WS-8056U

 

433 MHz

Radio Controlled Temperature Alarm

 

Instruction Manual

 

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Topic

Page

Inventory of Contents/ Additional Equipment

2

About WWVB

2

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

5

Language Selection

6

Time Setting

6

Calendar Setting

6

12/24-Hour Setting

7

Selecting °F or °C

7

Features & Operations

Changing Display Mode (viewing seconds)

7

The Alarm

8

Indoor temperature

8

Remote Temperature

9

Mounting

9

Maintenance & Care

9

Troubleshooting

10

Specifications

11

Warranty Information

12

 

 

INVENTORY OF CONTENTS

 

1) WS-8056U
2) TX6U remote temperature transmitter
3) Instruction manual and warranty card.

 

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT (not included)

 

1) Two fresh 1.5V AA batteries.
2) Two fresh 1.5V AA batteries.
3) Three wall-hanging screws.
4) Appropriate screwdriver for screws.

 

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 Temperature Alarm.
However, due to the nature of the Earth’s Ionosphere, reception is very limited during
daylight hours. The Temperature 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.

 

QUICK SET-UP GUIDE

 

Hint: Use good quality Alkaline Batteries and avoid rechargeable batteries.

 

1. Have the temperature clock and remote temperature sensor 3 to 5 apart.
2. Batteries should be out of both units for 10 minutes.
3. Place the batteries into the remote temperature sensor first then into the
temperature clock.

(All remote temperature sensors must be started before the temperature clock)

4. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS FOR 10 MINUTES.

 

In this time the temperature clock and remote temperature sensor will start to talk to each
other and the temperature clock will show both the indoor temperature and an outdoor
temperature. If the temperature clock does not display both temperatures after the 10
minutes please retry the set up as stated above. After both indoor and outdoor
temperatures are displayed for 10 minutes you can place your remote temperature sensor
outdoors and set your time.

 

The remote temperature sensor should be placed in a dry, shaded area. The remote
temperature sensor has a range of 80 feet. Any walls that the signal will have to pass
through will reduce distance. An outdoor wall or window will have 20 to 30 feet of
resistance and an interior wall will have 10 to 20 feet of resistance. Your distance plus
resistance should not exceed 80 ft. in a straight line.

 

NOTE: Fog and mist will not harm your remote temperature sensor but direct rain must
be avoided.

 

To complete the set up of your temperature clock after the 10 minutes have passed please
follow the steps below.

 

DETAILED SET-UP GUIDE

 

I) BATTERY INSTALLATION
Note: To avoid start-up problems make sure that the batteries do not spring free.
A) REMOTE TEMPERATURE SENSOR
1) Remove the battery cover. Place your thumb over the two
air-vent slots on the face of the remote temperature sensor,
push down gently, and slide battery cover down and off.
2) Observing the correct polarity, install 2 AA batteries. The
batteries will fit tightly (to avoid start-up problems make sure
that they do not spring free during installation).
3) Replace the battery cover.

B) TEMPERATURE ALARM
1) Remove the battery cover, located on the
backside of the unit and directly below the
function buttons.
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. The indoor temperature,
the date as “1/ 1”, the weekday as “MON”,
and the remote temperature will be
displayed (within three minutes). Also, the time will appear as “-:--” for
approximately 1 minute. 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, and the time display will remain on
“-:--”). While the WWVB search is being conducted various numbers will
appear in the time display. After 10minutes, the temperature alarm will either
display the WWVB time, or discontinue the search if the time is not found. If
the search is cancelled “-:--” will appear in the time LCD. The temperature
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 (until 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.

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Outdoor temperature display
Text Box: Date
Text Box: WWVB time
Text Box: Alarm icon
Text Box: Radio reception icon
Text Box: Indoor temperature or seconds display
Text Box: Weekday or seconds display

II) 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 temperature alarm. 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 temperature alarm to automatically return to normal
operation.
A) FUNCTION BUTTONS
There are 3 function buttons located on the front of the
temperature alarm and one on the top. The function
buttons are labeled: “SET”, “+”, “ALARM”, and
“SNOOZE” (the top bar).
B) TIME ZONE SETTING
1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds, the default setting “-5EST” will
flash in the date LCD.
2) Press and release the “+” button to select the appropriate time zone. There
are 13 time zones to choose from:

 

 

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3) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the time zone setting, and to
advance to DST (Daylight saving time) setting.

 

C) 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 and release the “SET” button once more until “On” flashes in the time
LCD and “DST” flashes where the weekday normally appears.

 

Text Box: -4ATL Atlantic Time
-5EST Eastern Time (default setting)
-6CST Central Time
-7MST Mountain Time
-8PST Pacific Time
-9ALA Alaskan Time
-10HAW Hawaiian Time
-11, -12 Next two time zones West of HAW
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
-1, -2, -3GMT Three time zones West of GMT

2) Press and release the “+” button to turn the DST off, this will be indicated by
the display of “OFF” in the time LCD.
3) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the DST setting and to advance
to select the language for the weekday.

D) LANGUAGE SELECTION FOR THE WEEKDAY
1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will flash),
press and release the “SET” button 2 more times until the default language
“US” flashes in the time LCD.
2) Press and release the “+” button to toggle through and to select the desired
language. There are 3 languages to select from:
Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the language setting, and to
advance to manually set the time.

E) 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 and release the “SET” button 3 more times until the hour “12” flashes in
the time LCD.
2) Press and release 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 and release the “SET” button to confirm the hour setting, and to shift to
select the minutes.
4) Press and release the “+” button to select the minutes.
5) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the time setting, and to advance
to manually set the calendar.

F) 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 and release the “SET” button 5 more times until the default year “00”
flashes in the date LCD.
2) Press and release the “+” button to select the year.
3) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the year and to move to select
the month.

 

 

 

Text Box: US English
F French
E Spanish

4) The default month “1” will flash. Press and release the “+” button to select
the appropriate month.
5) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the month and to move to select
the date.
6) The default date “1” will flash. Press and release the “+” button to select the
appropriate date.
7) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the date and to move to select
the weekday.
8) The default weekday “MON” (depends on selected language) will flash. Press
and release the “+” button to select the appropriate weekday.
9) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the calendar settings and to
advance to select either 12 or 24-hour time display.

G) 12/24-HOUR SETTING
1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will flash),
press and release the “SET” button 9 more times until the “12” hour time
display flashes in the time LCD.
2) Press and release the “+” button to toggle between 12 and 24 hour time.
3) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the 12/24-hour time display and
to advance to select either °F or °C.

H) SELECTING °F OR °C
1) Hold down the “SET” button for 2 seconds (the selected time zone will flash),
press and release the “SET” button 10 more times until the default “°F”
flashes in the time LCD.
2) Press and release the “+” button to toggle between °F and °C.
3) Press and release the “SET” button to confirm the °F or °C selection and exit
the Program Mode.

 

 

III) FEATURES & OPERATIONS
A) CHANGING DISPLAY MODE (DAY, SECONDS, AND TEMPERATURE)
There are three possible display modes to view the day, seconds, and temperature.

 

The month&date/weekday /indoor temperature/remote temperature is the default.

 
To change the display:

1) Press and release the “+” button.
2) The display should now show the month&date/seconds/indoor
temperature/remote temperature
3) Press and release the “+” button a second time.
4) The display will now show the month&date/weekday/seconds/remote
temperature
5) Press and release the “+” button a third time and the display will return to the
normal display.

B) THE ALARM
1) 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.

 

(a) 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.
(b) Press and release the “+” button to set the alarm hour.
(c) Press and release the “ALARM” button to confirm the hour and to set the
alarm minutes.
(d) The alarm minutes will now flash.
(e) Press and release the “+” button to set the alarm minutes.
(f) Press and release 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).

 

2) ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING THE ALARM
(a) 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) Press and release 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.
(a) While the alarm is sounding, press and release 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.
(a) While the alarm is sounding or the SNOOZE is active, press and release
the “ALARM” button to suspend the alarm until the next day.

3) ACTIVATING THE SNOOZE FUNCTION
4) SUSPENDING ALARM

 

 

 

 

 

 

C) 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.

D) REMOTE TEMPERATURE
The remote temperature will be shown on the right side of the lower LCD screen.
The temperature alarm receives the outdoor temperature (°F or °C) from the
remote temperature sensor, and the temperature appears in the outdoor LCD. The
remote temperature sensor transmits a new temperature to the temperature alarm 3
times every 10 minutes.

IV) MOUNTING THE REMOTE TEMPERATURE TRANSMITTER
A) The remote temperature sensor can be mounted in two ways:
1) With the use of screws.
2) Using the adhesive tape.

B) MOUNTING WITH SCREWS
1) Remove the mounting bracket from the remote temperature sensor. The
bracket should snap off easily.
2) Place the mounting bracket over the desired location. Through the three
screw holes of the bracket, mark the mounting surface with a pencil.
3) Where marked, start the screw holes into the mounting surface.
4) Screw the mounting bracket onto the mounting surface. Ensure that the
screws are flush with the bracket.
5) Snap the remote temperature sensor onto the mounted bracket.

C) MOUNTING WITH ADHESIVE TAPE
1) With a nonabrasive solution, clean and dry the back of the mounting bracket
and the mounting surface to ensure a secure hold. The mounting surface
should be smooth and flat.
2) Remove the protective strip from one side of the tape.
3) Adhere the tape to the designated area on the back of the mounting bracket.
4) Remove the protective strip from the other side of the tape.
5) Position the remote temperature sensor in the desired location, ensuring that
the temperature alarm can receive the signal.

 

V) 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 indoor temperature 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 temperature alarm in the general
direction of Ft. Collins, Colorado.
2) Wait overnight for signal.
3) Be sure the temperature 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:

“--.-” appears in outdoor temperature LCD

Solution:

1) Check batteries in remote

2) If batteries are replaced in remote, the unit must be
re-started. Remove all batteries, and then follow start
up procedure.

Problem:

“OFL” appears in the outdoor temperature LCD

Solution:

1) Remote temperature is out of range.
2) Check batteries.
3) Interference from an outside source
(cordless telephone, etc.)
4) Contact La Crosse Technology.

 

 
Note: For any questions not answered, contact La Crosse Technology with the contact
information found at the end of this instructional manual.

 

 

SPECIFICATIONS FOR WS-8056U

Temperature:

Measuring range:

32°F to 122°F with 0.2°F resolution
(indoor)

-21.8°F to 140°F with 0.2°F resolution
(outdoor)

(0°C to 50°C with 0.1°C resolution)

Checking intervals:

Every 10 seconds indoor, 3 times in 10
minutes for remote temperature.

Power source:

Battery type:

Station: 2 x AA, 1.5V (Alkaline)

Transmitter: 3 x AA, 1.5V (Alkaline)

Battery life:

Approximately 12 months

Dimensions (L x W x H):

 

Temperature alarm

4.50 x 2.00 x 3.75 in (118 x 50 x 98
mm)

Remote temperature sensor

5.25 x 1.50 x 0.75 in (133 x 38 x 19
mm)

 

 

WARRANTY INFORMATION

 

La Crosse Technology provides a 1-year warranty on this product. Contact La Crosse Technology
immediately upon discovery of any defects covered by this warranty.

 

Before sending the unit in for repairs, contact La Crosse Technology. The unit will be repaired or replaced
with the same or similar model.

 

This warranty does not cover any defects resulting from improper use, unauthorized repairs, faulty
batteries, or the units’ inability to receive a signal due to any source of interference.

 

LA CROSSE TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT ASSUME LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
OPERATION OR MALFUNCTION OF THIS UNIT. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR
MEDICAL PURPOSES OR FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A TOY. KEEP
OUT OF CHILDRENS’ REACH.

 

This warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may also have other rights specific to your State. Some
States do not allow the exclusion of consequential or incidental damages; therefore the above exclusion of
limitation may not apply to you.

 

For warranty work, technical support, or information contact

 

La Crosse Technology

1116 South Oak Street

La Crescent, MN 55947

Phone: 507.895.7095

Fax: 507.895.8000

 

e-mail

support@lacrossetechnology.com

(warranty work)

sales@lacrossetechnology.com

(information on other products)

 

Website

www.lacrossetechnology.com

 

 

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT
TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:

 

1. THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND

2. THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING
INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

 

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