How To Set Timer On Hitachi Air Conditioner

Mastering the functions of your a/c remote is cardinal to surviving summer in Japan.

Air conditioners or エアコン (eakon) in Nippon can help yous through sweltering heat waves and blistering snowfall storms considering each unit operates with both air workout and heating settings. As the text written on the リモコン (rimokon) are written in various combinations of kanji characters and katakana, it can be a fleck overwhelming trying to distinguish ane setting from another.

Accidentally blasting the heater on an already viscid June afternoon or having the air conditioner circumvent a absurd breeze in the expressionless of winter are common occurrences that have happened at least one time, even to the best of u.s.a..

In this guide, learn the nuts of how to main your air conditioner to your liking.

Remote control basics

If you accept a furnished apartment and tin't find the remote control, it might be mounted on the wall well-nigh the air conditioner, perchance hidden behind the drapery.

Take note that the placement of the buttons or commands on the remote may non be in the same place, so have a shut wait at the kanji.

Some college-end air conditioners may take additional functions not covered in this guide, such every bit an タイマー (taima, on-off timer), 内部クリーン (naibu kurin, cocky-cleaning setting) or 衣類乾燥 (irui kansou, wearing apparel drying setting).

English	Japanese	Romaji
Air conditioner	エアコン	eakon
Remote command	リモコン	rimokon
Timer	タイマー	taima
Cocky-cleaning setting	内部クリーン	naibu kurin
Apparel drying setting	衣類乾燥	irui kansou

Turning your air conditioner on and off

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The on and off button is labeled 運転 and 停止 (unten/teishi) literally meaning operation and break respectively. Sometimes this push volition be labeled 運転切/入 (unten setsu/iri) or simply 切/入 (kiri/iri). Printing this button once and the A/C will come on.

One time the A/C is on, the little screen on the remote control volition also come on. The temperature volition be displayed, peradventure along with other settings.

English	Japanese	Romaji
On (functioning)	運転	unten
Off (interruption)	停止	teishi
On (operation) Off (suspension)	運転切	unten setsu
On	入	iri
Off	切	kiri

Changing the temperature and office of a Japanese air conditioner

The "change temperature" buttons are usually in the shape of an up and down arrow or have a plus or minus sign on them. In kanji, they are labeled 温度 (ondo) which means temperature. Press the upwardly arrow or plus sign to raise the temperature. Printing the down pointer or minus sign to lower the temperature.

When you press the 運転切換 (unten kirikae) button, the little arrow on the screen will go down and point to a different operation.

Sometimes, buttons themselves on the remote control will be labeled with the name of the type of performance. In this example, y'all would printing the button labeled with the performance you desire.

Types of functions on Japanese air conditioners

English	Japanese	Romaji
Temperature	温度	ondo
Switch operation	運転切換	unten kirikae
Auto-run	自動	jidou
Cooling	冷房	reibou
Dehumidifier	除湿	joshitsu
Ventilator that dries inside of a/c to foreclose mold	送風	soufu
Heater	暖房	danbou
Low power-usage	省エネ	shou ene

While many Japanese A/C remote controls have additional buttons, these are the well-nigh basic and about used. Hopefully, this Japanese air conditioner guide can help you create a cool space of your own this summer. Good luck out in that location.

This post was updated from the original published in 2022 on 06/14/2021.

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