User manual OREGON SCIENTIFIC WR196T

[. . . ] [ALARM ON/OFF] BUTTON Turns the alarm On/Off and activates/disables a county setting · B. [SNOOZE/BACKLIGHT] BUTTON Activates the snooze function and the backlight BEFORE YOU BEGIN Place the WR196T on a flat, sturdy surface. You can adjust the display angle of the LCD by unlocking the latch on the back of the unit and lifting the LCD up. HOW TO USE THE ALARMS To turn on or off an alarm: 1. The alarm time is displayed when the selected alarm is activated; otherwise, the display is blank. [. . . ] NOAA-Stand-by: The radio is in standby mode and will activate automatically when an alert message is received. Voice messages will not be heard until the radio is switched to NOAA-On mode. To hear an alert message when the radio is in NOAA-Mute mode, press [NOAA] until the status becomes NOAA-On, and then adjust the volume level if necessary. CHANGING RADIO CHANNELS 1. In any of the time display modes, press [CHANNEL] and hold for two (2) seconds. While the channel selection icon is flashing, press [VOLUME UP/DOWN] to scroll through the channel selections. When the channel has been selected, press [MODE] to save selection and return to time display mode. WR196T needs to be in NOAA-On, NOAA-Stand-by or NOAA-Mute mode with a county code and NWR channel selected and programmed into the WR196T. If the WR196T is properly set, a flashing "Test" icon will be displayed on the LCD screen when a Test message is received. The "Test" icon will continue to flash for over an hour after the Test message is received. NOAA Weather Radio stations broadcast the Test message every Wednesday between 10:00AM-Noon, local time. (Test messages may also be sent on other days and times when there is a threat of severe weather in the listening area or for other reasons. ) Corresponding with the "Test" icon, the following broadcast will be made immediately after sounding the Test alarm: "This is the National Weather Station office in . . . (city). . . . The preceding signal was a test of the Weather Radio Station . . . (call sign). . . During potentially dangerous weather situations, specially built receivers can be automatically activated by this signal to warn of the impending hazard. Tests of this signal and receivers' performance are normally conducted by the National Weather Service at . . . (time). . . If there is a threat of severe weather, the test will be postponed to the next available good-weather day. Reception of this broadcast, and especially the warning alarm, will vary at any given location. This variability, normally more noticeable at greater distances from the transmitter, can occur even though you are using a good quality receiver in good working condition. To provide the most consistant and dependable warning service possible, the warning alarm will be activated for hazardous watches and warnings for the following counties . . . (list of counties). . . . " When more than one state is involved, the state names will always precede the names of the counties in that state. If the Test is cancelled due to threat of severe weather, the Test broadcast schedule will resume with the next good-weather day. If you have questions regarding alarm tests or to verify if a test was conducted, contact the programming office of your local NOAA Weather Radio station. SPECIFICATIONS Radio Functions NOAA Channels: SAME code setting: FM Band: AM Band: Preset Memory: Volume: Sleep timer: Time Functions Clock: Calendar: 12 hour format Day-of-the-week display in English, German, French, Italian or Spanish Month / Day / Year format Two (2) one - minute duration alarms with alarm beep tone or 60 minutes radio Eight (8) minute alarm delay +/- 0. 5 seconds / day Digital PLL tuning for seven (7) NOAA channels Nine (9) independent setting or ALL counties options 88 - 109. 2MHz at 100KHz steps 540 - 1600KHz at 10KHz steps Ten (10) preset memories can be assigned to stations in either AM or FM bandswidths Sixteen (16) adjustment levels 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes PROGRAMMING SAME COUNTY CODES SAME county codes are required to selectively receive weather and environmental alerts for a specific county, and need to be entered into the WR196T. The first step in programming SAME codes requires the user to select the option of receiving [ALL] warnings or selected warnings. Selecting [ALL] will result in the WR196T broadcasting all alerts and warnings issued on a particular radio frequency which can encompass a large geographical area of many counties. This code includes information specific to an affected or endangered local geographical area. [. . . ] The NWR can also be contacted via the internet at: www. nws. noaa. gov/ nwr/indexnw. htm. Example of the first ten county radio channels and SAME codes for Montana: ST. COUNTY SAME # 030001 030003 030005 030007 030009 030011 030013 030015 030015 030017 NWR TRANSMITTER Butte MT Billings MT Havre MT Helena MT Billings MT --No NWR Coverage-- Great Falls MT Havre MT Great Falls MT Miles City MT 162. 550 162. 400 162. 550 162. 400 WXJ43 WXJ43 300 300 FREQMHZ 162. 550 162. 550 162. 400 162. 400 162. 550 CALL WXL79 WATTS REMARKS 100 CUSTOMER SERVICE Oregon Scientific has made every effort to design and manufacture the WR196T to provide you with many years of service. Should you have questions or require additional information, please contact our Customer Service Department at 800-853-8883 or via email at: helpme@oscientific. com. [. . . ]