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AVENUE – Garden thermometer with solar lighting
• Keep these devices and the batteries out of reach of children.
• Batteries contain harmful acids and may be hazardous if swallowed. If a battery is swal-
lowed, this can lead to serious internal burns and death within two hours. If you suspect a
battery could have been swallowed or otherwise caught in the body, seek medical help
immediately.
• Batteries must not be thrown into a fire, short-circuited, taken apart or recharged. Risk of
explosion!
• Low batteries should be changed as soon as possible to prevent damage caused by leaking.
• Wear chemical-resistant protective gloves and safety glasses when handling leaking bat-
teries.
Important information on product safety!
• Attention: The solar panel is fragile. Do not drop the instrument and avoid collisions, vibra-
tion or extreme temperatures.
• Do not place your product near extreme temperatures, vibrations or shocks.
4. Elements
LCD display (Fig. 1):
A: Battery symbol
C: Symbol Daylight Saving Time (DST)
E: Display mode A, B or C
G: Symbol maximum temperature
Buttons (Fig. 2):
I: MODE button (in the battery compartment)
J: +1 button (in the battery compartment)
K: Switch A-B-C (in the battery compartment)
L: +/- 1Hr button
M: ECO slide
Housing (Fig. 1-2):
N: Battery compartment (screwed)
P: Solar panel
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B: Indication time/temperature
D: Automatic reset (Auto Reset)
F: PM at 12-hours system
H: Symbol minimum temperature
O: Temperature probe
AVENUE – Garden thermometer with solar lighting
5. Getting started
• Open the battery compartment by a screw driver.
• Insert the batteries (above: rechargeable battery 1 x 1,2 V AA for the illumination; down: bat-
tery 1 x 1,5 V AA for all functions) into the battery compartment, observing the correct
polarity.
• ATTENTION: The 1.2 V rechargeable battery for the backlight is not fully charged when
shipped. For maximum efficiency it is advisable to have the rechargeable battery fully
charged by the solar panel on a sunny day before the first use. Alternatively, the
rechargeable battery can be recharged with an ordinary battery charger.
• Pull the protective foil off the display.
• The unit is now ready to use.
• All LCD segments will light up for about a few seconds
• 00:00 appears on the display and the DST symbol
• Do we have Daylight Saving Time, press +1 button for confirmation while the symbol is
flashing and the DST symbol remains on the display.
• During standard time press +1 button once again and the DST symbol
• Is there no confirmation within 15 seconds the DST symbol
pears.
• For a simple time switch with only one keypress you have to have a correct setting (see
point: Daylight Saving Time / Standard Time switch)
• The buttons are located inside the battery compartment.
5.1 Setting of the clock
• Slide the switch to position B or C.
• As soon as the time appears in the display press MODE button to enter the setting mode.
• The hour digit is flashing.
• Press +1 button to set the hours. Hold and press the button for a fast count.
• Press MODE button again and set minutes in the same way.
• Press MODE button again and you will return to normal mode.
• The instrument will quit the setting mode, if there is no button used within 15 seconds period.
5.2 Display change °C/°F
• When the display shows the current temperature, press +1 button to change between °C or °F
as temperature unit, at the same time the time system changes from 24 to 12 hour-system.
is flashing.
disappears.
stops flashing and disap-
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