NOAA wr8000 Manual

PORTABLE NOAA
ALL HAZARD ALERT
WEATHER MONITOR
Model WR-8000
Thank you for your purchase of the portable NOAA All
Hazard Alert Weather Monitor from Oregon Scientific.
Your Oregon Scientific model WR-8000 has a special alarm
tone feature that can sound an alert and give you immediate
information about a life-threatening situation. During an
emergency situation, National Weather Service forecasters
will stop routine weather radio programs and send out a
special tone that activates weather radios in the listening
area. When your Weather Monitor receives this special All
Hazards Alert tone it emits a visual and audible warning
signal. WR-8000 operates on all seven NOAA weather
broadcast bands and retrieves 24-hour messages from
local weather broadcast channel, receiving signals at
frequencies from 162.400
Your Weather Monitor is equipped with LCD alarm
digital thermometer and automatic Freeze Warning Alert.
This water-resistant model also has an analog swing-arm
compass and a belt clip.
INITIAL SET- UP BATTERIES
Your Weather Monitor operates on three AA alkaline batteries (not
included To install the batteries slide the battery cover to the arrow
direction and remove it. Install the batteries
diagram and replace the battery cover.
NOTE: When removing old and installing fresh batteries always
slide the POWER OFF/ON switch to the OFF position.
This model is equipped with a low battery detection circuit, which
indicates when it' s time to replace the batteries. When the " battery'
icon appears on the display lower right side of the LCD, immediately
replace the batteries. The clock will work perfectly, but there may
not be enough power to allow your Weather Radio to functipn
properly.
The WR8000 Weather Monitor has following controls and features:
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1 - LED Indicator
2 -- Back Light Activation Control Button
3 - Temperature Activation Control Button
Freeze Warning Alert
4 - indicator
5 - MODE Selector Control Button
6 - Radio Frequency SEEK Control Button
7 - VOLU_ME Control Button
6 - MlNl 4 - Minutes Adjustment
Control Button
9 - MUTE/STANDBY/SPEAKER
Control Switch
11 - HW t - Hours Adjustment Control Button
12 - TIME/DATE Control Button
IMPORTANT: When you started to set any modes, their icons (like,
Time, Date, etc.) will f/ash, and you have only 5 seconds to continue
this process before the unit will return to its normal operation. Tc
return to the setting mode, simply press and hold the MODE (5,
control again and continue your settings.
Press and hold the MODE (5) control until the word " Time" will flask
on the display.
Press HOUR/UP (11) control to set the hour and
set the minutes.
IMPORTANT:. PM indicator displays if the clock is set for the
afternoon time. There is no indicator on the display if the clock is se
for the morning.
To select other functions, press the MODE (5) control again.
Press and hold the MODE (5) control until the word
your
on the display.
Press HOUR/UP
clock,
NOTE: To change the display from TIME to the DATE mode, press
TIME/DATE (12) control several times until desired mode will be
selected.
Press and hold the MODE (5) control until the word " Alarm" will flash
on the display.
Press HOUWUP (11) control to set the alarm hour and MIN/Down
(8) control to set the alarm minutes.
Press the MODE (5) contrpl until both
on the display.
Press HOUR/UP (11) control to enable the alarm function. The
" ON" indicator will be steady in this case.
Daily Alarm Disabling
When the daily alarm is ON or after
control is pressed, press the MIN/Down (8) control button once tc
disable the daily alarm.
NOTE: Daily alarm can be disabled every day, but it activates agair
every 24 hours at the pre-set time.
Press and hold the MODE (5) control until the word " ALARM" wil
flash on the display.
Press and hold the MODE (5) again until both " ALARM" and " ON"
will flash on the display
Press the MIN/down (8) control to disable the alarm function
sound.
To activate the snooze when alarm signal is on, press the
Light Activation (2)
alarm signal will sound again.
To cease the alarm, press
again.
NOTE: If Back Light Activation (2) control or MllVdown (8) contra,
were not pressed, the alarm signal will be disabled automatical/J
after 9 minutes.
Clock Setting
control to set the desired month ant
(11)
Setting the Alarm
and " ON" will flash
"Alarm "
Llght Activation (2)
Complete Alarm Disabling
Snooze Feature Activation
control and after 9 minutes of snooze, the
the Back Light Activation (2)
DOWN (8) tc
will flash
"Date"
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