Large-capacity Automatic Pet Feeder User Guide

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Large-capacity Automatic Pet Feeder Quick Start Guide
Control Panel Keys
  • CLOCK –displays clock (current time)
  • TIMER – switches between preset feeding times
  • VOL – sets the feeding volume/portion-size
  • SET – enters SET mode, and confirms any feeding times you enter and advances to the next setting. Also used with VOL key to perform manual feedings
  • START – starts the feeding schedule, confirms the clock and feeding-time settings
  • DAY – sets the number of days to feed
  • REC – records your personal voice message
  • PLAY – plays back your personal voice message
  • ON SWITCH – turns the feeder off. For when the feeder will not be used for an extended period of time. Turning this switch off WILL RESET all time and feeding settings
Getting Started
  1. Open the battery door (under the unit)
  2. Insert four D-size alkaline batteries into the battery tray. Do NOT use old or -cheap- carbon batteries
  3. Close the battery door and switch on the feeder. The ON Switch is next to the battery door (under the unit)
  4. The feeder will cycle once until ”12:00” is flashing on the LCD display
  5.  You now have 90 seconds to set the current-time in order for the feeder to work properly. If longer than 90 seconds passes then (1 07) will be displayed on the LCD. Simply turn the switch to Off, wait 1 minute, then repeat from step-3
Setting the Current Time
  1. All digits should now be flashing
  2. Press the CLOCK key to set the HOUR
  3. Press the TIMER key to set the MINUTE
  4. Press the SET key once to confirm the time Now the display will show either 12 or 24 to indicate the display mode
  5. Press the CLOCK key to change between 12 or 24-hour display mode
  6. Press the START key to CONFIRM the clock setup
  7. (1 07) will be flashing and you must now set the feeding times
Setting the Feed Time and Number of Feedings per Day
  1. (1 07) should now be flashing. Digit-1 is the feeding number (times per day), Digits-3 & 4 are the feeding time (in hours)
  2. The display shows the 1st feeding time (1 07)=(1st feeding at 7am)
  3. With (1 07) Flashing, press and hold (for 2 seconds) the SET key until Digit-3 & 4 start flashing (07)
  4. Press the TIMER key to set the desired hour for feeding. Note the ( P ) in the top left corner stands for PM when using 12 hour time
  5. Press the SET key to confirm your setting and proceed to the 2nd feeding time
  6. Repeat step-4 to set the desired hour for feeding the SECOND feeding time
  7. At this point if you want to only feed 2 times per day Press the START key and you’re finished
  8. If you wish to feed a 3rd or 4th time each day, do NOT press the START key and repeat from step-4
Tip: If you pressed the SET key a 3rd time, but you did not want to feed 3 times per day, just press the TIMER key and then press and hold the SET key (for 2 seconds) to start over, remember not to press the SET key after the Second feeding, press the START key to end your number of feedings per day.
Setting the Volume/Portion-Size
  1. Press the VOL key to display feed-volume/portion-size
  2. Press and hold (for 2 seconds) the SET key until Digit-4 blinks
  3. Press the VOL key to set the desired volume Note:
    1. A Feed-volume of 1 equals ¼ cup (60cc) of food, 2 means ½ cup (120cc) of food, 3= ¾ cups (180cc) and so on.
    2. The number 0 represents 10 portions which is equal to 2.5 cups ( liters).
  4. Press the START key to confirm the volume/portion size

Instruction Manual

Large-capacity Automatic Pet Feeder (PF-10) Features
  • 12 or 24 hour clock display
  • Feed according to your set time
  • Amount of food dispensed is adjustable
  • 6 second personal voice message recorder
  • Personal Voice message calls your pet when its feeding time
  • The 4 Feeding times can be set for any time of day or night
  • D-size alkaline batteries (4pc’s required) lasts over 1 year
  • Red LED indicates Low batteries

Control Panel Keys

  • CLOCK –displays clock (current time)
  • TIMER – switches between preset feeding times
  • VOL – sets the feeding volume/portion-size
  • SET – enters SET mode, and confirms any feeding times you enter and advances to the next setting. Also used with VOL key to perform manual feedings
  • START – starts the feeding schedule, confirms the clock and feeding-time settings
  • DAY – sets the number of days to feed
  • REC – records your personal voice message
  • PLAY – plays back your personal voice message
  • ON SWITCH – turns the feeder off. For when the feeder will not be used for an extended period of time. Turning this switch off WILL RESET all time and feeding settings

Getting Started

  1. Open the battery door (under the unit)
  2. Keep the ON switch set to OFF
  3. Insert four D size alkaline batteries into the battery bay. Do NOT use old or substandard carbon batteries
  4. Close the battery door and switch ON the feeder. The ON Switch is next to the battery door
  5. The feeder will cycle one time until “12:00” is flashing on the LCD display
  6. You now have 90 seconds to set the current-time in order for the feeder to work properly. If longer than 90 seconds passes then (1 07) will be displayed on the LCD. Simply turn the switch to Off, wait 1 minute, then repeat from step-3

General Operation

To review the settings
  1. Press the TIMER key to cycle through and view the feeding times.
    1. Only the feeding times per day that are set will be displayed. Digit-1 is the feeding number each day, Digit-3 & 4 are the feeding times (in hours). Example: (1 07)=(1st feeding at 7am)
    2. Press the VOL key once to view the volume/portion-size and feeding day(s) remaining
    3. Press the DAY key to display feeding day(s) remaining
    4.  Press the CLOCK key once to display the current time, the CLOCK icon will now turn ON
    5. If no key is pressed for more than 8 seconds, the display will switch back to show the next feeding time with the timer icon flashing.
Note:
    1. Using the TIMER key to cycle through the feeding times will only display to the number of feedings you set. The sequence will repeat after the last one is displayed.
    2. Only the 1st feeding time will be displayed if you’ve set just 1 feeding
    3. A flashing timer-icon means the feeding-time has not been reached while a solid timer icon means the feeding-time has already passed
    4. The volume and day display shares the same screen so Digit-1 & 2 are the feeding day(s) remaining while Digit-4 is the Volume/Portion-size
Setting the Current Clock Time
  1. Press the CLOCK key to display the clock The time and clock icon will now be displayed
  2. Press and hold (for 2 seconds) the SET key until all digits blink
  3. Press the CLOCK key to set the HOUR
  4. Press the TIMER key to set the MINUTE
  5. Press the SET key once to confirm the time The display will show either 12 or 24 to indicate clock display mode
  6. Press the CLOCK key to change between 12 or 24 hour display mode
  7. Press the START key to confirm the clock setup
Setting the Feed Time and Number of Feedings per Day
    1. Press the TIMER key to display the feeding-time
    2. Press and hold (for 2 seconds) the SET key until Digit-3 & 4 start flashing The display will show the 1st feeding time. Example: (1 07)=(1st feeding at 7am)
    3. Press the TIMER key to set the desired HOUR for feeding. Note the (P) in the top left corner for PM using 12 hour time
    4. Press the SET key to confirm your setting and proceed to the 2nd feeding time
    5. Repeat step-3 to set the desired hour for feeding the SECOND feeding time
    6. At this point if you want to only feed 2 times per day Press the START key and your finished The last feeding-number shown is the number of times to feed per day. The timer will now automatically start and the TIMER icon will turn ON.
    7. If you wish to feed a 3rd or 4th time each day do NOT press the START key and repeat from step-3 Tip: If you pressed the SET key a 3rd time, but you did not want to feed 3 times per day, just press the TIMER key and then press and hold the SET key (for 2 seconds) to start over, remember not to press the SET key after the second feeding, press the START key to end your number of feedings per day. Note:
      1. If all four feeding-times have been set, the process will terminate and the schedule will start automatically. The next feeding time will then be displayed. (If only 1 feeding-time has been set then the feeding-timer display will not change even if you press the TIMER key.)
      2. Feeding-times must be set in ascending order otherwise the remaining number of the feeding(s) will not be served.
Setting the Volume/Portion-Size
  1. Press the VOL key to display feed-volume/portion-size
  2. Press and hold (for 2 seconds) the SET key until Digit-4 flashes
  3. Press the VOL key to set the desired volume/portion-size Note:
    1. A Feed-volume of 1 equals ¼ cup (60cc) of food, 2 means ½ cup (120cc) of food, 3= ¾ cups (180cc) and so on.
    2. The number 0 represents 10 portions which is equal to 2.5 cups ( liters).
Setting the Number of Days to Feed
  1. Press the DAY key and the left side of the LCD shows the number of days your Automatic Feeder will feed for until it stops. The default setting of (0) means the feeder will feed continuously and never stop
  2. To change the number of days to feed, press the DAY key then press and hold the SET key (for 2 seconds) until the days flash on the LCD
  3. Press the DAY key to change the number of days. Hold down the DAY key to speed through the numbers
  4. If you set a number of days to feed (1 to 99 days) then at 6am after the last day the feeder Alarm will start beeping
  5. To repeat the same schedule without any changes, just press the START key
  6. To feed continuously, set the number-of-days to 0 Note:
    1. When the timer-icon and all the numbers on the LCD display are continuously ON, the feeding schedule has started.
    2. Once a feeding schedule has started, you can force it to end by pressing the SET and START keys together.
Record Voice Message to be played at feeding times
  1. Press and hold the REC key, the Red LED will turn on
  2. Speak your message. You have up to 6 seconds
  3. When finished, release the REC key
Play back recorded Voice Message
  1. Press the PLAY key
  2. Your recorded message will now play
  3. At each Feeding your recorded message will play and repeat 3 times
Feeding Alarm
  1. Your PF-10 Automatic Pet Feeder has an ALARM (a continuous beeping) to alert you to when your feeding schedule has ended and no more food will be dispensed
  2. The Feeding Alarm will start at 6:00AM the next day to avoid disturbing anyone during the night
  3. You can press any key to stop the alarm
  4. To restart your original feeding schedule, press the START key
To manually feed your pet
Press the SET and VOL keys together, once Only ¼ cup (60cc) will be dispensed. The normal schedule and quantity will not be affected
Important Notes:
  1. Power-on default settings are:
    1. Number of Days to Feed=0 days (0=continuous),
    2. Number of Feedings per Day=2 feedings and
    3. Volume/Portion-size=1 (¼ Cup/60cc)
  2. The feeder will vibrate for about 15 seconds during food delivery to help the unit dispense food more efficiently
  3. If you hear a few beeps (10 in total) and the feeder-drum isn’t moving then the Tray-Full detector has been triggered. MAKE SURE THE FOOD SLIDE AREA IS CLEAR OF FOOD.
  4. Do not use the feeder under strong sun light as the Tray-Full detector can be activated by bright light making the feeder act like the food-tray is full and stop delivering food
Opening and Closing the food cover
  1. To open ( Unlock ) the food cover of your PF-10 Automatic Pet Feeder, rotate the round dial so the ARROW points towards the Open Lock
  2. To close ( Lock ) the food cover of your PF-10 Automatic Pet Feeder, rotate the round dial so the ARROW points towards the Closed Lock
Care and Cleaning When the food tank starts getting dirty and there is a lot of loose food at the bottom of the food tank, you can remove the food cover and food tank for cleaning. Use a soft damp cloth to clean the feeder base which contains the control panel and batteries. Never get this part wet and do NOT wash with running water. You can wash the Food Cover and Food Tank in warm soapy water. DO NOT put these parts in the dishwasher or they will be permanently damaged !!!

Assembly and Disassembly of Food Tank

  1. Disassembly You need to open the spring loaded locks. Use both hands and your thumbs to push both locks down to release the food tank. As you push the locks down use your fingers to lift the food tank up.The springs are very strong so be careful not to let the locks snap back and hurt your fingers.
  2. Assembly Line up the food tank with the feeder base. Then, press the locks out with your thumbs so the food tank can seat onto the feeder base. The locks are spring loaded so be careful not to pinch your fingers. Make sure the locks securely lock onto the food tank. Food Tank Locks
FAQ & Troubleshooting:
  1. The clock can display in 12 or 24-hour format The ( PM ) icon will show in the afternoon under the 12-hour display format
  2. The feeding-days can be changed at any time but the previous schedule will be replaced and the new schedule will start from the 1st new feeding day you set
  3. The feeding-times and feeding-volume can be changed at any time and the new settings will be for the rest of the feeding schedule
  4. Once the schedule has started, the DAYS displayed will be reduced by 1 every day at 0:00 (midnight) until the end is reached. It will then revert back to the original number of set DAYS and the Feed Alarm will sound. Just press the START key to start your original program/settings again
  5. If the timer-icon is OFF and all numbers are flashing then no feeding schedule has been set
  6. When the timer icon is ON and all numbers on the LCD display are not flashing then the schedule has started
  7. When the Clock icon is ON the current time is displayed
  8. When the Red (LOW BATT) light FLASHES, the batteries are low and must be replaced Change all the batteries as soon as possible. You will have to reprogram all your settings again when the batteries are changed
  9. When the LCD display shows ( Err ), the food doors are not closing properly. You
  10. need to clean and remove any food that jams the food doors.
    1. Switch OFF the Auto Feeder, remove all food, turn your Auto Feeder upside down
    2. Clean both door hinges with a soft brush, like an old tooth brush
  11. Manually open and close the doors, making sure they move smoothly. Make sure both doors can hit the switch lever as shown in the photo below:
  12. After cleaning switch ON the Auto Feeder and refill with food
    Note: You will have to reprogram all your original settings before you can use your feeder again
  13. Always use the Quick Setup Guide for fast easy programming. If you want more advanced features, use the comprehensive Instruction Manual

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