Oregon Scientific WR601N - Manual

N E 5 CARRYING HOLDER 1. CARRYING HOLDER Mount on a wall or attach to a belt for easy portability. CRADLE House your weather radio in this cradle for convenientplacement. LCD 1. Voice radio in NOAA on [ NOAA ] position (NOAA standby [ ], NOAA mute [ ], and NOAA off). 2. Radio frequency channel. 3. C...

N E 6 INSTALLING THE BATTERIES The WR601N uses 3 UM-3 or “AA” size 1.5V alkalinebatteries. shows when batteries are low. NOTE The non-volatile flash memory enables the unit to store your settings in the event of temporary power loss. NOTE D o n o t u s e r e c h a r g e a b l e b a t t e r i e s . I...

N E 7 To alternate between various time / date displays: Press MODE to advance the second line through the time, date and alarm displays. NOTE Each press will advance the display sequentially. To alternate between various radio-status displays: Press NOAA button to scroll through the NOAA mode optio...

NE 9 Example of the first 10 county radio channels and SAME codes for Montana: NOTE Many counties have been subdivided into as many as 9 smaller subsections. The numbers 1 to 9 in the far left column of the SAME code identifies specific subsections of a county. If a county has not been subdivided, t...

N E 10 As mentioned in the section “Finding local NWR channelsand County codes”, a toll-free phone number or Internetwebsite are available to locate county code information. DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC AREA MESSAGEENCODING CODES. A SAME code is broken into 6 fields of numbers. 003 04 3 Code for northeas...

N E 12 6. When finished, press COUNTY to advance to the next c ounty- c o d e f ield, or wa i t 9 s e c on ds to automatically return to Clock Display Mode. RADIO VOLUME Before you can set the volume, the radio needs to be in NOAA on mode. To set the radio volume: In Clock Display Mode, with the radi...

N E 13 place the emergency radio in a location where it can receive an emergency alert signal, you can hear its siren, and see its flashing indicator lights. RECEPTION PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS MANY THINGS AFFECT RECEPTION! RECOMMENDATION CLOCK AND CALENDAR The Clock Display Mode is the unit’s default d...

N E 15 NOTE When an alarm is activated, the alarm time will be displayed in the alarm display. In the Clock Display Mode, the respective alarm-on icon will appear indicating that alarm 1, 2 (or both) is set. ENABLING AN ALARM When disabled, the respective alarm icon will not be displayed. The displa...

N E 17 NATURE OF ACTIVATION MESSAGE National Silent Test ADVISORY Nuclear Power Plant Warning WARNING Power Outage Advisory ADVISORY Radiological Hazard Warning WARNING Required Monthly Test ADVISORY Required Weekly Test ADVISORY Special Marine Warning WARNING Special Weather Statement ADVISORY Shel...

EN 18 If the Test is cancelled due to the threat of severe weather, the Test broadcast schedule will resume with the next available good-weather day. CARE AND MAINTENANCE When handled properly, this unit is engineered to give years of satisfactory service. To properly maintain this product: 1. The u...

N E 19 SPECIFICATIONS RADIO FUNCTIONS Channels: Digital PLL tuning for 7 NOAA channels SAME code 6 independent setting setting options: or ALL counties Volume: 7 adjustment levels TIME FUNCTIONS Clock: 12 or 24 hour format Calendar: Calendar day-of-the-week display in English, French or Spanish User...