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Radio Shack NWR-SAME Weatheradio Owner's Manual

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SM
OWNER'S MANUAL —
Please read before using this equipment.
Thank you for buying the
RadioShack Portable
Handheld NWR-Same
Weatheradio
. It uses
Specific Area Message
Encoding (SAME) circuitry to
provide more complete
information about weather
conditions in your immediate
area, letting you avoid hearing
alerts for geographical areas
that do not interest you. There
are 10 location codes that can
be programmed for multiple
location warnings. The
warnings are indicated by
,
, and
WARNING
STATEMENT
.
WATCH
DC 6V Jack
!
IMPORTANT
If an icon appears at the end of a paragraph, go to the box on that page with the
corresponding icon for pertinent information.
©
2003 RadioShack Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
RadioShack and RadioShack.com are trademarks
used by RadioShack Corporation.
Portable Handheld
NWR-SAME
Weatheradio
12-259
TR/HM — Select
data receive
modes: travel or
home.
º
On/Off
—
!
Ô
— Note

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Portable Handheld NWR-SAME www.radioshack.com Weatheradio  OWNER’S MANUAL — 12-259 Please read before using this equipment. Thank you for buying the TR/HM — Select RadioShack Portable data receive Handheld NWR-Same modes: travel or ...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HOW YOUR CONTENTS WEATHERADIO  How Your Weatheradio WORKS Works ....... 2 Preparation ....... 3 Installing Batteries ..3 Traditional weather radios simply Using AC Power ... 4 receive the National Oceanic and Power Up Reset ...

  • Page 3: Preparation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com  Ô BATTERY NOTES Ô your Weatheradio sounds an alert only when a weather emergency is • Dispose of old batteries promptly and properly. declared in that area. This helps you • Do not burn or bury more efficiently track the weather batteries.

  • Page 4: Using Ac Power

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AC P SING OWER  Your Weatheradio can also use 6V, 300mA AC/DC adapter with plug size H (not supplied) for normal operation. With AC connected, normal operation is allowed even if there are batteries in unit.

  • Page 5: Turning Power On And Off

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Release and press MENU DEFAULT ON appears briefly, and USER SETUP then appears. 4. Remove batteries and/or disconnect AC power. Reinsert to begin use. URNING OWER N AND Ô Ô Press and hold down for two NOTE ...

  • Page 6: Attaching The Belt Clip

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TTACHING THE Insert the clip into the hole at the back of the weatheradio until it clicks. To remove the belt clip, press the button on the tip of the clip and pull it out. TTACHING THE RIST TRAP...
  • Page 7 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1. Press MENU. The following functions can be set: SET ALARM SET CLOCK TEMPERATURE SELECT CH ALERT MODE ALT REMINDER SIG REMINDER AREA SELECT TONE DEFEAT 2. Press e or d to scroll through functions.

  • Page 8: Setting The Alarm

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. Press g. flashes. Repeatedly press e or d to make your selection. 6. Press g to confirm. One long beep sounds. Press to exit. MENU At the set alarm time, the  Weatheradio generates an alarm.

  • Page 9: Selecting Temperature

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ELECTING EMPERATURE ISPLAY . Then press e or d 1. Press MENU Ô Ô TEMPERATURE until appears. NOTE Selecting 2. Press g. The current temperature Temperature reading flashes. Display Mode 3. Press e or d to select the desired The current temperature °...

  • Page 10: Selecting Alert Mode

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AUTO channel appear. appears and  the Weatheradio beeps. To manually search for channels, press g when MANUAL appears. CHANNEL and the number of the currently selected channels  appear. The Weatheradio tunes to a channel and turns on the broadcast.

  • Page 11: Enabling/Disabling Missed

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com  Weatheradio automatically selects TONE the first time you turn it on.  VOICE — The Weatheradio sounds an alert for about eight seconds, and then automatically turns on the weather (voice) broadcast for five minutes. It also displays the alert description (such as TORNADO WARNING) until the alert’s effective time, received as part of...
  • Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com . Then press e or d 1. Press MENU ALT REMINDER until appears. ¹ Í 2. Press g. appears. 3. Repeatedly press e or d to select ¹ Í (off) or (on). When the desired mode appears, press g to select.

  • Page 13: Enabling/Disabling Signal Loss Reminder

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Shelter In-Place Evacuate Immediately Warning Fire Warning Special Marine Warning 911 Telephone Outage Flash Flood Warning Emergency Flood Warning Tornado Warning Hazardous Material Hurricane Warning Warning Immediate Evacuation High Wind Warning Warning Civil Emergency Unknown Warning Ô...

  • Page 14: Understanding The Fips

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com FIPS NDERSTANDING THE For the purpose of broadcasting weather information, the NWS has divided the United States into regions by state and county. A 6-digit FIPS code is used to identify each county, parish, or part of a county.

  • Page 15: Response Location Selection

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com With the correct state displayed, press g to view the corresponding county list. Press e or d to scroll through the county list and press g to confirm. If your county cannot be found from the list, please refer to “Obtaining Your Area’s FIPS Code(s)”.
  • Page 16 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com selects ALL LOCATION the first time you turn it on. SINGLE LOC — The  Weatheradio receives a SAME alert signal for one FIPS code programmed in memory location 1. MULTIPLE LOC — The ...
  • Page 17 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com already programmed into that memory location appear. SINGLE LOC 4. If you select , go to step 5. Otherwise, repeatedly press e or d to select the memory location where you want to store a FIPS Ô...

  • Page 18: Enabling/Disabling Alert Tones

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 9. When you finish programming the  Weatheradio , press or wait MENU about 45 seconds without pressing any key. NABLING ISABLING LERT ONES  The Weatheradio automatically sounds an alert tone during specific types of weather alerts.
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AVALANCHE FLOOD WARNING WARNING BLIZZARD WARNING HIGH WIND WARNING CHILD ABDUCTION SPECIAL MARINE EMERGENCY WARNING COASTAL FLOOD VOLCANO WARNING WARNING DUST STORM WINTER STORM WARNING WARNING FLASH FLOOD WARNING WATCH If you selected , repeatedly press e or d to select one of the following specific alerts.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com STATEMENT If you selected , repeatedly press e or d to select one of the following specific alerts: FLASH FLOOD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT STATEMENT SPECIAL WEATHER FLOOD STATEMENT STATEMENT HURRICANE UNKNOWN STATEMENT STATEMENT TUNE TV TEST If you selected , repeatedly press...

  • Page 21: Receiving Weather Alerts

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RECEIVING Ô Ô WEATHER ALERTS NOTE SIGNAL LOSS When  appears, press and hold The Weatheradio generates an alert down MENU. The clock when the FIPS code matches the pre- time appears. Release programmed location code.

  • Page 22: Locking Key

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OCKING 1. Press once to enter menu MENU Ô Ô NOTE mode. When the keypad is 2. Press f within two seconds. A long locked, the weatheradio beep sounds and ì appears. do not response to any key operation.

  • Page 23: Troubleshooting

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com detected for 10 seconds, the radio switches back to the channel last selected, whether it was in Home mode or in Travel mode. In Travel Mode, the  Weatheradio is configured with the following defaults: Channel Selection —...
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Make sure the weatheradio is not set One or more FIPS codes are stored, to ALL LOCATION but the weatheradio responds to weather alert broadcasts for areas Make sure the weatheradio is not set not covered by those codes.

  • Page 25: Fcc Declaration Of Conformity

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation Portable Handheld NWR-...
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 27: Care

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CARE Keep the weatheradio dry; if it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Use and store the weatheradio only in normal temperature environments. Handle the weatheradio carefully; do not drop it. Keep the weatheradio away from dust and dirt, and wipe it with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new.
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Limited Ninety-Day Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and work- manship under normal use for ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RadioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ANY IM- PLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THE...

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