Hello and welcome to La Crosse Technology's Tech Talk.
A show designed around answering your questions quickly and accurately.
I'm Greg Pizl, and today we will be setting up and showing you how to use your new
Digital Atomic Wall Clock.
So, let's go.
Before we get started, we want to point out that this video will provide support for products
with a variety of different model numbers.
All of which, however, can be divided into two groups.
Group one, includes the 513-1419BL, the 513-1419BL-WA, and the C86279.
These models have an LCD backlight built in, which can be set to High, Low, or Off
when the unit is powered using its provided power cord.
Group two, includes the 513-1419, the 513-1419-WA, and the C86286.
These are the more basic models, which run on battery power only.
And therefore do not have an illuminated backlight.
Other than that, each of these models will operate the same way
and be setup using the same steps to follow.
Now, if you are viewing this video on YouTube, I want to direct your attention to the description below.
Here you will find the times and descriptions to each of the steps that will be covered.
Simply by clicking the blue highlighted time you will jump ahead to that spot in this video.
These work great if you're looking to find information on something specific.
I should note, however, that if you're viewing this on a mobile device, such as a phone or tablet,
you will need to drag the red playhead to these times listed.
But otherwise just sit back and learn as we take you through each step the setup process.
Step 1) If you have a model with a backlight, you will want to first insert the 5-volt power cord into an outlet.
and then into the side of the clock itself.
We do also recommend inserting 2 new "AA" batteries, according to polarity, into the
back of the clock as well.
These are optional in the backlight models, however, they will help the station maintain
its time and date information during power loss.
If you have a model without the backlight control, inserting 2 new "AA" batteries will
be your necessary first step to power up the clock.
Step 2) Manually set the clock's time, date, and other settings to get it working the way you'd like.
To enter the Settings menu, PRESS & HOLD the Mode button for about 3 seconds, or until
you see the Language setting begin flashing on screen.
Once in the settings menu, you will use the Plus or Minus button to adjust the values,
and the Mode button again to confirm your adjustments and move to the next item in the Settings menu.
I should also point out that if you would like to exit the settings menu at any time,
simply PRESS & RELEASE the Snooze button on the top of the unit.
This will save any changes you make and bring you back to the main screen.
So here is the order in which the settings menu will follow:
First, is the Language setting, which allows you to choose between English or Spanish.
This will effect the days of the week, month abbreviations, and instructions within the sub-menus.
I will keep it on the default English setting by PRESSING & RELEASING the Mode button
to confirm my selection.
Next up, is the Beep ON/OFF setting.
The default, as you may have noticed, is ON.
Meaning you will hear a beep for every button push.
To change this to OFF you will need to PRESS & RELEASE either the Plus or Minus button.
To confirm this selection, PRESS & RELEASE the Mode button.
This bring us to the Atomic Time ON/OFF setting.
It is important to note, that if you set this to OFF, the settings menu will then skip over
item 4, the time zone setting, and item 5, the daylight savings time option.
Leading you strait to item 6.
We will talk more about the specific atomic time details later on in this chapter, but
for now I will leave this on the default, ON, setting.
By once again PRESSING & RELEASING the Mode button to confirm my selection.
Because I set the Atomic Time setting to ON, the next feature then will allow me to choose my time zone.
Using the Plus or Minus button to cycle through, these are abbreviated where EST stands for
Eastern time, CST Central time, MST Mountain time, PST Pacific time, AKT Alaskan time,
HAT Hawaiian time, and AST Atlantic time.
I am located in Wisconsin so I'll select CST for Central time, but please make sure to
choose the proper time zone for where you are located.
To confirm my selection I will once again PRESS & RELEASE the Mode button.
Setting 5 is pretty straight forward and allows us to choose whether or not we want to follow
Daylight Savings Time.
The default setting is ON, but should you wish to shut it off, simply use the Plus or
Minus button to switch between the two.
For me, I would like it on and will confirm this selection by PRESSING & RELEASING the Mode button.
This then brings us to Setting 6 where we can select between 12 and 24 hour time.
I will go with 12 hour and make this my selection by PRESSING & RELEASING the Mode button.
Next, will be the Hour setting.It's about 3:30pm here, so using the Plus button I will
move the hour to 3, making sure the AM symbol turns off and PM symbol on.
Now that I'm at 3pm I will PRESS & RELEASE the Mode button again to jump to the Minutes selection.
Here, I will PRESS & HOLD the Plus button now to make the numbers climb rapidly.
This also works in the opposite direction with the Minus button.
Once I reach 30 minutes I will PRESS & RELEASE the Mode button again to move to the Year setting.
It's currently 2017, so I'll confirm this with the PRESS & RELEASE of the Mode button.
Next I move to the Month option.
Today is January 12th, so I will keep the month number at 1, for January, confirm this,
and then move the following date number here to the 12th.
Confirming this once again with the Mode button.
After selecting the date, the station will bring you to the final setting, the Fahrenheit
or Celsius temperature reading option.
The default is Fahrenheit but once again you can easily change this with the Plus or Minus button.
I will, however, stick with Fahrenheit and make this my selection
with one final PRESS & RELEASE of the Mode button.
This will bring us back to the main screen and keep all of the changes we have made.
Now to finish up what I was saying earlier about this station's Atomic Time feature.
When set to ON, like we just did in the settings menu, this clock will search for the atomic signal
for the first two hours after the batteries or power cord is installed.
If the signal is not received during this time the clock will automatically continue
searching at the Coordinated Universal Times of 7, 8, 9 10, and 11.
And if there is still no WWVB reception, the station will search for the atomic time signal
every 2 hours until the WWVB time is received.
The atomic time signal icon will flash while searching, and the tower icon will remain
solid on screen when it is connected.
Please allow at least 3 days for the station to connect with this signal.
After the reception is found, the clock will only search for the atomic signal after midnight,
keeping it connected permanently.
Of course you can have the clock perform a manual search for the WWVB time as well.
To do this, from the normal time display, simply PRESS and HOLD the Minus button for
about 3 seconds.
You should notice the atomic time icon start to flash once again.
Please be sure to have selected the correct time zone from the list in the Settings menu.
When the Atomic time signal is received, the clock will set to the time zone you selected there.
Now for your final step, we will show you how to easily customize how your clock's time,
date, and temperature information is displayed.
By default, this clock will display your information in Mode 1, which shows your full weekday,
time, month abbreviation, and date.
To switch to mode 2, from the normal time display, simply PRESS & RELEASE the Mode button.
In Mode 2 you will see your abbreviated weekday and date on top, your time, and your indoor
temperature in the bottom right screen.
PRESS & RELEASE the Mode button again to give Mode 3 a try.
Here the top weekday and date remain the same as Mode 2 but the bottom right screen will
now show the time seconds counting up.
You will continue to use the Mode button to cycle through these 3 options, and whichever
one you leave on is the mode that will remain on until the Mode button is pressed again.
So there you go, you have just gone through the hardest part of setting up and using your new Atomic Clock.
Don't forget to consult the provided manual should you have further questions regarding
details not covered in this video.
But also, feel free to comment below with any issues or specific questions you may have.
We are here to help you.
But in the meantime we hope you enjoy your new Digital Atomic Wall Clock.
I'm Greg Pizl here for La Crosse Technology's Tech Talk, we'll see you next time.