User manual OREGON SCIENTIFIC WR108

[. . . ] Portable Public Alert Radio Model: WR108 USER MANUAL CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About the National Weather Radio System . . . . . . . . . 2 Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) . . . . . . . . . . 2 Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When SAME codes for a specific region have been entered into the unit, the unit alerts the user to relevant warning information for the specified region. Once alerted, a voice broadcast can be heard. SET UP RADIO TO RECEIVE NOAA ALERT MESSAGES To receive a NOAA alert message, press radio to one of the following options: · to set the ]: The radio is ON and voice Radio ON [ messages can be heard continuously. Radio Standby [ ]: The radio is in Standby and · will switch to ON when a NOAA alert message is received. ]: The radio is in Standby with the Radio Mute [ sound turned OFF. NOAA alert messages can be viewed but not heard. · Radio OFF: The radio is turned OFF and will not respond to NOAA alert messages. Turning the radio off by setting it to Standby, Mute or OFF will help to save power. · 2005. 5. 13, 16:00 EN EN FINDING LOCAL CHANNELS & SAME CODES The codes are subject to change. Therefore, to ensure successful operation you must obtain the most appropriate, up-to-date NWR radio channels and SAME codes for a specific county or region, from the contact details listed below. Follow prompts through a simple voice menu. To obtain NWS radio channels and SAME codes on the internet: 1. Locate www. nws. noaa. gov/nwr/indexnw. htm 2. Click the State for which information is needed. For example, clicking on "Montana" will give a list of information relevant to the State of Montana including the names of counties, SAME codes, NWR transmitter locations, the frequency of the transmitter, the strength of the signal in WATTS, and any remarks as applicable. Example of the first 10 county radio channels and SAME codes for Montana. COUNTY SAME# NWR TRANSMITTER FREQ. MHZ CALL WATTS REMARKS Carter Cascade Chouteau 030011 Baker, MT 030013 Great Falls MT 030015 Miles Hill, MT 162. 550 162. 550 162. 500 WXK57 WXJ43 WWG84 300 300 300 N NOTE Many counties have been subdivided into as many as 9 smaller subsections. The numbers 1-9 in the far left column of the SAME code identifies specific subsections of a county. If a county has not been subdivided, the first digit of the SAME code will be 0. CHANNELS ABOUT RADIO CHANNELS The NWR radio channels work in the same way as a regular radio channel. All of the NWR transmission stations operate on 1 of 7 frequencies. CHANNEL CORRESPONDING RADIO FREQUENCY 1 162. 400 MHz 2 162. 425 MHz 3 162. 450 MHz 4 162. 475 MHz 5 162. 500 MHz 6 162. 525 MHz 7 162. 550 MHz A Auto ­ the unit will tune to the strongest RF signal available Beaverhead 030001 Butte, MT Beaverhead 030001 Dillon, MT Big Hom Blaine Blaine 162. 550 WXL79 100 162. 475 030003 Billings, MT 162. 550 030005 Havre, MT 162. 400 030005 Billingd MT 162. 475 WNG638 150 WXL27 300 WXL53 300 WWG85 100 WXK66 1000 WXL27 300 Broadwater 030007 Helena, MT 162. 400 Carbon 030009 Billings MT 162. 550 8 WR108 MANUAL EN_V5. P65 8 2005. 5. 13, 16:00 The unit labels each frequency as a channel (1-7 or Auto). Once the radio frequency for a region has been selected the unit will receive voice and code information from that station. [. . . ] Do not tamper with the internal components. Do not mix new and old batteries or batteries of different types. Remove the batteries if storing this product for a long period of time. Do not scratch the LCD screen. NOTE The technical specification of this product and contents of this user guide are subject to change without notice. [. . . ]