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Connect the battery
A battery back-up system is built into your Lawn Genie
controller to maintain your programmed watering sched-
ule in memory in case of temporary power failure.
A. Connect a 9-volt alkaline battery (not supplied) to the
battery connector in the wiring compartment of the con-
troller case.
B. Place the battery in the wiring compartment,
C. Replace the wiring compartment cover.
D. Replace the battery at least once a year. More often
if frequent power failures occur.
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CAUTION: DO NOT allow the battery connector to
touch the controller's terminal strip (directly above
the wiring compartment). Also, do not connect or
disconnect valve wires while any Zones are in
operation.
NOTE: Check local codes to ensure that wiring and
installation meet all requirements.
In the controllers display,
represents noon, and
represents midnight. When the power is first turned on,
the controller always displays 'it It fi for Sunday, and a
time of '-I I:r 0 P (4:00 PM).
Set the current time and day:
Setting the current time is easy. Here's how you'd
do it if the time were now 10:03 AM.
A. Press @ The display's clock digits will flash.
B. Press the numbered keys to enter current time
of day, then m or @. Be sure to set both hours and
minutes (e.g. 10:03 must be entered as l-O-O-3).
C. Press @.
will begin flashing on the display.
D. Press the day key corresponding to today. The new
day will flash in the display.
E. Press @. The correct time and day are now set, and
the clock is running.
must make a controller entry within 30 seconds
or the display will automatically return to its
original setting.
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