Radio Shack 12-259 manual

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How Your Weatheradio‚ Works 2 HOW Y OUR WEATH ERADI O  WORK S Tradi tional w eather radios si mply receive the N ation al Ocea nic an d Atmospheric Ad ministrat ion (NOAA) weathe r broadcas t (usu ally withi n a 50- mile ra dius), then sound an al arm if any emergen cy code was trans mitted al ong with the b roadca st. Thi s means that people [...]

3 Preparation your Wea theradi o  sound s an a lert only w hen a weather emerge ncy i s declare d in th at area. This hel ps yo u more eff icien tly track the weat her conditi ons in an d arou nd you r area. PREPARATI ON I NSTALLIN G B ATTERIES 1. Pull dow n the la tch on the bat tery compart ment cover and th en remo ve the cove r . 2. Inst all[...]

4 Preparation U SING AC P OWER Your Weath eradio  can also use 6V, 300mA AC/DC adap ter with p lug size H (not sup plied) for n ormal ope ration. With AC conne cte d, normal operati on is allo wed eve n if th ere are batteries i n unit . 1. Open the rubber DC 6V jack cover. 2. Insert th e AC/DC a dapter’s barrel plug in to DC 6V j ack. T hen p[...]

5 Preparation 3. R eleas e WX and press MEN U . DEFAULT ON appea rs brie fly , and then USER SETUP appe ars. 4. Remov e batt erie s and /or disconnec t AC pow er . Reinsert t o begin u se. T URNING P OW ER O N AND O FF Press an d hold do wn G for two second s to tu rn the W eathera dio  on and off. Ô A DJUSTI NG V OICE A ND T ONE V OLUME 1. Pre[...]

6 Programming the Weatheradio‚ A TTAC HING TH E B ELT C LIP Insert th e clip into t he hole at the back of th e weat hera dio un til i t cli cks. To remove the bel t clip , press th e butto n on the ti p of th e clip an d pull it out. A TTAC HING TH E W RIST S TRAP ( NOT SUPPLIED ) Slide the wrist s trap’s small l oop un der the bar a t the ba [...]

7 Programming the Weatheradio‚ 1. Press MENU . Th e f oll owin g functio ns ca n be s et: 2. Press e or d to sc roll throu gh functio ns. Pres s g to sel ec t a functio n to modi fy . Press f to go back to the pre vious m ode or to exit. S ETTING THE A LARM 1. Press ME NU . Th en press e and d unti l SET ALARM appears. 2. Press g . É and ala rm [...]

8 Programming the Weatheradio‚ 5. Press g . AM or PM flashes. Repea tedl y press e or d to make your selectio n. 6. Press g to conf irm. One long b eep sounds . Press ME NU to exi t. At the se t alarm time, the Weathera dio  genera tes an ala r m. Press an y button t o stop the alarm . Ô S ETTING THE C LOCK 1. Press ME NU . Th en press e or d[...]

9 Programming the Weatheradio‚ S ELECTING T EMPE RATURE D ISPLAY M ODE 1. Press ME NU . Th en press e or d unti l TEMPER ATURE appears. 2. Press g . Th e current te mperat ure reading fla she s. 3. Press e or d to se lect t he desire d tempera ture displ ay mode ( ° F or ° C). 4. Press g to confirm th e setting . Press MEN U to ex it. Ô S ELEC[...]

10 Programming the Weatheradio‚ channe l a ppear . AUTO appears and the W eathe radio  beeps. T o manually search fo r chan nels, press g when MA NUAL appe ars. CHANNEL and the numb er of th e currently select ed cha nnels appear . The Weatherad io  tun es to a cha nnel a nd turn s on the broad cast. T o select a nother channe l, repea tedl[...]

11 Programming the Weatheradio‚ Weathera dio  autom atica lly s elec ts TONE the f irst time you tu rn it on. VOICE — The Weathe radio  sound s an alert for abou t eight s econd s, and then au tomatica lly turns on the weather (voice) broadc ast for fiv e minute s. It also di spl ays the alert de scr iptio n (suc h as TORNADO WARNING) unt[...]

12 Programming the Weatheradio‚ 1. Press ME NU . Th en press e or d unti l ALT REMI NDER appears . 2. Press g . Í or ¹ appe ars. 3. Repea tedl y press e or d to selec t Í (off) o r ¹ (on). When th e desired mode appears , pres s g to select . Press f to return without change s. 4. Press ME NU to exit. The foll owing w eathe r alert mes sages [...]

13 Programming the Weatheradio‚ E NABLIN G /D ISABLIN G S IGNAL L OSS R EMINDER 1. Press ME NU . Th en press e or d unti l SIG REM INDER appears. 2. Press g . Í or ¹ appear s. 3. Repea tedl y pres s e or d to selec t Í (off) o r ¹ (on) . When the desired option appea rs, pres s g . Or press f to return without change s. Ô 4. Press ME NU to e[...]

14 Programming the Weatheradio‚ U NDERSTAN DING THE FIPS C ODE For the pu rpose of broadca sting weat her i nform a tio n, the N WS ha s divide d the Uni ted Stat es int o regions by stat e and cou nty. A 6-dig it FIPS code is used to identi fy eac h county , parish, or part of a county. F or exampl e, the co de for Ta rrant Cou nty, Texas, is 04[...]

15 Programming the Weatheradio‚ With the correc t state display ed, pre ss g to view the correspondin g county li st. Press e or d to scrol l through the county list and press g to con firm. If your count y cannot be foun d from the list, pl ease refe r to “Ob tainin g Your Area’s FI PS Code(s)”. Obtaining Your Area’s FIPS Code(s) To obta[...]

16 Programming the Weatheradio‚ select s ALL LOCA TION the first time yo u turn i t on. SINGLE LO C — The W eather adio  r eceives a SAM E alert si gnal fo r one F IPS code progra mmed in memo ry locati on 1. MUL TIPLE LOC — The W eather adio  r eceives a SAM E alert si gnal for up to 10 FIPS codes progra mmed in multi ple lo cation s i[...]

17 Programming the Weatheradio‚ alre ady pr ogra mmed in to th at memory locatio n appea r . 4. If yo u select SINGLE LOC , go to step 5. Othe rwise, re peated ly press e or d to s elect the me mory l ocat ion wher e you wa nt to store a FIP S code. 5. T o add a FIPS co de or c hange the displa yed FI PS code, pre ss g . The FIPS code ’s first [...]

18 Programming the Weatheradio‚ 9. When yo u finis h prog ramming the W eather adio  , press MEN U or wait about 4 5 second s without pressing any ke y . E NABLIN G /D IS ABLIN G A LERT T ONES The Weat heradio  automat ically sounds an al ert tone dur ing specific types o f weathe r alerts. You can t urn the alert ton e on or off for each o[...]

19 Programming the Weatheradio‚ If you selected WATC H , repeated ly press e or d to select one of the fol lowing specif ic ale rts. A V ALANCHE WAR N I NG FLOOD WARNING BLIZZARD WARNING HIGH WIND WARNING CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY SPECIAL MARINE WAR N I NG COAST AL FLOOD WAR N I NG VOLCANO WARNING DUST STORM WAR N I NG WINTER STORM WAR N I NG FLA[...]

Programming the Weatheradio‚ 20 If yo u select ed ST ATEMENT , repeatedly press e or d to se lect o ne of t he follow ing spec ific alerts: If yo u select ed TEST , r epeatedly press e or d to select one of the fol lowing specif ic ale rts: 6. Press g . TONE ON or TON E OFF appears . 7. Repea tedl y press e or d to selec t TONE ON or TON E OFF fo[...]

Receiving Weather Alerts 21 RECEIVING WEATHER ALERT S The Weat heradio  gen er at es an al ert when t he FIPS code matc hes the p re- progra mmed lo cation code. Th e corresp onding alert t ype icon appea rs at the to p of the disp lay. Ô In Voice mode, a s iren sou nds for about ei ght se conds , foll owed by a voice weath er broa dca st for f[...]

Receiving Weather Alerts 22 L OCKING K EY 1. Press ME NU on ce to ente r menu mode. 2. Press f within two second s. A long beep sounds and ì appea rs. 3. The key pad of the W eatheradio  is now lo cked. Ô 4. Repea t steps 1 an d 2 to unloc k the keypad. S ELECTING T RAVE L /H OME M ODE There are two data receivin g mod es: Trave l and Ho me. P[...]

23 Troubleshooting detecte d for 10 seconds , the ra dio switche s back to the c hannel la st select ed, wheth er it was in Home mode or in Travel mo de. In Travel Mo de, the Weathera dio  is con figured with the followin g defau lts: Chann el Sele ction — Auto Aler t Mode — Tone Missed Al ert Remi nder — Off Respo nse Loca tion — All Lo[...]

24 Troubleshooting One or m ore FI PS codes ar e stored, but the w eathera dio respon ds to weathe r alert bro adcasts for areas not cov ered by th ose codes. Make sure the weat heradio i s not set to A LL LOC A TION Make sure the weat heradio i s not set to TRA V EL mode . The we atheradio ’s continuo us alert tone soun ds intermi ttently or see[...]

25 FCC Declaration of Conformity FCC DECL ARATION OF CON FORMI TY This device complies with Part 1 5 of the FCC Rules . Operation is subject to the following two cond iti ons : (1) t his dev i ce ma y not cau s e har mfu l interfe rence, and (2) this d evice mu st accept an y int erf ere nc e re ceiv ed, inc ludi ng in ter fer ence that may caus e [...]

26 The FCC Wants You to Know Rules . These limits are designed t o provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential instal lation. T his equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not instal led and used in accordance with the instructions, may cau se harmful interference to radio communicati[...]

Care 27 CARE Keep the weatheradio dry; if i t gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Use and store the weatheradio only in normal temperature environments. Handle the weatheradio carefully; d o not drop it. Keep the weatheradio away from dust and dirt, and wipe it with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new. SPECIF ICATIONS Power Supply .....[...]

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