Cobolt Speechmaster Talking Inside/Outside Thermometer Instructions Your thermometer has a large rectangular recess in the top half of the front face which contains two digital displays. In the top left corner is a small recess housing the indoor temperature sensor. The outdoor sensor is mounted in the tip of the length of cable attached to the left side of the case. Below the displays is a speaker grill and a single button used to obtain the temperatures. The case has a hinged stand on the back with a recess at its lower end to enable it to be hinged out. There is a wire stay under the stand which can be clipped into the stand to keep it extended. On the sides of the case, below the level of the speaker, are roughened surfaces. If these are gripped the lower section of the case can be pulled down to expose the controls. These consist of the following:- Top Left VOLUME button. there are two vollume levels plus speech off. Top Second HOURLY REPORT. Left for on, Right for off. Top Third HOUR SET Top Fourth MINUTE SET Top Right DAILY MIN/MAX Bottom Left MODE Bottom Second Left-Centigrade, Right-Farenheit Bottom Third ALARM ON/OFF Bottom Fourth CLEAR Bottom Right MANUAL MIN/MAX The unit can be wall mounted if required. In order to use the outside temperature facility the external sensor needs to be passed through a window or mounted outside. Time Setting The time can only be set by someone with sufficient sight to enable them to read the lower display as there is no spoken time announcement. Press the mode button once - one beep will sound. Adjust the time with the HOUR SET and MINUTE SET buttons. Select MODE 4. Mode Setting The thermometer has four modes, selected by pressing the MODE button. Each mode is confirmed with an equivalent number of beeps i.e MODE 3 gives three beeps. These modes only effect the displays - the speech always reports the inside and outside temperature. MODE 1 shows indoor temperature on the upper display with time on the lower. Mode 2 shows time on the upper display with outside temperature on the lower. Mode 3 shows time on the upper display with alarm time on the lower. Mode 4 shows indoor temperature on the upper display with outdoor temperature on the lower. Hourly Report Selecting this on causes the temperature to be announced on every hour. The announcements are not made between 9pm and 7am. Alarm The alarm is set in a similar fashion to the time. There is no speech output so it can only be set by someone with some sight. Select Mode 3. The alarm time will be shown on the lower display. Use the HOUR SET and MINUTE SET buttons to set the alarm time. Select MODE 4. Selecting ALARM ON (confirmed by two beeps) will cause the temperature to be reported five times at the alarm time then repeated every 15 minutes for an hour. To silence the alarm press the TALK button on the front face. Daily Min/Max The thermometer remembers the highest and lowest indoor and outdoor temperatures recorded for each day. Repeated presses of the DAILY MIN/MAX button will cause these to be spoken in turn. Manual Min/Max The thermometer can record minimum and maximum temperatures during a set period. Press CLEAR to start the recording period. Press MANUAL MIN/MAX then the TALK button obtain the inside min and max temperatures since CLEAR was pressed. Press MANUAL MIN/MAX and the TALK button again to obtain the outside temperatures. Alerts If the indoor or outdoor temperature exceeds 38 Deg C (100 DegF) or falls below 0 Deg C (32 Deg F) the unit will announce the indoor and outdoor temperatures three times. Batteries 2 x AAA batteries are fitted in the compartment on the back at the top. Slide the cover up to open.