Radio Shack 12-261 Weather Radio User Manual


 
Operation
24
when
ALARM ON/OFF/SNOOZE
switch is on SNOOZE. Press
WEATHER/SNOOZE to stop the
alarm when the switch is on
ON. Or
slide
ALARM ON/OFF/SNOOZE to
OFF to disable the alarm.
LISTENING TO A WEATHER
B
ROADCAST
1. To listen to a weather broadcast,
press
WEATHER. NOAA appears.
2. Repeatedly press
e
or d to adjust
volume level (
1-16). VOL-# appears.
3. To turn off the weather broadcast,
press
WEATHER. NOAA disappears.
USING THE ALERT
Slide ALERT to ON so an alert sounds
when the NWS broadcasts a warning,
watch, or statement.
i
appears. Ô
To deactivate the alert, slide
ALERT to
OFF. Two beeps sound and
Í
appears.
SETTING ALERT TONE LEVEL
When no NOAA appears, repeatedly
press
e
or d to adjust alert tone level.
The alert tone sounds and
VOL-# (1-16)
appears. Press
MENU when finished.
Ô NOTE Ô
If you programmed
more than one FIPS
code into memory, be
sure the response
location is set to
MULTIPLE or ALL LOC.
Otherwise, broadcasts
are only received for the
FIPS code you stored in
the first memory position
(SINGLE).
If severe weather is
imminent, do not wait for
an alert tone. Turn on
the weather broadcast
and monitor the weather
information.
If you slide ALERT ON/
OFF to OFF before
power up, the radio still
operates as in ALERT
ON mode, until user
slides the ALERT switch
to ON and then OFF
again.