Radio Shack Weather Radio - Manual (Page 15)

15 Installation
INSTALLING THE MONITOR
Selecting a Location
You should set the monitor indoors on a flat
surface (such as a desk or counter), or
mount it on an indoor wall within 6 feet of
where your PC is located and near an AC
outlet.
Caution: To avoid false indoor temperature
and humidity readings, do not place the mon-
itor where it will be:
• outdoors
• in direct or reflected sunlight
• on or close to a surface that easily
absorbs or reflects heat (such as a win-
dow or metal surface)
• near hot or cold sources, such as
stoves, heating and air conditioning
vents, and radiators
• near electronic equipment that could
interfere with it
• in water or in a location where it can get
wet
Installing Batteries
Your monitor requires four AA batteries (not
supplied) for backup power. For the best per-
formance and longest life, we recommend
RadioShack alkaline batteries.
Cautions:
• Use only fresh batteries of the required
size and recommended type.
• Do not mix old and new batteries, differ-
ent types of batteries (standard, alka-
line, or rechargeable), or rechargeable
batteries of different capacities.
Notes:
• The monitor can operate on fresh batter-
ies for up to 1 week without AC power.
• The monitor might display inaccurate
data if it is using backup battery power
and battery power becomes low.
1. Press the tab on the battery compart-
ment cover down and lift the cover up to
remove it.
2. Place the batteries in the compartment
as indicated by the polarity symbols (+
and –) marked inside.
3. Use a pointed object such as a straight-
ened paper clip to press the RESET hole
inside the battery compartment. This ini-
tializes the monitor’s transmitter.
4. Replace the cover.
All display segments briefly appear. Then the
air pressure, indoor temperature, and humid-
ity readings appear.
When appears in the clock window, the
display dims, or the monitor stops operating
properly, replace the batteries.
disap-
pears within about 1 hour after you replace
the batteries.
The weather station scans all sensors to
check battery power status.
appears
under the corresponding sensor’s window to
indicate which sensor’s batteries need to be
replaced.
Warning: Dispose of old batteries promptly
and properly. Do not burn or bury them.
USING AC POWER
Power the monitor using the supplied 12V,
300 mA AC adapter.
Cautions:
You must use a Class 2 power
source that supplies 12V DC
and delivers at least 300 mA.
Its center tip must be set to positive and
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