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NOTE: The Weather Radio may miss alerts while being programmed.
When selecting an empty location after adding a specific county or area to the
memory, press
◄
once to select a county from a previously selected state. Press
◄
again to select another state.
Based on entered FIPS code, the Weather Radio will update the name of the
location. If the new entered FIPS code does not match any county or area, the
message NOT FOUND will be displayed instead of the county name.
If
◄
pressed when the cursor is at the farthest left digit of the FIPS code, your
change
will not be saved
.
SIGNAL LOSS REMINDER
•
Press
MENU/SELECT
button entering into the programming mode until
SELECT CH
message is displayed
•
Press
▲
or
▼
button until the
SIG REMINDER
message is displayed
•
Press
MENU/SELECT
button to activate it or deactivate the signal loss
reminder - the unit will beep and display when activated and when
deactivated.
•
Press
◄
to exit
NOTE: If the signal is lost, the SIGNAL LOSS message will appear with the
reception icon flashing. The WARNING, WATCH and ADVISORY indicators will
periodically flash. If the signal has been detected and lost within 10 minutes, no
signal loss reminder will sound.
MISSED ALERT REMINDER PROGRAMMING
When the missed alert reminder is set for a
TONE
mode, your Weather Radio will beep
every 30 seconds after the end of the alert broadcast, until the effective time of the alert
will expire.
When missed alert reminder is set for a
VOICE
mode, a voice alert will broadcast for up
to 5 minutes. Then radio will beep every 30 seconds until the effective time of the alert
will expire.
•
Press
MENU/SELECT
button entering into the programming mode until
SELECT CH
message is displayed
•
Press
▲
or
▼
button until the
ALT REMINDER
message is displayed
•
Press
MENU/SELECT
button to activate it or deactivate the alert loss
reminder – the unit will beep and display a flashing speaker icon in upper left to
the right of “NOAA” when activated and a speaker icon with a line through it
midway between top and bottom, just to the left of letter “A” when deactivated
•
Press
◄
to exit
NOTE:
Press any button to mute the missed alert reminder
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ALERT MODE SELECTION
There are two options available for the alert type – voice or tone.
If the
VOICE
option is selected, the alert sounds for 1o seconds and then the weather
broadcast will turn on automatically for five (5) minutes. The
Weather Radio
display will
reflect alert description and duration.
If the
TONE
option is selected, the alert tone will sound for five (5) minutes. The
Weather
Radio
display will reflect an alert description and duration.
To mute the alert tone sooner, press
WEATHER/SNOOZE
button on the top of the main
unit.
•
Press
MENU/SELECT
button entering into the programming mode until
ALERT MODE
message is displayed
•
Press
▲
button until the
ALERT MODE
message is displayed
•
Press
MENU/SELECT
button entering into the alert type programming mode
•
Press
▲
or
▼
selecting
tone
or
voice
•
Press
MENU/SELECT
button to confirm – the unit will beep once confirming
the alert type selection
•
Press
◄
to exit
ACTIVATING OR DEACTIVATING AUDIBLE ALERTS
For activating audible alerts slide the
ALERT ON/OFF
(
N
) switch to
ON
position.
When alert is received, it will sound and the alert speaker sound icon will appear on the
display.
For deactivating audible alerts slide the
ALERT ON/OFF
(
N
) switch to
OFF
position – the
radio will beep twice and the speaker icon with a line through it will appear.
NOTE
: If the switch
ALERT ON/OFF
is in
OFF
position before unit is powered, the radio
will still operate in ALERT ON mode until you slide
ALERT ON/OFF
to
ON
position and
OFF
again.
CONNECTING YOUR WEATHER RADIO TO AN EXTERNAL ALERTING
DEVICES
The main unit is equipped with an
ALERT OUT
connector which enables your radio to
activate different external alerting devices, such as pillow shakers, flashers and etc.
These compatible special needs devices are not included with the Weather Information
Station and have to be purchased separately.
The switch closure provides capability of handling of up to 200mA current, which is
suitable for activating most common alerting devices.
NOTE: The output signal will change when alert is received or expired.
TESTING YOUR WEATHER RADIO
