NOTE Keep this manual handy as you use your new product. It contains practical step-by-step instructions, as well as technical specifications and warnings you should know about. MAIN UNIT OVERVIEW FRONT VIEW / LCD DISPLAY 1. Total rainfall indicator 2. Rain gauge RF reception status 3. Number of days of rainfall history 4. Rain alarm indicator 5. Clock alarm indicator 6. Clock AM / PM indicator 7. Rain collector battery low indicator 8. Total rainfall measurements indicator 9. Rainfall history 10. SINCE indicator 11. Main unit battery low indicator 12. Calendar clock / clock alarm / start date of total rainfall record BACK VIEW 191012118723456 4123910115678 1. RAIN ON / OFF button: Enables or disables the rainfall alarm 2. RAIN button: Press to display rain alarm (default 30mm). Press again to return to the rainfall display 3. MODE button: Toggles display between clock with seconds, clock with weekday, calendar and alarm time 4. ALARM button: Turns daily alarm off 5. SINCE button: Toggles between starting date of total rainfall calculation and clock; Press and hold to reset the total rainfall counter to start again 6. HISTORY / UP button: Displays rainfall history in normal mode; Increases a value in rainfall alarm / calendar clock setting mode 7. DOWN button: Decreases a value in rainfall alarm / calendar clock setting mode 8. Battery compartment 9. SEARCH button: Search for the rain collector 10. IN / MM button: Selects between inch and millimeter measurements 11. RESET hole: Returns all settings to their default values RAIN COLLECTOR OVERVIEW SIDE VIEW 1. Antenna: Transmits radio signal to main unit 2. RESET hole 3. Battery compartment TOP VIEW 1. Cross: Checks the leveling of the rain collector BATTERY INSTALLATION NOTE Do not use rechargeable batteries. We recommend that you use alkaline batteries with this product for longer usage. RAIN COLLECTOR Remove battery compartment and insert batteries according to polarities. MAIN UNIT Open the battery compartment and insert batteries matching the polarities (+ / -). indicates the batteries are low UNIT LOCATION Main Clock area Remote Rainfall history area SETUP 1. Mount the rain collector on a level surface, positioning it within effective range (30 m / 100 ft) of the main unit. 2. Put drops of water on the cross at the base to check the leveling. 1 Water staying at position 1-4 means the gauge is not leveled. 3. Use the metal ring to adjust the leveling of the rain collector. 4. Remove the fiber tape from around the bucket assemblies. NOTE Each time the battery in the main unit is changed, repeat rain collector setup steps 1-4 before use. RAINFALL Today’s rainfall appears on the 1st line of the display and total rainfall is shown on the 2nd line. Press IN / MM to toggle between inches and millimeters. RAINFALL HISTORY The rainfall history is displayed on the second line of the LCD display. The main unit can record and store up to nine days of rainfall. To display the record for a particular day: Use HISTORY / UP to toggle between daily rainfall and rainfall history over the past nine days. The day of the record will be displayed with a minus (-) sign. Zero (0) means the record is for the current day. To clear the current day’s rainfall: Press and hold SINCE for two seconds. Note that this will also clear the total rainfall record. CAUTION Other sensors using the 433 MHz transmission frequency may influence the rainfall reading. Please avoid placing those sensors too close to the unit. TOTAL RAINFALL The total rainfall is displayed on the 1st line of the LCD display. To display the commencing date of the total rainfall 1234 record, press SINCE. The date will appear on the bottom line of the display. To clear the existing commencing date and reset it to start again, press and hold SINCE. The total rainfall and today rainfall will be reset to zero and the unit will start again to collect the rainfall data. RAINFALL ALARM The rain alarm value can be displayed at any time by pressing RAIN . To set the rainfall alarm: 1. Press and hold RAIN for two seconds. 2. Use HISTORY / UP or DOWN to set the desired value. 3. Press RAIN to confirm. The alarm will be activated. The rain alarm indicator will light up. The alarm will go off for one minute when the rainfall reaches the preset value and the rain alarm indicator will flash. A reminder beep will be emitted every minute. Once the rain alarm is on the indicator will not stop flashing unless RAIN is pressed or the rain alarm value is changed. To stop the alarm and reminder beep, press any button or change the rainfall alarm value. To toggle the alarm ON / OFF, press RAIN ON / OFF. SIGNALS If without obvious reason the main unit display goes blank, press and hold SEARCH for 2 seconds to enforce an immediate search of the rain collector. ICON DESCRIPTION No signal Searching for signal Signal connected If that fails, check: • The remote rain collector is still in place. • The batteries of the main unit and rain collector ...