24-hour time display.

VII) 12/24-HOUR SETTING

1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will

flash), press the “SET” button 9 more times, until the “12” hour time

display flashes in the time LCD.

2) Press the “+” button to toggle between 12 and 24 hour time.

3) Press the “SET” button to confirm the 12/24-hour time display, and to

advance to select either °F or °C.

VIII) SELECTING °F OR °C

1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will

flash), press the “SET” button 10 more times, until the default “°F” flashes

in the time LCD.

2) Press the “+” button to toggle between °F and °C.

3) Press the “SET” button to confirm the °F or °C selection, and exit the

Program Mode.

FEATURES & OPERATIONS

I) CHANGING DISPLAY MODE (DAY, SECONDS, AND TEMPERATURE)

There are three possible display

modes to view the day, seconds,

and temperature. The

month&date/weekday/moon

phase/indoor temperature is the

default.

To change the display:

1) Press the “+” button. The

display should now show

the month&date/weekday/moon phase/seconds.

2) Press the “+” button a second time and the display will now show the

month&date/seconds/moon phase/indoor temperature.

3) Press the “+” button a third time and the display will return to the normal

display.

II) THE ALARM

A) SETTING THE ALARM

Note: The duration of the alarm is 85 seconds. After each of the first two 25

second periods, the rate of the alarm increases.

1) Hold down the “ALARM” button for 5 seconds. The “TIME” icon to the

right of the minutes (in the time LCD) shifts to “ALARM”, and the hour

digit of the alarm flashes.

2) Press the “+” button to set the alarm hour.

3) Press the “ALARM” button to confirm the hour, and to set the alarm

minutes.

4) The alarm minutes flash, press the “+” button to set the alarm minutes.

5) Press the “ALARM” button to confirm and to exit the alarm setting mode.

Note: The alarm will be automatically set to sound when exiting the alarm-

setting mode (indicated by the alarm “sound” icon to the right of the time).

B) ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING THE ALARM

1) The alarm will be automatically set to sound when exiting the alarm-setting

mode (indicated by the alarm “sound” icon to the right of the time).

2) Press the “ALARM” button to activate and deactivate the alarm. The alarm

“sound” icon to the right of the time will appear or disappear, and the alarm

time will be displayed briefly before returning to the normal display mode.

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C) ACTIVATING THE SNOOZE FUNCTION

1) While the alarm is sounding, press the “SNOOZE” button to activate the

snooze function. The alarm “sound” icon and “SNOOZE” icon (to the right

of the time) will flash. The duration of the snooze function is 10 minutes,

then the alarm will resume.

D) SUSPENDING ALARM

1) While the alarm is sounding or the SNOOZE is active, press the “ALARM”

button to suspend the alarm until the next day.

III) MOON PHASE

The Moon Phases, and their corresponding dates appear in the Date LCD. There are

8 visible Moon Phases that will show in the Date LCD:

The Weather Center is programmed with all moon phases and corresponding dates

from the year 2000 until 2019.

IV) INDOOR TEMPERATURE

The Indoor Temperature appears on the right side of the Date LCD. The temperature

is checked every 10 seconds, and updated whenever there is a change.

V) EL BACKLIGHT

The EL backlight is activated for four seconds after any button is pressed. It cannot

be left on continuously as it would cause too great of a drain on the battery.

New Moon

Crescent Moon

First Quarter Moon

Gibbous

Full Moon

Gibbous

Last Quarter Moon

Crescent Moon

Waxing Moon Phases Waning Moon Phases

MAINTENANCE & CARE

•Extreme temperatures, vibrations, and shock should be avoided to prevent damage to

the units.

•Clean displays and units with a soft, damp cloth. Do not use solvents or scouring

agents—they may mark and damage the displays and casings.

•Do not submerge in water.

•Immediately remove all low powered batteries to avoid leakage and damage.

Replace with new batteries only, and of recommended size.

•Opening the casings invalidates the warranty. Do not try to repair the units. Contact

La Crosse Technology for Repairs.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Problem: The LCD is faint.

Solution: 1) Replace the batteries.

Problem: “OFL” appears in the LCD.

Solution: 1) Move unit to an area with warmer or cooler surrounding

temperature. Current surrounding temperatures are outside

measuring range.

Problem: No reception of WWVB signal.

Solution: 1) It may help reception to face the front of the Moon Phase

Alarm in the general direction of Ft. Collins, Colorado.

2) Wait overnight for signal.

3) Be sure the Moon Phase Alarm is at least 6 feet from any

electrical devices, i.e. TV sets, computers, or other radio

controlled clocks.

4) Remove batteries for five minutes, reinsert and leave the unit

alone overnight without pressing buttons.

5) If problems persist contact La Crosse Technology.

Problem: Hour is incorrect (minute and date are correct).

Solution: 1) Be sure correct time zone and daylight saving time are

selected.

Problem: Moon phase is incorrect.

Solution: 1) Check the calendar data.

2) Check batteries.

3) Read “moon phase” section in manual

Note: For any questions not answered, contact La Crosse Technology with the contact

information found at the end of this instructional manual.

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