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2. Changing Pressure and Altitude
Select the Pressure and Weather Forecast window. From the main unit: Press
UP
or
DOWN
until
the pressure and weather forecast icon starts flashing.
Changing or Setting Sea Level Pressure
• Press
SET
until the local pressure with the word
“SEA LEVEL”
is displayed.
• Press and hold
MEMORY
until the pressure unit is flashing,
inHG, mmHG
or
hPa/mBar
• Set the sea level pressure units by pressing the
UP
or
DOWN
buttons to adjust the
pressure value.
• Press
MEMORY
to confirm your selection.
Changing or Setting Altitude
• Press
SET
button until the local altitude value will be displayed
• Press and hold
MEMORY
until the altitude unit is flashing,
FEET
or
METERS
.
• Set the altitude unit in meters or feet by pressing the
UP
or
DOWN
.
• Press
MEMORY
to confirm your selection.
NOTE: Locate your altitude with a portable GPS receiver or topographical map .Locate
barometric pressure at: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccus.html or alternatively, barometric
pressure can be obtained from local radio or TV weather channels.
Viewing the Sea Level Pressure History
• From any mode, press the
HISTORY
button. Unit will select the Pressure/ Weather display.
• When the
SEA LEVEL
is displayed, press
HISTORY
repeatedly viewing the sea level pressure
history for the past 24 hours in hour increments.
• If no buttons are pressed for 5 seconds, the unit will automatically exit
HISTORY
and return to
the Pressure and Weather Forecast Mode.
Viewing the Pressure, Temperature and Humidity Bar Charts
The pressure bar graph shows barometric pressure variations over the past 24 hours. This is very
useful for understanding the Barometric trends that are used in weather forecasting. Each bar icon
represents 0.06 inHg.
Alternatively, the bar chart can be used to display 24 hour trend data for Sea Level Pressure, CH 1
Remote temperature or Ch1 Remote humidity.
Select the Pressure and Weather Forecast window, press and hold
ALARM/CHART
button to
toggle the bar chart title at the right bottom corner of the chart. Alternate between “
PRESSURE
”
“
CH1
”temperature (thermometer icon) and “
CH1
” relative humidity with (
RH
icon)”.
Viewing the Moon Phase History
The unit indicates the current moon phase and using the MEMORY control, will permit viewing of
past of future days. Previous moon phases are selected with the minus sign selected: -1 day, -2
days, etc or future moon phase are selected based on the days ahead: +1 day, + 2 days, etc up to 31
days.
• After selecting the Pressure and Weather Forecast Mode, press
MEMORY
, so
“+ 0 days”
is
flashing.
• Press
UP
or
DOWN
selecting from today’s date a future (+) or past (-) days and the
corresponding moon phase will be displayed. Press and hold either button for a quick advance.
• To exit, press
MEMORY
button.
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