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Operating your thermostat, Important! programming – White Rodgers 1F97-1277 User Manual

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OPERATING YOUR THERMOSTAT

Choose the Fan Setting (Auto or On)

Fan

Auto is the most commonly selected setting and runs the

fan only when the heating or cooling system is on .

Fan

On selection runs the fan continuously for increased air

circulation or to allow additional air cleaning .

Choose the System Setting

(Cool, Off, Heat, Auto)

Press the SYSTEM button to select:

Heat: Thermostat controls only the heating system .
Off: Heating and Cooling systems are off .
Cool: Thermostat controls only the cooling system .
Auto: Auto Changeover is used in areas where both heating

and cooling may be required on the same day .

AUTO allows

the thermostat to automatically select heating or cooling

depending on the indoor temperature and the selected heat

and cool temperatures . When using

AUTO, be sure to set the

Cooling temperatures more than 1° Fahrenheit higher than

the heating temperature .

Manual Operation for

Non-Programmable Thermostats

Press the SYSTEM button to select Heat or Cool and use

the or buttons to adjust the temperature to your

desired setting . After selecting your desired settings you can

also press the SYSTEM button to select

AUTO to allow

the thermostat to automatically change between Heat and

Cool .

Manual Operation (Bypassing the Program)

Programmable Thermostats

Press or and the HOLD button and adjust the tempera-

ture wherever you like . This will override the program . The

HOLD feature bypasses the program and allows you to adjust

the temperature manually, as needed . Whatever temperature

you set in

HOLD will be maintained 24 hours a day, until you

manually change the temperature or press

Run Schedule to

cancel

HOLD and resume the programmed schedule .

Program Override (Temporary Override)

Press or buttons to adjust the temperature . This will

override the temperature setting for a (default) four hour over-

ride period . The override period can be shortened by pressing

or lengthened by pressing . Program Override period

can range from 15 minutes to 7 days .

Example: If you turn up the heat during the morning program,

it will be automatically lowered later, when the temporary hold

period ends . To cancel the temporary setting at any time and

return to the program, press

Run Schedule .

If the SYSTEM button is pressed to select AUTO the

thermostat will change to Heat or Cool, whichever ran last . If

it switches to heat but you want cool, or it changes to cool but

you want heat, press both or buttons simultaneously to

change to the other mode .

IMPORTANT!

PROGRAMMING

Set Current Time and Day

1) Press Menu key to enter installer menu . Then press

Set Time once to indicate hour & A or P designation in

clock display .

2) Press and hold either the or touch key until you

reach the correct hour and A or P designation .

3) Press Set Time again to display minutes only in clock

display .

4) Press and hold either the or touch keys until you

reach the correct minutes .

5) Press Set Time once again to display year .

6) Press and hold either the or touch key until you

reach the correct year .

7) Press Set Time once again to display month .

8) Press and hold either the or touch key until you

reach the correct month .

9) Press Set Time once again to display date of the month

along with day of the week at top row (which is automatic) .

10) Press and hold either the or touch key until you

reach the correct day of the month and day of the week

is automatically calculated and displayed at the top row .

11) Press Run Schedule once; now the display will show the

correct time and room temperature .

Automatic Daylight Saving Calculation

The Real Time Clock will adjust automatically for daylight sav-

ings time, in the following manner:

Increment one hour at 2 AM on the second Sunday of March

and decrement one hour at 2 AM on the first Sunday of No-

vember . (New DST effective 2007) .

The daylight saving feature can be enabled or disabled in

installer configuration mode. Default is

dS ON (enabled) .

After entering installer configuration mode, momentarily

press or touch key until the display indicates

dS (in

actual temperature digits) and on (default – in clock digits) .

and keys will toggle display and operation from on to

OFF .

Programming Tip: Copy Button

You may copy any daily program to another day or group

of days by pressing the Copy button . In 7 day programming

mode when the Copy button is pressed, the other 6 days

of the week will flash. To copy the current program into the

remaining six days, simply press the Copy button again . To

copy the current program to another day of the week, press

Advance Day to select the day and press Copy to paste the

program . In 5/1/1 day programming mode the copy function is

similar . The weekday (Mon-Fri) program can be copied to Sat

and Sun (both flashing) or use Advance Day to choose Sat or

Sun and press the Copy button to paste the program .