How does the frequent feeder setting work and do you have to reprogram that particular setting daily?
1726101
I believe you can program it to feed 3 times a day. We have it set for twice a day. You only have I program it once unless you want to change it. It may have to be programmed again when the batteries die. I don't know about that yet.
1726102
I have my feeder set up to go off twice a day. The instructions were easy to follow to set the times and the amount of feed. You program it once and you are good to go but can easily make changes if you need to change times and amounts of food.
1726103
I programed my feeder to feed 3 times per day. It will Stay Programed that way UNLESS I change the settings. You DO NOT have to reset daily. Hopes this answers your question.
1726104
You only have to program it once, unless you change the batteries. Then you program it again. Just keep the bucket full of food and you can forget about it. It will feed your animals.
1726105
once you set it, that's it. We've had the feeder for a couple of months and it works well. The program remains even after refilling the container. Maybe you need to reprogram after changing the batteries - so far we haven't done that yet.
195909
Yes, fairly easily. You can have it set on a daily basis, just for one day, or different odd days. You have to read the manual a little but it's not hard.
1692291
Once you program the time interval (1 or 2,3,4) times a day,it is set like that for as long as its plugged in. I read that If you unplug it, then you have to reprogram it. I haven't unplugged mine since I got it
555464
Yes it can be set for 1,2,3, or 4 times daily. You just set the times as you need to. We started at twice daily (morning and evening). Works great!
889409
I have the Petmate feeder. It's great. You can program up to three meals per day and you can set the feed amounts to 1/4 cup, 1/2 cup, 3/4 cup, full cup and the same intervals up to 2 cups.
2031939
You do not need to program it each day. But you DO need to check it each day to make sure it's not stuck. I bought 2 feeders and neither feeder works very well. I've used different kinds of food and the feeder works for a day or so, and then gets "stuck" and quits allowing the food to come out. So I have to start all over. If I had to do it over again, I would not buy this feeder.
797031
The same. Only you have to set feed time different. It really doesn't change anything.
17043
Andy, I do not remember the default feeding setting as my feeder fell in the pond and stopped working a year ago and haven't used it since. But here is the manual and step #5 is the feeding info. Here is the manual - http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Media/PDF/74697-P7000FeederInstructions.pdf. I would suggest putting a waterproof bag around the feeder and securing with tie wire etc just to prevent water getting into the electronics.
765924
I use my feeder with a digital timer. I can control the "time" the feeder dispenses food and the amount. I can set the timer to dispense a snack at 9:00 am for 3 seconds for a snack size portion and at say 3:00 p.m. for 10 seconds or more for a normal feeding amount. The digital timer is capable of 8 programmable feeding times and amounts.
423808
You have to reprogram after it dispenses food 4 times. If you only programmed for one big meal a day, you'd reprogram it every 5th day. But you might program it to go off more than once per day, so how often would depend on your needs.
2014618
Yes. You can set it to feed up to eight times per day at whatever times and days of the week as you so desire. There is no need to set each individual day.
2224842
You just hit the reset button the need to set the hours when it starts blinking then wait until the min start blinking then the day after that you hit the program button and set the feeding time day and duration it is a great feeder you won't be disappointed
2175000
The feeder feeds on clock time, not days of the month. It will continue until batteries deplete. Mine has been dispensing food for 2 months and batteries still ok.
2014615
You can set it to run the program every day. Mine is set to run every morning and every evening.
46007
4 times a day is the correct answer. You can watch a YouTube video on programming it. Just do a Google search " Eheim fish feeder ". I just watched it because I can't remember where I put the owners manual. I changed the batteries today and the video was a quick and easy. Great auto feeder by the way.
1240516
I have had this product since May 2013 and I can assure you that it can NOT do what you are asking. You can set it for 1, 2, or 3 meals per day that are set to specific times and for specific amounts of food for each. For doing that, it works great but not for what you are asking. Sorry.
773427
Yes- you just count from the current time- example: current time is 7:15am and you want the feeder to open at 11am, so you start the count on 8:15am, 9:15am, 10:15am - 11:15am. That's 4 hrs but because there's a 15 min difference, i usually set the time 3.5 hrs - just because my two cats are impatient creatures. Hope that helps.