Manual Settings; Time Zone Setting - TFA Dostmann METEO SENS Instrucciones De Uso

TFA_No. 35.1139_Anleitung 11.04.2017
METEO SENS - Wireless weather station
• The DCF reception always takes place hourly between 1:00 and 5:00 o'clock in the morning. If the
reception is not successfully received until 5:00 o'clock, the next DCF reception attempt will happen
at 1:00 o'clock in the following morning.
• 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).
• There are three different reception symbols:
radio waves are flashing – reception is active
radio waves stop flashing – reception is successful
No symbol – no reception/ time is set manually/reception is deactivated
6.3.1 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 Frank-
furt via the frequency signal DCF-77 (77.5 kHz) and has a transmitting range of approximately 1,500
km. The adjustment to Daylight Saving Time (summer/winter time) is automatic. In Daylight Saving
Time the DST symbol 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.
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• 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 MAXMIN/+ or RCC/- button in the setting mode for fast mode.
• The device will automatically quit the setting mode if no button is pressed for 20 seconds.

7.1 Manual settings

• Press and hold the SET button in normal mode.
• dcF appears on the display and ON (default) will be flashing.
• Press the MAXMIN/+ or RCC/- button to deactivate (OFF) or activate (on) the DCF time reception.
• Once the DCF time reception is deactivated the clock must be manually set. No time zone will appear.
• Press the SET button to do the settings in the following sequence: Time zone (0 - default), the 12 or
24-hour system (24hr - default), the hours, the minutes, the year, the month, the day, the atmo-
spheric pressure (1013 hpa - default) and the temperature display (°C - default), press the
MAXMIN/+ or RCC/- button to adjust it.
• Confirm with the SET button.
• Once the DCF time signal is successfully received and the DCF reception is activated, the manually
set time is overwritten.

7.1.1 Time zone setting

• In the setting mode you can make the time zone correction (-12/+12).
• 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).
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