WX 200 Weather Station
(630-1015)                 Quick Start                Faxback Doc. # 38341


The section provides experienced weather station users with a quick
reference for operating the WX 200.  For complete instructions on a
particular feature, refer to the WX 200 Weather Station Catalog Listing,
Faxback Doc. # 36757.

NOTE:  The weather station sounds a tone each time you press any key.


SELECTING A MODE

To select and view the current conditions for any mode, repeatedly press
< or > until the selection bar appears beneath symbol for that mode.

To view the next or previous condition(s) for a selected mode (if DOWN
ARROW or UP ARROW appears on the display), press DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW.


SETTING/FORMATTING THE DATE AND TIME

1.  Select the CLOCK mode.

2.  Hold down SET for about 2 seconds until MONTH and DATE flash.

3.  Repeatedly press DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW then SET for each flashing
    condition.


READING THE FORECAST DISPLAY

General Weather Forecast Symbols

Sunny

Partly Cloudy

Cloudy

Rainy


Barometric Pressure Symbols

Rising

Steady

Falling


VIEWING/RESETTING MEMORY RECORDS

To view a HI/LOW/TOTAL memory record (in all modes except CLOCK and BARO),
repeatedly press MEMORY until that record appears on the display.

To view the time and date a selected memory record was stored (if DOWN
ARROW appears on the display), press DOWN ARROW.  To recall the current
 condition(s), press UP ARROW.

To reset a selected memory record and record a new LO/LOW/TOTAL beginning
with the current condition(s), hold down CLEAR for about 2 seconds until
the weather station beeps.


USING THE ALARMS

Setting an Alarm

1.  If necessary, repeatedly press < or > to select the mode.

2.  Repeatedly (if necessary) PRESS ALARM until the desired alarm setting
    appears.

    NOTE:  Dashes (such as --:-- or ----) appear when an alarm is not
           set.

3.  To set the alarm to use the last set condition(s), simply press CLEAR.

    To set the alarm to use different conditions, hold down SET for about
    2 seconds until the weather station beeps and the previous alarm
    setting flashes.  Then repeatedly press DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW
    then SET for each flashing alarm condition.


Silencing an Alarm

At the set alarm time or when a set alarm condition is reached, the
weather station sounds an alarm steadily for 1 minute, then (except
in the CLOCK mode) for about 5 seconds once every minute until the set
condition is no longer met.  To silence the alarm sooner, press any key
except LIGHT.


Clearing an Alarm Setting

1.  If necessary, repeatedly press < or > to select the mode.

2.  Repeatedly (if necessary) press ALARM until the desired alarm setting
    appears.

3.  Press CLEAR so --:-- appears.


USING MODE SCAN

To turn on mode scan, hold down DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW for about 2
seconds until the weather station beeps.  The weather station
continuously scans all conditions in all modes.

To turn off mode scan, press any key except LIGHT.


SETTING THE MEASUREMENT UNIT

To change the unit of measurement on the display (for example, Fahrenheit
to Celsius) for all modes that use that unit, repeatedly press UNIT until
you see the measurement unit you want to see.


USING CLOCK (DATE AND TIME)

To view the current date and time, repeatedly press < or > until the
selection bar appears beneath the CLOCK symbol on the display.

To view the seconds, while the date and time appear, press DOWN ARROW.
To recall the date and time, press UP ARROW.


SETTING THE DATE AND TIME

Follow these steps to set the date and time and change the date or time
formats.

NOTES:  While setting the date and time:

        - If you do not press any button for about 60 seconds, the weather
        station beeps, stores any changes you have entered so far, then
        displays the current date and time.  IF this happens, you must
        start over at Step 2.

        - To keep the existing setting in any step, simply press SET and
        skip to the next step.

        - Press UP ARROW to set the digit(s) forward, or DOWN ARROW
        to set the digit(s) backward.

        - To rapidly set the digits forward or backward, hold down UP
        ARROW or DOWN ARROW.

    The weather station is preset to use the 12-hour and MONTH/DATE
    formats.

    The weather station is preset to skip from February 28th to March
    1st.  During a leap year, you must manually set the date to February
    29th.

1.  If necessary, repeatedly press < or > to select the CLOCK mode.

2.  Hold down SET for about 2 seconds until MONTH and DATE flash.

3.  To change the date format, press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW so the date
    format you want to use (MONTH DATE or DATE MONTH) appears, then press
    SET.  The month digit(s) flash.

4.  Repeatedly press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to set the month, then press
    SET.  The date digit(s) flash.

5.  Repeatedly press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to set the day of the month,
    then press SET.  The last selected time format flashes.

6.  To change the time format, press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW so the time
    format you want to use (12 hr or 24 hr) appears, then press SET.
    The last set time appears and the hour digits flash.

7.  Repeatedly press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to set the hour, then press
    SET.  The minute digit(s) flash.

8.  Repeatedly press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to set the minutes, then press
    SET.  The date and time you set appear on the display in the selected
    formats.


USING THE DAILY ALARM

You can set the WX 200 to sound an alarm at the same time every day.
When the set daily alarm time is reached, ALARM flashes on the display
and the weather station sounds an alarm steadily for 1 minute.  To silence
the alarm sooner, press any key except LIGHT.

NOTE:  If you are using a mode other than CLOCK when the daily alarm
       sounds, a bar flashes beneath the CLOCK symbol on the display but
       ALARM.  ALARM and the current alarm setting appear on the display.

NOTE:  --:-- appears when no alarm time is set.

Press ALARM again to recall the date and time display.


Setting the Daily Alarm

To set the daily alarm to sound at the last set alarm time, select the
CLOCK mode and press ALARM so ALARM appears in the display, then press
CLEAR.  The last set alarm time appears on the display.

NOTE:  The first time you set the daily alarm after you connect power
       or press RESET, the WX 200 selects a default alarm, time of 
       12:00 AM.

       To set the daily alarm to sound at a different time, follow these
       steps.

NOTE:  While setting the daily alarm:

       - If you do not press any button for about 60 seconds, the weather
       station beeps, stores any changes you have entered so far, then
       displays the current daily alarm setting.  If this happens,
       you must start over at Step 3.

       - To keep the existing setting in any step, simply press SET
       and skip to the next step.

       - Press UP ARROW to set the digit(s) forward, or DOWN ARROW to set
       them backward.

       - To rapidly set the digits forward or backward, hold down UP ARROW
       or DOWN ARROW.

1.  If necessary, repeatedly press < or > to select the CLOCK mode.

2.  If necessary, press ALARM so ALARM appears on the display.

3.  Hold down for about 2 seconds until the hour digits flash.

4.  Repeatedly press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to set the hour, then
    press SET.  The minutes digits flash.

5.  Repeatedly press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to set the minutes , then
    press SET.  The alarm time you set appears steadily the display.


Clearing the Daily Alarm Setting

To clear a set daily alarm time so the alarm does not sound, select the
CLOCK mode and press ALARM so ALARM appears on the display, then press
CLEAR.  --:-- appears.

(LB/km-03/12/1997)