RadioShack 12-550 - Manual

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Mount Your Weather Radio

To mount it on the wall, you need two screws (not
supplied) with heads that fit into the keyhole slots on
the bottom of the weather radio.

Use a pencil to mark the screw locations 3

11

/

16

in

(94 mm) apart on the wall.

Drill a hole at each marked location. Thread a
screw into each hole, making sure each screw’s
head extends about ¼ in (6.5 mm) from the wall.

Align the keyhole slots on the bottom of the
weather radio with the screw heads, and slide the
radio down to secure it.

Extend the antenna.

Power Your Weather Radio

Use the supplied 6V, 300mA AC adapter for power
or an AC/DC adapter (not included) to connect in
your vehicle. You can also install four AA batteries
(not supplied) in case AC power fails or is temporarily
disconnected.

AC Power Connection

Insert the adapter’s barrel plug into the weather
radio’s

DC 6V

jack.

Plug the other end of the adapter into a standard
AC outlet.

Route the adapter’s cord through the strain relief
on the radio.

Install Batteries

Slide off the battery
compartment cover to
remove it.

Place four AA batteries
in the compartment
as indicated by the
polarity symbols (+
and –) marked inside.

Replace the cover.

The battery icon (

j

) shows battery power. When all

the segments are lit, the batteries have full power. The
number of lit segments decreases as battery power
decreases.

Listen to a Weather Channel

When you turn on the weather radio the first time, all
LCD segments light for a few seconds, and automatic
channel search begins. When an active channel is
found,

+

appears. If no channels are detected,

flashes.

Press

WEATHER/SNOOZE

to listen to the weather

broadcast.

Press

)

or

(

to adjust the broadcast volume to

the desired level.

VOL

and the volume level (

1

–

8

)

appear.

Press

WEATHER/SNOOZE

to turn off the

broadcast.

Press

)

or

(

to adjust the weather alert volume

to the desired level.

VOL

and the volume level (

1

–

8

)

appear.

Function Setup

Function setup allows you to select a broadcast
channel, and set the alarm and clock time. You can also
enable or disable the signal loss reminder so that an
alert sounds when the radio signal is lost.

Set Channel

Hold down

SET

until you hear a beep.

CH 1

-

7

(current channel number) flashes.

Press

SET

to enable channel selection.

NOAA

appears.

Press

)

or

(

to manually change the channel and

turn on broadcast audio. Hold down

)

or

(

to

automatically search for the strongest channel.

Press

SET

to confirm the selected channel number.

The alarm time flashes.

Hold down

SET

to return to the normal display. Or,

press

SET

to proceed and set the alarm time (see

next section).

Set the Alarm Time

Hold down

SET

until you hear a beep.

CH 1

-

7

(current channel number) flashes.

Press

)

once. The current alarm time flashes.

Press

SET

. The alarm hour digits flash.

Press or hold down

)

or

(

to set the alarm hour.

Press

SET

to confirm. The alarm minute digits flash.

Press or hold down

)

or

(

to set the alarm

minutes.

Press

SET

to confirm. The clock time flashes.

Hold down

SET

to return to the normal display or,

press

SET

to set the clock time (proceed to step 4

in the next section).

Set the Clock Time

Hold down

SET

until you hear a beep.

CH 1

-

7

(current channel number) flashes.

Press

)

twice. The current clock time flashes.

Press

SET

. The clock hour digits flash.

Press or hold down

)

or

(

to set the hour.

Press

SET

to confirm. The minute digits flash.

Press or hold down

)

or

(

to set the clock

minutes.

Press

SET

to confirm.

%

and the current signal loss

reminder setting (

On

or

OFF

) appear.

Hold down

SET

to return to the normal display.

Or, press

SET

to enable or disable the signal loss

reminder (proceed to step 4 in the next section).

Enable/Disable the Signal Loss Reminder

Hold down

SET

until you hear a beep.

CH 1

-

7

(current channel number) flashes.

Press

)

three times. The current setting (

On

or

OFF

)

and

%

appear.

Press

SET

.

%

flashes.

Press

)

or

(

to toggle between

On

and

OFF

.

Press

SET

to confirm.

CH

and the current channel

number flash.

Hold down

SET

to return to the normal display, or

press

SET

once to return to channel setting mode.

Enable/Disable the Alarm

Slide

ALARM

to

ON

or

SNOOZE

to enable the

alarm.

*

appears.

The alarm sounds at the preset alarm time,
becoming progressively louder the longer it is on.

To snooze, press

WEATHER/SNOOZE

. The alarm

stops for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, the alarm
sounds again until you slide ALARM to OFF to turn
it off.

Z

W

NOTES

•

PM

appears to indicate PM hours in alarm and

clock setting modes and disappears to indicate AM
hours.

•

The signal loss reminder beep does not sound
while listening to a NWS broadcast.

•

The backlight is always on when operating with
AC power. When operating on battery power, the
backlight turns on only when you press a button.

•

The signal strength indicator (

+

) shows the power

of the received signal. If the signal is lost and the
signal loss reminder is enabled, the radio emits a
short beep at 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1.5 minutes,
and so on up to 5 minute intervals. It then sounds
every five minutes until you press any key, or until a
signal is received. If you press a key to silence the
reminder, the reminder beeps will be terminated.
If a strong enough signal is detected for more than
10 minutes and lost again, the reminder beep will
start again at 30 seconds.

DC 6V

Connect the
supplied AC adapter
or a car adapter.

ALERT ON/OFF SWITCH

The weather radio responds to National Weather
Service (NOAA) alert broadcasts in two ways:

ON

When

ALERT

is set to

ON

and an alert

broadcast is received, an alert sounds for five
minutes. To stop the alert and listen to the
broadcast, press

WEATHER/ SNOOZE

. Press

WEATHER/SNOOZE

again to turn off the

weather broadcast.

OFF

When

ALERT

is set to

OFF

and an alert

broadcast is received, an alert sounds for 10
seconds. The radio automatically switches to
the weather broadcast for five minutes. Press

WEATHER/SNOOZE

to switch from the alert

tone to the broadcast before the radio switches
automatically, or to stop the broadcast before 5
minutes.

ALARM
ON/OFF/SNOOZE

AC Adapter

ZW

NOTE

: To avoid injury, do not connect the

provided power adapter to a ceiling outlet.