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. [. . . ] If RADIO is selected, the radio will come on at the set alarm time instead of the alarm. The radio will remain on for an hour or until turned off. The WR196T will save all changes and return to normal display automatically after 10 seconds. SECTION 4: THE NOAA MESSAGING UNIT USING THE EARLY ALERT WARNING SYSTEM The early warning system uses radio signals to alert the user to weather and environmental dangers A built-in radio receiver responds to seven (7) userselected signal channels. The WR196T has four activity status levels: NOAA-On, NOAA-Stand-by, NOAAMute and NOAA-Off. NOAA-On: The radio is on and audio messages will be continuously heard. NOAA-Stand-by: The radio is in standby mode and will activate automatically when an alert message is received. NOAA-Mute: The radio is in standby mode without audio capability. When an alert message is received, the LED (Figure D) will flash. Voice messages will not be heard until the radio is switched to NOAA-On mode. NOAA-Off: The radio is off and will not respond to alert messages. To select an activity level, press [NOAA]. With each press, the status level advances sequentially. 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. The channel selection icon will begin to flash. 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). . . [. . . ] Please visit our website at: www. oregonscientific. com. M T Beaverhead M T Big Horn M T Blaine M T Broadwater M T Carbon M T Carter M T Cascade M T Chouteau M T Chouteau M T Custer W X L 2 7 400 W X L 5 3 300 W X K 6 6 300 W X L 2 7 400 WARRANTY This product is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 90 days from day of purchase. Defective product returns should be directed to the place of retail purchase. This warranty does not cover a product subjected to abuse, misuse or accidental damage. W X L 5 3 300 W X L 5 4 300 In addition, many counties have been further subdivided into as many as 9 smaller sub-sections. The numbers of one (1) to nine (9) in the far left column of a SAME code identifies specific sub-sections of a county. [. . . ]