LIFE Subtropical Weather Station with Wireless Outdoor Unit User Manual

Subtropical
Weather station with frameless display
and outdoor wireless sensor
USER MANUAL

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USER MANUAL SYMBOLS

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1. Keep it the device away from sources of heat, direct sunlight, humidity (never dip it into any liquid) and sharp edges.

2. Do not immerse the device in water or any other liquid.

3. The device is designed exclusively for private, domestic use and for the envisaged purpose.

4. This device is not suitable for commercial use.

5. To ensure the safety of your children, please keep away from all packaging materials such as plastic bags, boxes, foil etc.
   CAUTION: Do not allow babies and young children to play with the packaging materials. Risk of suffocation!

6. If you do not intend to use the device for a long time, remove the battery before storage to avoid a fluid leakage.

SPECIFICATIONS

• 5.9″ frameless display with high brightness and wide viewing angles
• ‘Digital indoor and outdoor thermometer
• 1 external sensor (for use inside or outside the house)
• Measurable indoor temperature range: -9.9°C – +50°C
• Measurable outdoor temperature range: -40°C – +70°C
• Minimum and maximum daily temperature and humidity display
• Indoor and outdoor hygrometer: measurable humidity range 20% – 95%RH
• Weather forecast based on barometric pressure and display using 5 different icons
• 5 comfort level icons depending on humidity percentage
• Measurable barometric pressure range: 85O0hPa/mb – 1100hPa/mb
• Display of temperature, humidity and barometric pressure trend
• Digital clock (12/24h)
• Alarm and snooze function
• Display of date and day of the week
• Moon phase display
• Suggestion to open or close the window based on the internal and external humidity
• Ice alert
• Low battery indicator
• Frequency band: 433.92MHz
• Maximum RF output power: SRD: 6.263dBm
• Unit dimensions: 154 x 63.5 x 96.8mm
• Display dimensions: 74.5 x 135mm
• Operates with the supplied DC SV 600mAh adaptor or using 2 x AAA batteries (not included)
• 2 years warranty

Wireless outdoor sensor (transmitter):

• Connection to up to 3 different external sensors (each on a different channel ¥ one external sensor is included)
• Transmission frequency: 433.92MHz
• Transmission range: max. 60m
• Tabletop or wall placement
• Dimensions: 50 x 30 x 97mm
• Battery powered: 2 x AAA (not included)

PARTS IDENTIFICATION

WEATHER STATION DISPLAY
A: Weather forecast icon
B: Barometric pressure display
C: Recommendation for opening / closing the window
D: Date
E: Time
G: Alarm icon
H: Weekday
I: Lunar phases
J: Comfort level icon
K: Frost alert icon
L: Channel icon
M: Wireless sensor low battery notification
N: Temperature alert icon
O: Outdoor Temperature and humidity display
P: Indoor unit low battery warning
Q: Indoor temperature and humidity display
BUTTONS (REAR SIDE) AND POWER SUPPLY
R: DC-POWER input
S: General settings button
T: Alarm setting key
U: “+” / Memory key
V: “-” key / Enable-Disable alarm
W: Channel selection key
X: Notification mode setting key
FRONT SIDE
Y: “SNOOZE/LIGHT” key
BOTTOM SIDE
Z. Battery compartment
WIRELESS OUTDOOR SENSOR

1. LCD display
2. RF icon
3. Suspension point
4. Battery compartment
5. “°C/F” button
6. Manual coupling selection key
7. Channel change button

INITIAL OPERATION

1. Open the battery compartment of the indoor unit.

2. Insert 2 AAA batteries with the correct polarity (“+” and “-“] or connect the power adapter to the indoor unit.
   NOTE: If you use the power supply, the backlight will be permanently on.

3. Once you plug in the power supply or insert the batteries, all the icons on the LCD screen will light up for 3 seconds and a beep will sound, indicating the detection of the internal temperature and humidity.

4. The weather station will then start the pairing process with the wireless outdoor sensor. The process will take about 3 minutes. During connection, the icon Win the upper right corner of the channel number will start flashing.

5. Open the battery compartment of the wireless outdoor sensor and insert 2 AAA batteries with the correct polarity [“+” and “-“].

6. Select the channel you want to use by pressing the “TX” key, then select the desired temperature measurement unit by pressing the “°C/°F” key. Finally close the battery compartment of the wireless external sensor.

7. After the indoor unit has been paired with the wireless outdoor sensor, the corresponding readings will be displayed on the indoor unit’s screen.
   NOTE: In case you connect more than one wireless outdoor sensor on different channels to the indoor unit, you can see the readings of each sensor by pressing the channel selection button.

MANUAL TIME SETTING

1. Press and hold the “ ” button for 2 seconds and the 12/24-hour mode display will start to flash.
   Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the correct 12/24 hour mode. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

2. The hour display will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the correct hour. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

3. The minutes display will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the correct minutes. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

4. The month and date display will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the date display either on Month/Date or Date/Month. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

5. The year display will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the correct year. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

6. The month display will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the correct month. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

7. The date display will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the correct date. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

8. The language selection for the weekday display will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to select a language (advise below table). Press the ” ” button to confirm your setting.

9. The temperature display (°C) will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the temperature unit in °C or °F. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting

10. The barometric pressure display (mb/hPa) will start to flash. Now use “+” and “-” buttons to set the pressure unit in mb/hPa or inHg or mmHg. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

11. Press the “+” and “-” keys to set the barometric pressure, and press the “ ” key to confirm the setting.

12. The weather indicator will start flashing. Press the “+” and “-” keys to set the current weather display. Press the “ ” key to confirm the setting.

13. The time and date setting process is complete and the normal date display will appear on the screen.

NOTES

• For quick setting, long press the “+” and “-” keys.
• After 20 seconds without pressing any button, the clock switches automatically from ‘’Set” mode to “Normal Time” mode.
• The 7 languages that display week abbreviations are listed in the table below

SETTING DAILY ALARM

1. Press once the “ – ” button, LCD display shows the “ ” icon, indicating the activation of the 1st wake-up function and the “ ” icon, indicating the activation of the 2nd wake-up function.

2. Press once the “ ” button to display the 1st alarm time display. Press and hold the “ ” button until the hour display of the alarm time starts to flash. Use the “+” and “-” buttons to set the required hour. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting.

3. The minute display of the alarm time starts to flash. Use the “+” and “-” buttons to set the required minutes. Press the “ ” button to confirm your setting. The setting procedures just finish and entering the clock mode.

4. The snooze indicator will start flashing. Press the “+” and “-” keys to make the setting as follows:
   ♦ M-F: From Monday to Friday
   ♦ S-S: From Saturday to Sunday
   ♦ M-F S-S: From Monday to Sunday
   Press the ” & ” button to confirm your selection.

5. The Snooze time indicator of the wake-up time will start flashing. Press the “+” and “-” keys to make the setting (OFF or from 1 minute to 30 minutes). Press the “ ” key to confirm your selection.

6. The process of setting the wake-up time is complete.

NOTES:

• The second alarm time is set using the same procedure as described above.
• If you do not press any key, after 20 seconds the watch automatically switches from setting mode to normal time and date display mode.
• For quick setting, long press the “+” and “-” keys.
• The alarm will sound continuously for 2 minutes if you do not turn it off by pressing any key. If you don’t turn it off, the alarm will automatically go off again after 24 hours.

TURN OFF THE ALARM

• Press any key except “SNOOZE” to stop the alarm clock.
• Press the “SNOOZE” button for 2 seconds continuously to stop the alarm clock.

SNOOZE FUNCTION
Press the “SNOOZE” button while the alarm is ringing to activate the snooze function. Enabling snooze will delay the alarm for the number of minutes (1 to 30 minutes) you set, at which point the alarm will repeat.

RF TRANSMISSION PROCEDURE

1. The weather station automatically starts receiving the signals from the wireless outdoor sensor giving information about the outdoor temperature and humidity, as soon as the batteries are installed in the outdoor unit and the power supply is connected to the outlet.
2. If the weather station fails to receive transmission from the outdoor sensor “- -.-” and “–” display on the LCD), press and hold the “CH” button for 2 seconds to perform the transmission manually. RF icon “ ” will flash on the LCD.
3. The main unit receives remote signals of up to 3 channels. Press the “CH” key to switch and display data of different channels, when the symbol “ ” appears, the data of different channels will be displayed automatically every 5 seconds.

INDICATION OF MINIMUM / MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY

Simultaneously with the indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity display on the weather station screen, the maximum/minimum temperature and humidity are recorded and stored.
Press the “+” button momentarily to display the maximum temperature and humidity record. Press the “+” key again to display the minimum temperature and humidity record.
The display shows “MAX” and “MIN” at the same time.
The maximum / minimum daily recording of temperature and humidity starts from 00:00 (automatic clearing). Press and hold the “+” key for 3 seconds to clear the values at any time you want.

WEATHER FORECAST

The weather station displays the following icons:

• Sunny: Sunny weather
• Slightly cloudy: Slightly cloudy weather
• Cloudy: Cloudy weather
• Rainy: Rainy weather
• Snowy: Snowy weather

The icons depict the forecast of the weather conditions for the next eight hours, not the current weather conditions.
NOTES:

• Consider weather forecasts from your local weather service and device forecasts. If there are discrepancies between the device information and the aforementioned service, please consult the latter as more valid.
• Weather forecast is based on estimation of barometric pressure fluctuations and may deviate from actual weather conditions

LUNAR PHASES

The weather station screen automatically displays the current moon phase

FROST ALERT
When the frost alert is activated, the icon will flash on the LCD screen. The alarm sounds when the outside temperature is from -1°C to +2.9° (or +30.2°F to + 37.3).
OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE ALERT SETUP
To turn temperature or frost alert on and off, momentarily press the “ ” button to turn temperature alert and frost alert on or off.

1. Press the “ ” button for 2 seconds until the outdoor temperature alert icon starts flashing.
2. The upper limit temperature alert icon will start flashing. Press the “+” and “-” keys to set the maximum alert temperature. Press the “ ” key to confirm the setting.
3. The low temperature alert icon will start flashing. Press the “+” and “-” keys to set the minimum alert temperature. Press the “ ” key to confirm the setting. Outdoor temperature alert setting is complete.

NOTE: In case you want to set different alarm temperatures for each external sensor, press the “CH” key to select the channel you want to set and follow the same procedure as described above.
When “ ” is displayed on the LCD, it means that the high temperature alert setting is enabled.
When “ ” is displayed on the LCD, it means that the low temperature alarm setting is activated.
When the outside temperature exceeds the temperature, you set as the upper alarm limit or is below the temperature you set as the lower alarm limit, a beep will sound and the corresponding indicator on the LCD screen will flash.
COMFORT LEVEL INDICATIONS
The interior comfort level is calculated according to internal humidity and temperature and reflected in the screen as below:

RECOMMENDATION FOR OPENING / CLOSING THE WINDOW
Taking into account the prevailing conditions and mainly after comparing the indoor and outdoor absolute humidity, the weather station uses the following indications to suggest users to open or close the windows.

• Opening the window is recommended
• It is recommended to close the window

TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY/ BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY TREND DISPLAY

1. The current temperature / humidity / barometric pressure and indoor temperature / indoor humidity trend are displayed on the screen.
2. After successfully connecting with the outdoor sensor, the weather station can display both the outdoor temperature/humidity and the outdoor temperature/humidity trend.
3. The following indications may appear on the screen:
   ♦  Temperature / humidity tends to rise.
   ♦ Temperature / humidity tends to decrease.

BACKLIGHT

1. When the weather station is powered by the power supply, press the “ ” button to adjust the backlight brightness.
2. When the backlight dims, press the “ ” key once to switch to the brightest backlight for 15 seconds.
3. When the weather station is powered by batteries, press the “ ” button to turn on the backlight for 15 seconds.

CLEANING AND CARE

1. Never immerse device in water or in any other liquid.
2. Wipe the housing and the screen of the device with a soft cloth.

STORAGE

1. Always store the device in a safe and clean place. For the better protection of the device, store it in its original packaging.
2. If you do not intend to use the device for a long time, remove the battery before storing it to prevent leakage of the battery fluid.

SIMPLIFIED DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
Hereby, SUN SA declares that the radio equipment type LIFE SUBTROPICAL 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.sun.gr
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Ionias Kalochori, 570 09 Thessaloniki, Greece
TEL. +30 2310 700.777
e-mail:info@sun.gr
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