Enter Cooling Program; Enter Heating Program; Reset Operation; Check Your Programming - White Rodgers 1F81-261 Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

Programmable electronic digital multi-stage thermostat
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Entering Your Program
Follow these steps to enter the heating and cooling programs
you have selected.
Set Current Time and Day
1. Press TIME button once. The display will show the hour only.
EXAMPLE:
PM
2. Press and hold either
hour and AM/PM designation (AM begins at midnight; PM
begins at noon).
3. Press TIME once. The display window will show the minutes
only.
EXAMPLE:
4. Press and hold either
minutes.
5. Press TIME once. The display will show the day of the week.
6. Press
or
until you reach the current day of the week.
7. Press RUN once. The display will show the correct time and
room temperature alternately.

Enter Heating Program

1. Move the SYSTEM switch to HEAT.
2. Press PRGM once. "MO TU WE TH FR" (indicating weekday
program) will appear in the display. Also displayed are the
currently programmed start time for the 1st heating period
and the currently programmed temperature (flashing).
MO TU WE TH FR
AM
EXAMPLE:
This display window shows that for the 1st weekday period,
the start time is 6:00 AM, and 68 is the programmed
temperature (this example reflects factory preprogramming).
3. Press
or
to change the displayed temperature to
your selected temperature for the 1st heating program
period.
4. Press TIME once (the programmed time will flash). Press
or
until your selected time appears. The time will
change in 15 minute increments. When your selected time is
displayed, press TIME again to return to the change tem-
perature mode.
5. Press PRGM once. The currently programmed start time
and setpoint temperature for the 2nd heating program
period will appear.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to select the start time and heating
temperature for the 2nd heating program period.
7. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for the 3rd and 4th heating program
periods. Weekday heating programs are now complete.
8. Press PRGM once. "SA" (indicating Saturday program) will
appear in the display, along with the start time for the 1st
heating period and the currently programmed temperature.
9. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to complete Saturday heating
programming.
or
until you reach the correct
or
until you reach the correct
10. Press PRGM once. "SU" (indicating Sunday program) will
appear in the display, along with the start time for the 1st
heating period and the currently programmed temperature.
11. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to complete Sunday heating
programming.
12. When you have completed entering your heating program,
press RUN.

Enter Cooling Program

!
If the outside temperature is below 50 F, disconnect
power to the cooling system before programming.
Energizing the air conditioner compressor during
cold weather may cause personal injury or property
damage.
1. Move SYSTEM switch to COOL position.
2. Follow the procedure for entering your heating program,
using your selected cooling times and temperatures.

CHECK YOUR PROGRAMMING

Follow these steps to check your thermostat programming one
final time before beginning thermostat operation.
1. Move SYSTEM switch to HEAT position.
2. Press PRGM to view the 1st weekday heating period time
and temperature. Each time you press PRGM, the next
heating period time and temperature will be displayed in
sequence for weekday, then weekend program periods (you
may change any time or temperature during this procedure).
3. Press RUN.
4. Move SYSTEM switch to COOL position.
5. Repeat step 2 to check cooling program.
6. Move SYSTEM switch to HEAT or COOL and press RUN to
begin program operation.
YOUR THERMOSTAT IS NOW COMPLETELY PROGRAMMED AND
READY TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM COMFORT AND EFFICIENCY!
TROUBLESHOOTING

Reset Operation

If a voltage spike or static discharge blanks out the display or
causes erratic thermostat operation you can reset the thermo-
stat by pressing
,
resets the factory defaults to the configuration menu and
program. If the thermostat has power, has been reset and still
does not function correctly contact your heating/cooling ser-
vice person or place of purchase.
Batteries
For optimum performance, we recommend replacing batteries
once a year with fresh "AA" Energizer
7
CAUTION
and TIME at the same time. This also
®
alkaline batteries.

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