Hunter X-Core Programming Overview and Setting Up Program A 

I hate that I have to watch this video over again every single time I change my schedule. But I'm very very grateful for this video.

Agree with many commenters below. I programmed my sprinkler system in my other house for 17 years, never a problem. Moved to this new home with system installed by builder. Frustrated! This thing has a mind of its own. I have followed the manual, and this video instruction, and it always looks like it is all correct, and then - bam - it goes on at wrong time, stays on longer, etc. It is mind boggling. Fed up with it.

I bought a house exactly a year ago and had NO IDEA how to run this system. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

RU-vid, and the wonderful folks who put these videos up are a literal life saver! I’ve been trying to turn off one of my zones all darn summer!

Thank you so much!! Just bought a home in 2023. Now sure how old the unit is but this video was helpful and relevant

This unit came with our house when we bought it, the manual was not intuitive in the least, this video however helped clarify. I kept getting confused between the numbers linked to Program Start Time thinking they were station numbers, but as this video points out, they are NOT station numbers but start time numbers; you only get 4 start times per Program and only 3 Programs (A/B/C). The system will sequentially run each station/valve assigned to each Program (A/B/C) so you don't have to worry about programming a start time for each valve (just a run time), if you have 3 valves/stations assigned to program A, and you have 3 start times for Program A - 1 = 3am, 2 = 9am and 3 = 6pm then that means that at 3am your first valve will start, when it is finished with its run time, the next valve will start automatically for its run time and so forth, this will all start over again at the next start time which in this example would be 9am and run through all valves/stations.

Fantastic video! The graphic on the left side really helped me grasp what was going on and why start times only had 1-4 while the run times had 1-8. Was confused why my sprinklers were running way longer than expected and this helped clarify things!

I moved in to a new house and it had this control box. After fumbling around with it for an hour I went to RU-vid and found this video. All I can say is THANK YOU!!!

Wow. Thank you. Been manually running one station for a month because I couldn't figure this you. All fixed now, hopefully.

Thank you for this video bc Hunter made programming harder than it should be with 1 through 4 not being stations in a 4 station timer.

Good job explaining. Professionals installed the hunter x-core & irrigation system. Two years ago it worked with 5 zones. Last year it stopped working one zone at a time. I reprogrammed as explained again this year. When the water source is turned on, all the zones come on at once. I have turned my programming system to off & the water to all the zones still run & all at one time. I have to use my water source to turn the irrigation system on & off. As far as I know we have a secure power source.

Thank you for this ! I finally realised from your video, that I was getting totally confused between PROGRAM and STATIONS. My yard was being watered every two hours or so ! You cleared it up for me. I was ready to call someone out to take a look for me. You saved me some $$$.

Thanks for the help. Neighbors were complaining i was flooding their lawn. I had the right time and duration but the part i messed up on was the start time section. I had 1,2,3,4 program starting when i only needed 1 of the 4 program starts.

Thank you so much for this video, I couldn't work out why stations were running twice. The explanation of start times being cylces not stations saved me!

I love the X-Core, use it all of the time! Great product and great product team.

The most valuable, instructional part of this was the grid. With that, you can see the basic architecture of how this system is set up to work.

yes but how do set up the zones???

THIS video is the first one I have found to discuss programming multiple ZONES with unique schedules. THANK YOU!

I watch this video every couple of years lol... so helpful!

Thank you so much for this video! I was pulling my hair out trying to get zone 2 shut off and had confused it with run time 2! I think you saved me from a heart attack! Lol

Incredibly helpful. Set mine up in about 5 minutes after watching this video.

Same for me! The user interface is very confusing, and the user manual doesn't explain this very well at all. But kudos to this video for clearly explaining this problem area.

I agree with Devin - the manual is not good. This video is Fantastic!!! Thanks!

Fantastic video THANK YOU for this. Helping my grandpa in Boise Idaho with his sprinkler zones, station timing and overall watering management and your video was clear and concise! Will check out the second video later today after I may out all these sprinkler heads! God Bless

I want to say thank you so much. I called an irrigation company and they wanted to charge me $60 to program my timer. Your video was very easy to follow, it took me and my daughter all of 5 minutes to program it with your instructions. Again Thank you so much

Absolutely marvelous video. You're really good at explaining things! We moved into new house that has an earlier version of this (not very different) and I couldn't figure out why Start Times only had 4 stations! Well they're not stations, they're different cycles! Duh! Really really helpful. Now I have a system running great! THANKS THANKS THANKS!!

My grass are dying from heat good thing I came across to your video thank you! I was searching for my water irrigation system and finally found it, I was about to have someone coming over to help me setup the program and I just did it myself just following your instructions Thank you!

Instruction manuals are no good. This is good. Very good.

Thank you! this is a amazing! You just solved an argument between me and my gardener :D I have the instructions in front of me, but they don't really talk about what programs A, B, C are for...

Thanks so much for this. My lawn was watered 3 times today and I did not have to time to sit and fiddle with it.

Brilliant video. Every thing is covered by this guy. Even dumby me can understand it. Thanx a million to whoever you are.

I called your technical services team and they were wonderful. Thank you!

Thank you very much for this video. In contrast to the operating instructions supplied by the manufacturer - which are completely useless in this regard - you have indeed helped me understand how to set up start times and run times properly. (I was already starting to think that my X-Core unit was faulty...)

tanks for this AMAZING video Mr. Hunter Industries ResCom, and Golf Irrigation!! wäry much apropriated

Thanks! Had to watch it 3 times! (I hate setting things up!) BIG help, thanks!

After 4 years of trying to figure out how this device does its thing, you explained it so simply. I was trying to figure out how to distinguish between the start time and run time for the stations. I have 6 stations but the "start time" only showed 4. I did not realize that the numbers 1-4 were not the stations. Well, duh to me! The searches I did, even with the manual, there were no simple explanations to distinguish the start and run time selections. Thanks again.

Finally! Now I understand my sprinkler system! Wish I had thought to look for these videos sooner!

This is so much better than the manual! Fixed all the issues I was having.

Thank you!! Solved my problem with the explanation that you can have up to 8 stations, but only 4 start times. I had been programming multiple start times, and wasting gallons of water.

Thank you, it helped me get the sprinklers running I didnt know what to do with this machine. Thank God for youtubers! 😁

My go-to video every time I need to reprogram or adjust my sprinkler system. Thank you so much for this video as the manual doesn’t explain this stuff very well

Moved in and had no manual (at least one that I could find) Video was excellent! Thanks.

Thank you so much! Great teacher and instructions.

Thanks for the simplification!

Thank you, took my runtime from 160 minutes in 4 cycles to 40 minutes in 1 cycle like it should’ve been initially!

Very helpful video for such an antiquated system I have to use in this crummy rental house.

Such a helpful briefing. It's very easy to learning because your way of briefing is such a nice

Fantastic job on explaining this system. Wow, you should be a professor in physics. Way to explain the material. :-)

You saved me as a new home owner. Thank you!

Thank you so much, helped me figure it all out!

I agree with previous posters that the USER MANUAL is terribly confusing and NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN! Including a schedule grid like the one in the video would be helpful. I have spent months trying all sorts of combinations and have never been able to get my zones and times to operate as I intended. Finally I have found this video and *think* I have it down now. I'm going out to try reprogramming my system for the umpteenth time. Keeping my fingers crossed that it will actually work this time!

Hunter should really hunt down some cheapo cell phone programmers or steal the code from your basic android 2.1 'alarm clock' feature where you can set a time, 'repeat' and add a 'Zone/Station' variable in order to make it 10 times easier to program. The current way is error prone and displays are cheap enough to make the fonts a bit bigger man.

Great video! Easy to understand, Thank you!

Simple, turn off all but 1 cycle set zones to 10 min on one cycle 3 days out of the week, save hundreds on your water bill, Thank you sir!!

Love the drum and bass intros and transitions

Great video! I always use this to schedule my sprinklers. Thank you!

Thanks for the help your video is concise and straight to the point

Dude i love you , this video made my day thx !!!!!

Very, very helpful video. Thanks.

Good video. I was able to figure out using the manual and the card posted inside the box. I did such a great job that it comes on a second time. How on earth do I stop that? I have scrolled through each function B & C and made sure they were turned off. I only use for grass and want to use program A {m,w & f}, 7 am for 25 minutes.

Thank you for the informative video. The instructions are clear and easy to follow.

Thank you for this upload! Very simple to follow!!

thanks dude. clear as mud !!😀

Thank you. Do you have a video for turning on a system for first time, after buying a home?

I made the same mistake! This video was a huge help.

thank you so much. This was very helpful and I was able to straighten out our system that the last irrigation dude screwed up. Thank you

Very informative and helpful ,

Very Good. Now I can go back and fix everything I screwed up trying to figure it out on my own😆😆

You don't have a time set for station 2 but you put a run time for station 2 I don't understand

Thanks a ton very helpful 👍👍👍👍

Excellent explanation. Thank you so much.

I program my hunter X Core , after my old one got hit by lightning and when I go manual to test my Sprinkels don’t go on or on auto , what I need to do next or how I get my sprinkler to work , what should I check next ? Please advice .

Hunter should, IMHO, hire a company that can make a completely new User Manual...and, perhaps even re-do the programmer's setup itself. I think the whole business: the display, the steps of programming, and the instruction manual are needlessly difficult to understand. But/and, Hunter----thanks for this video; I am going to go out now and try it again with the new controller, and I feel that I'm now better equipped to tackle this confusing matter.

Great video!! Thank you for posting this. I appreciate the detail you provided in each direction which goes perfectly with modeling whT your teaching. Thanks again!

Excellent Job!

Such a great explanation. Thank you very much...

Great video, clear details and instructions 👌

EXCEIIANT EXPLANATION !!! FANTASTIC DISPLAY ! THANK YOU .

What an amazing video! This is how RU-vid videos should be like!

Thanks for the video. I had program A1for my front lawn set to 6 am and program 2 for my back lawn set at 7 am. My front yard is station 1 and backward is station 2. So it was cycling twice back to back. The freaking lawn was flooding and I could not figure out why. Got it figured out thanks to this video.

very good compared to my installer .thank you.

Thank you for the brilliant tips✅

Agree with the many commenters how helpful this video is . Thank you !! We live in Oregon. Any suggestions for how many days a week and for how many minutes per zone to water grass to try to stop from going brown and not costing us and arm and a leg ?

Dude, huge help! Many thanks

good video, thank you.

Thank you so much! Fixed it in abt 5 mins.

Very helpful. Thanks.

had one of my sprinkler heads break, someone came out to fix it and now my x core isn't turning on. any suggestions?

Thanks for sharing this is very helpful

An excellent video - pease do not ever delete it or it's companion video!

Excellent presentation

Great products and easy to understand video content. 👍

It would be nice if the characters on the screen were actually this large. They are teeny tiny itsy bitsy and it's hard to program while holding a magnifying glass, the instruction book, and sometimes a flashlight. Umm, that's 4 hands. Hoping the next videos tell how to know what program you're on since the resting screen doesn't show. This implies you can run 2 programs at once.

Thank you for the video. I did it. Thank you so much

I just moved to greenville sc, and am wondering how to winterize or simply shut down my Hunter x core underground lawn sprinkler . I have a BIB valve in the garage and also a water controller at the edge of the yard. I was thinking that all I need to do is cut of the BIB valve in the garage. OR do I need to also cut off the water supply at the yard? Also is there a need to run any of the zones in the yard ( I have 6 zones on .30 acre) Thank you for any details.

very good, helped me a lot!

I put this video in my Playlist

Thanks for the video. What exactly does a cycle do?

unfortunately "A" often means automatic - which I'm sure throws people off, if they haven't watched this video - because I surely didn't get that from the 8 page booklet the contractor left me :) Great job explaining the complexity of multiplexed buttons and the different meanings..This video is helping me quite a bit.. I would say most of the other controllers I've had in my life - had an "enter" button - instead of using the rotary switch to exit the programming for that switch position - ..another confusion point for me..so, walking up to this controller - it would be natural to assume the PRG-"program" button is used as an "ENTER" button - but as you explain - it isn't..Glad you made this video..

This was very helpful!