Radio Shack 12-519 manual

12-519 User’ s Guide Thank you for purchasing your All-Hazar ds Weather Alert Clock Radio with Skywarn from RadioShack . Please r ead this user’ s guide before installing, setting up, and using your new weather radio. All-Hazards W eather Aler t Clock Radio with Skyw ar n[...]

2 Contents Contents Package Contents ........................................................................................................ 3 Features ......................................................................................................................... 3 Setup ...................................................................[...]

3 P ackag e Contents • Radio • AC Adapter • BNC-to-Phono Adapter • User’ s Guide • Quick Start F eatures • Multifunctional design: alarm clock, radio, and weather radio • Receive FM, AM, seven NOAA weather channels, and Skywarn reports. • Digital SAME technology . • Programmed with all U.S. states and counties. • Sixteen alert[...]

4 Setup Setup Understanding Y our Radio DC 12V Connect the AC adapter . ALERT OUT Connect to a compatible external alert device with a 3.5mm phono plug. AUX INPUT Connect to an external audio source. ALERT ON/OFF T urn audible alerts on or off. ALARM1 SET/ON/OFF , ALARM2 SET/ON/OFF T urn the alarm on /off or set alarm. Right P anel Back P anel SNOO[...]

5 Setup Menu and  ,  ,  ,  • Set time and choose radio stations. • Navigate and adjust menu items. Number Buttons Enter FIPS code or Skywarn channel frequency . SELECT Confirm settings. AUX Listen to an external audio source. AUX appears. M1 – M5 Radio station memory locations. Manual/Scan/Program/Enter Refer to “ Using Skyw ar[...]

6 Setup Power your Radio Connect the supplied AC adapter to the DC 12 V jack and plug in to a standard household outlet. Install Backup Batteries 1. Open the battery compartment cover . 2. Slide the RCH/ALK switch to RCH for rechar geable or ALK for alkaline backup batteries. 3. Install six AA alkaline or Ni-MH rechar geable batteries (neither supp[...]

7 Basic Oper ation Use the Antenna 2. If needed, connect the supplied BNC-to-phono adapter to the phono/RCA plug from your antenna. 3. Connect the external antenna (Follow the installation instructions that came with your external antenna.) For better reception, you can install an external antenna to your radio. 1. Pull out the installed telescopic[...]

8 Basic Oper ation Basic Oper ation Set the Clock 1. If necessary , press CLOCK to switch to clock mode. 2. Briefly hold CLOCK until the hour digits flash. 3. Use  ,  ,  ,  to set the hour , minute and AM/PM. 4. After setting clock , press CLOCK or SELECT to confirm and exit. Set the Alar m 1. Slide ALARM 1 or ALARM 2 to SET . 2. Pre[...]

9 Basic Oper ation Set Radio Station Memor y 1. Press AM or FM to toggle between AM1, AM2 , FM1 or FM2 . The selected band indicator appears on the left side of the display . 2. Press  or  to find a station. 3. Briefly hold a memory button ( M1 – M5) until the selected memory indicator (M1 – M 5 ) appears on the right side of the displa[...]

10 Basic Oper ation Set W eather Channel Memor y While the radio is on the desired channel, pr ess and hold M1 to M5 until the selected memory indicator ( M 1 – M 5 ) is displayed. Y ou can store up to five channels. T o listen to a channel from memory , press M1–M5 while in weather radio mode. V iewing W eather Aler ts Y ou can view the last [...]

11 Basic Oper ation Skyw arn About Skyw arn Many areas of the country have amateur radio r epeaters that have been designated as “Skywarn” repeaters. During times of sever e weather , these repeaters ar e used to relay r eports of severe weather dir ectly to meteorologists at a local National Weather Service for ecast office. Using the Skywarn[...]

12 Adv anced Oper ation Adv anced Operation Changing Radio Settings 1. Press MENU then press  or  to scroll through the features menu. A feature and one of its options appears. Feature Feature option 2. Press  or  to view the featur e’ s options. 3. Press SELECT at the featur e you want. An asterisk ( * ) appears next to the selected [...]

13 Adv anced Oper ation Feature Options Signal Reminder When a weather channel is not detected and there is no key pressed, the radio will sound a r eminder message. • O n – turns on the signal reminder . • Off – turns off the signal reminder . When the signal reminder sounds, you can pr ess any button to mute it. n Notes: • If the signal[...]

14 Adv anced Oper ation Feature Options Set Alert Y ou can turn off audio alert for specific alert events. Press  or  to scr oll through the events and pr ess SELECT to turn the alert tone on or off. See “NWS Aler t Descriptions” on page 16 for a list of alert events. n Note: Some events cannot be turned off. Set Language Select either E[...]

15 Adv anced Oper ation T ur ning Audible Aler ts On or Off • T o enable audible alerts, slide ALERT ON/OFF to ON . • T o disable audible alerts, slide ALERT ON/OFF to OFF . n Notes: • Y ou must slide ALERT ON/OFF to OFF while your radio is powered on, or the change will not take effect. This pr events accidentally switching off alerts. • E[...]

16 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o Additional Infor mation NWS Aler t Descriptions Event Code Level Default Administrative message Advisory Off Avalanche W atch W atch On Avalanche W arning W arning On Biological Hazard W arning W arning On* Boil W ater W arning W arning On Blizzard W arning W arning On Child Abduction Emergency Ad[...]

17 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o Event Code Level Default Flood W arning W arning On Fire W arning W arning On Flash Freeze W arning W arning On Freeze W arning W arning On Hurricane Statement Advisory On Hazardous Materials W arning W arning On* Hurricane W atch W atch On Hurricane W arning W arning On* High Wind Watch W atch On[...]

18 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o Event Code Level Default 911 T elephone Outage Emergency Advisory On T ornado W arning W arning On* T ropical Storm W atch W atch On T ropical Storm W arning W arning On* T sunami W atch W atch On* T sunami W arning W arning On* T ransmitter Backup On Advisory Of f T ransmitter Carrier Off Advisor[...]

19 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o Frequently Asked Questions (F AQs) What are FIPS codes and SAME signals? The National Weather Service (NWS) pr ecedes each weather alert with a digitally encoded SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. The SAME signal includes a FIPS (Federal Information Processing Stan[...]

20 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o How do I test my radio? The NWS broadcast test alerts every week on W ednesday between 11 AM and 1 PM. T o find out the specific test schedule in your area, contact your local NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) or the NWS (National Weather Service). These offices ar e listed[...]

21 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o Why can’t I r eceive the test signal from NOAA? By default your weather alert radio does not receive test alerts. For information about turning on test alerts, see “ Set Alerts ” on page 14. When programming alerts, keep in mind that although NOAA is a national organization, test alerts ar e[...]

22 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o Specifications Weather Radio Bands Channel 1 ................................................................................................................................162.400 MHz Channel 2 ......................................................................................................[...]

23 Adv anced Oper ation A d d i t i o n a l I n f o components can cause a malfunction and might invalidate its warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it. FCC Infor mation Thi s eq uip ment ha s be en t est ed a nd foun d to co mply wi th t he l imi ts f or a Cl ass B dig ital de vice , p ursu ant to Part 15 of the FCC Rul es. The se l[...]

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