Ventus W194 manuale d’uso

ADV ANCED WE A T HER ST A TION W ITH SA T ELIT TE DA TA Own er ’ s M anual Thank you for purchasing t he new generat ion of our In ternet based 10-day foreca st weather s tation. Designed and engineered with the state-of -art technolog y and com ponents, this instrum ent will provide acc urate and reliable readings of 10-da y regional forec ast &[...]

Quick start guide for basi c setup 1) Connect 6.0V a dapter to th e main unit and i nsert 6 pie ces of A A batteries 2) Install 2 pieces of AAA batt eries in the rem ote sensor 3) Set the press ure unit, sea leve l pressure read ing & curr ent local weather c ondition icon us ing [UP] or [DOW N] button on the m ain unit. Use [BARO] button to co[...]

Name and Fun ctions of B uttons on Main Unit: T op Key [MODE/SNOOZE/ LIGHT] - T oggle the next 3 d ays’ f orec ast between - Hi/Lo tem perature - Average wind direc tion / averag e wind speed / c hance of prec ipitation - Maxim um UV Index / aver age hum idity - Auto-sc roll “ ” display function - Extend back light if adapter is not connected[...]

INST ALLA TION SETTING UP THE MAIN UNIT (RECEIVER) BA TTER Y & A DAPTER I NST ALLA TION: Main Power Sourc e: Plug i n the 6.0V adap ter into the adap ter sock et at the back f or basic operatio n and continuous bac klight Battery install ation: Lift off the batter y cover, install 6 pi eces of AA batt eries according to the polarit y indicated [...]

- W hen RF connection is established , the respecti ve tem perature of the select ed channel wi ll appear on the main unit - Replace the co ver and tighten th e screws on t he remote sens or PC TR A NSM ITTER & PROG RAM INST A LLA T ION BA TTER Y INST ALLA TION & U SB CONNECTION - Slide to open the battery do or on the bottom of the PC tran[...]

effective transm ission range fr om the transm itter . Shorten t he distance if necess ary for best recep tion. - T o searc h for RF signal from a new PC T ransmitter , pr ess [PC SEARCH] button o n the m ain unit repeatedl y until the RF ante nna icon f lashes. - Press [T RANSMIT] button on th e PC T ransmitter to enf orce transm itting RF weather[...]

C) BAROMET RIC PRESSURE & LOCAL W EA THER FORECAST A pressur e sensor is built in the main u nit to provide loc al weather f orecast & press ure reading. Press [BARO] rep eatedl y to show the past 12 hour s of press ure measur ements. “0 Hr” represents the cur rent pressure read ing. “-1 Hr” re presents the pressur e reading of the [...]

W hen your PC is online, 4-da y regional forec ast data will be updat ed from the Internet autom atically an d send to the m ain unit wirelessl y via the PC trans mitter REGIONAL W EA THER FO RECAST 4-day regional weather forec ast with 28 different weath er symbols PC Program Main Unit Description Clear Partly cloudy Partly cloudy with light rain [...]

NOTE: If your PC is not onl ine for m ore than 10 days, toda y’s regional weather f orecast will be rep laced b y local weather for ecast m easured by the built-in pres sure sens or and the “LO CAL” icon will a ppear . B) HIGH / LOW TEMPERA TURE FOR ECAST Press [C/F] butto n to select degree C or F T o view the high & low tem perature for[...]

Flashing indicates the m ain unit is search ing & receivin g RF signal f rom PC trans mitter Fail to receive RF signal fr om PC transm itter (see “EST ABLISH RF C ONNECT ION W ITH MAIN UINIT ” section to reconnect th e PC trans mitter) H) LAST UPDA TE OF REG IONAL FORECAST It shows the las t update of r egional forecas t from the In ternet.[...]

B) SUNRISE / SUNSET TIME T o view the sunr ise and suns et time of your home cit y , press [CLOCK ] button repeate dly until the res pective “SUNRISE” or “ SUNSET” ic on appears C) ALARM TIME Press [ALARM ] button to vie w the alarm time and “AL“ icon wil l appear . Press [ALARM] ag ain to enable & disable the alarm . “ “ icon a[...]

PC PROGR AM After installation, a small toolb ar icon of your PC program appears on the lower right of the W indow indicating your program is running an d it will autom atically access 4-day forecast inform ation when your PC is online. Y ou may open the a bove PC program window b y double click ing this toolbar ico n to vie w the full details. IMP[...]

UPDA TE FORECAST Click [UPDA TE FORE CAST ] to manually recei ve 4-day forecast f rom the Internet and disp lay on the program SEND TO RECEIVER Click [SEND TO RECEIVER] to m anuall y send the 4-day forec ast data to the m ain unit via the PC transm itter . It ma y takes m ore than 10 m inutes to 1 hour to updat e all of the 4- day forecas t data on[...]

TROUB LESHOOTING 1. Ensure that you are using W indows 2000, XP or Vista and your PC is c onnected to the Internet. Tr y browsing thro ugh a couple of websites t o make s ure. You need to ha ve Microsoft .NET Fram ework V ersion 2.0 Redistributable Pac kage (x86) installed in your W indows in order to complete the installation of the 4-day forecast[...]

SPECIFIC A TION S Software : Com patibl e with W indows 2000, XP & Vista USB : 1.1 or above Indoor T emperature: 0 C to + 50 C (+32 F to + 122 F) Remote sens or : -20 C to +60 C (-4 F to +140 F) Channel : Maximum 3 rem ote sensors Transmission : U p to 100M (330 ft.) in o pen area Resolution : 0.1 degree C for tem perature Clock : Auto-synchron[...]