Midland Wr-300 Noaa Weather Monitor Owners Manual
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20 Channel Frequency (MHz) 1 162.400 2 162.425 3 162.450 4 162.475 5 162.500 6 162.525 7 162.550 When you have selected the correct frequency channel, press and release the SELECT button to continue programming. Press and release the MENU button to end programming. NOTE: If no program keys are pressed for about one minute the WR-300 will exit the menu mode. Changing the Alert Pattern The alert tone is a high low alternating sound. The speed of the tones depends on if the WR-300 received a watch or warning. The alert pattern has two options available through the program button, VOICE and SIREN. If VOICE is chosen, the alert will sound for about 8 seconds then the voice weather broadcast will be heard for about 5 minutes when an alert message is received. If you desire to listen to the broadcast longer, press the “WEATHER/HAZARD” bar on the front the WR-300. If SIREN is chosen, alert tones will sound for five minutes or until the ALERT ON/OFF button is pressed. To change the
21 pattern, press and release “MENU” button. Press the UP or DOWN arrow button until “ALERT MODE ” is displayed in the left side of the display. Press and release the “SELECT” button then “UP or DOWN arrows” to display the choice of alert pattern. Press and release the “SELECT” button to keep that pattern and continue with programming. Press and release the “MENU” button to return the radio to alert mode. NOTE: Remember if there are no buttons pressed for one minute the WR-300 will exit menu mode. Voice and siren alerts can be turned off for all events leaving only the text message and LED light to indicate the event. Press and hold the ALERT ON/OFF button for 5 seconds to see the display “ALERT ON(0FF). While continuing to hold the ALERT ON/OFF button, press the up or down arrow key to change the setting. Release the buttons then press the ENTER key to confirm. FIPS Code programming : NOTE: The WR-300 has enough memory to store 30 “FIPS” codes. To store or change the codes, press and release “MENU” button. Press the UP or DOWN arrow button until “COUNTY CODE ” is displayed in the left side of the display. Press and release the “SELECT” button then “UP or DOWN arrows to choose from three options in how your radio responds to the county (FIPS) codes is receives. Choose “SINGLE” if you want to hear only alerts sent to one county or FIPS code. Choose “MULTIPLE” if you want to hear alerts from all FIPS codes you have programmed. Select “ALL” to listen to all alerts your station sends without regard to FIPS codes. If you chose
22 “SINGLE” or “MULTIPLE”, press SELECT to proceed to programming codes. The next display will display “CODExx” above six numbers or dashes for numbers. If “SINGLE” was chosen, only the CODE01 setting will be used. These numbers will determine the areas or counties that your WR-300 will be set to respond to SAME messages. See “Acquiring FIPS Codes for Your Area” for how and where to find the codes for your area. To change the first code displayed, press and release the SELECT button to change the code displayed or the UP arrow key to select another code position. If you pressed SELECT the display will now flash the first digit of the six digit code. Press and release the UP or DOWN buttons to set the FIPS code digit you want. Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow buttons to change digits. When the display shows the correct number press and release the SELECT button. This accepts the code you entered. The code number now will flash. If you wish to program another county code, press the UP button to go to the next code location. When you have entered all the desired codes, press and release the “MENU” button to store your settings. Reviewing stored “FIPS” codes Enter the program mode as described earlier. press and release “MENU” button. Press the UP or DOWN arrow button until “COUNTY CODE ” is displayed in the left side of the display. When the “FIPS” codes are displayed, press and release the “UP or DOWN arrow” keys repeatedly to review all memory locations you desire. All empty memory locations will be “------”. When finished reviewing the “FIPS” codes press and release the MENU button. ALL County Codes option To cause the WR-300 to receive all SAME messages without regard to area, choose ALL when COUNTY CODE is selected in the programming menu. If you have not selected a weather
23 channel frequency for your local area, follow the instructions in “Adjusting Weather Frequency”. To listen to the weather broadcast, press and release the “WEATHER” bar on the front of the WR-300. Adjust the volume for your best listening level. Press and release the “WEATHER” bar again to mute the voice broadcast. USING THE ALERT FUNCTION: Setting the Alert Volume To store or change the siren volume, press and release “MENU” button. Press the UP or DOWN arrow button until “SIREN LEVEL HI or LO ” is displayed in the left side of the display. Press and release the “SELECT” button then “UP or DOWN arrows to choose HI or LO volume. You will hear beeps at the volume you select. Connecting the External Alert Output to an External Device You may need to turn on or off another device when an alert is received. The WR-300 provides both a switch closure to signal other devices at the EXT. ALERT jack when the radio receives an alert. The output is compatible with home automation devices from suppliers like X-10 and others. Connect the positive lead of the interface to the tip of the 1/8 inch (3.5mm) phone plug and the negative lead to the body of the plug. A DC powered device using 12 Volts or less and requiring less than 200mA of current can be switched directly using the EXT.
24 ALERT jack. Observe the polarity of the jack so that the negative side of the external power source is connected to the body of the 1/8 inch (3.5mm) phone plug and the device is connected to the positive source and to the tip of the phone plug. The internal switch is closed when an alert is received. Pressing the ALERT ON/OFF button on the front of the radio will open the switch. Testing Siren and External Alert devices If you need to test the sound of the siren alert or the function of an external alerting device press MENU then the UP/down arrows until you see SIREN TEST on the display. Press SELECT to sound the siren and close the switch controlling the external alert device. The siren will sound and the external device will be active until SELECT key is pressed again. NWR Alert Descriptions This table contains the NWR descriptions of all the types of alerts that your WR-300 will display. The display text and type of alert sound are shown for each type of alert What You See Alert Description Alert Sound *(see Defeat Siren) TORNADO WATCH Tornado watch Fast siren * TORNADO WARNING Tornado warning Very fast siren SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH Severe thunderstorm Watch Fast siren * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Severe thunderstorm warning Very fast siren * FLASH FLOOD WATCH Flash flood watch Fast siren *
25 FLASH FLOOD WARNING Flash flood warning Very fast siren * FLOOD WATCH Flood watch Fast siren * FLOOD WARNING Flood warning Very fast siren * WINTER STORM WATCH Winter storm watch Fast siren * WINTER STORM WARNING Winter storm warning Very fast siren * BLIZZARD WARNING Blizzard warning Very fast siren * FREEZE WARNING Freeze warning Very fast siren * HIGHWIND WARNING High wind warning Very fast siren * HIGH WIND WATCH High wind watch Fast siren * DUST STORM WARNING Dust storm warning Very fast siren * HURRICANE WATCH Hurricane watch Fast siren * HURRICANE WARNING Hurricane warning Very fast siren TROPICAL STORM WARNING Tropical storm warning Very fast siren TROPICAL STORM WATCH Tropical storm watch fast siren * COASTAL FLOOD WATCH Coastal flood watch Fast siren * COASTAL FLOOD WARNING Coastal flood warning Very fast siren * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING Special marine warning Very fast siren * AVALANCH WATCH Avalanche watch Fast siren * AVALANCH WARNING Avalanche warning Very fast siren * VOLCANO WARNING Volcano warning Very fast siren EARTHQUAKE WARNING Earthquake warning Very fast siren
26 TSUNAMI WATCH Tsunami watch Fast siren TSUNAMI WARNING Tsunami warning Very fast siren IMMEDIATE EVACUATION Immediate evacuation warning Very fast siren SHELTER IN PLACE WARNING Shelter in place warning Very fast siren CIVIL DANGER WARNING Civil danger warning Very fast siren CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE Civil emergency message Very fast siren RADIATION HAZARD WARNING Radiation hazard warning Very fast siren HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING Hazardous materials warning Very fast siren NUCLEAR POWERPLANT WARNING Nuclear power plant warning Very fast siren LAW ENFORCEMENT WARNING Law enforcement warning Very fast siren FIRE WARNING Fire warning Very fast siren * CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY Amber Alert-Child abduction emergency Low siren * 911 TELEPHONE OUTAGE EMERGENCY 911 Telephone service outage emergency Low siren * TUNE TV WATCH Other Watch message not defined Fast siren * TUNE TV WARNING Other warning message not defined Very fast siren ADMINITRATIVE MESSAGE Administrative message Low siren * LOCAL AREA EMERGNCY Local area emergency Low siren
27 EMERGENCY ACTION NOTIFICATION Emergency action notification Very fast siren EMERGENCY ACTION TERMINATION Emergency action termination Low siren SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT Severe weather statement Low siren * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Special weather statement Low siren * FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT Flash flood statement Low siren * FLOOD STATEMENT Flood statement Low siren * HURRICANE STATEMENT Hurricane statement Low siren * The SAME message the NWR sends contains information, which tells the radio the time period for which the alert is valid. The time can be set from 15 minutes up to 6 hours. When the designated time has passed the display message and light will be reset to their normal state. Environment Canada is developing a warning system using SAME technology. Some added events not currently used by NWS are used in the Canadian system. These are also decoded according to this table. What You See Alert Description Alert Sound *(see Defeat Siren) BIOLOGICAL HAZARD WARNING Biological Hazard Warning Very fast tone BOIL WATER WARNING Boil Water warning Very fast tone * CHEMICAL HAZARD WARNING Chemical Hazard warning Very fast tone DAM WATCH Dam Break Watch Fast tone * DAM BREAK WARNING Dam Break Warning Very fast tone CONTAGIOUS DISEASE WARNING Contagious Disease Warning Very fast tone
28 FOOD CONTAMINATION WARNING Food Contamination Warning Very fast tone FLASH FREEZE WARNING Flash Freeze Warning Very fast tone * ICEBERG WARNING Iceberg Warning Very fast tone * INDUSTRIAL FIRE WARNING Industrial Fire Warning Very fast tone LAND SLIDE WARNING Land Slide Warning Very fast tone POWER OUTAGE ADVISORY Power Outage Warning Low tone * WILD FIRE WARNING Wild Fire Warning Very fast tone WILD FIRE WATCH Wild Fire Watch Fast tone * Reviewing Overlapping Alerts The WR-300 radio can store up to TEN different alerts (with overlapping effective times) in its memory. If the radio receives a new alert while a previous alert is still in effect, is automatically displays the alert description and sounds the alert for the new alert message. To scroll backward and forward through the radio’s memory and review all the effective alerts, press the UP arrow key to view the latest alert or the DOWN key to review the last 10 active alerts. Those alerts which have expired will be shown with “EXP” below the alert name. When a Test or Demo Alert Occurs NWR sends out weekly test and occasional demonstration signals to let everyone with weather monitor receivers verify the operation of their equipment. To find out the test schedule of for your area, contact the local NOAA or NWS office. Look for the number under US Government, Department of Commerce.
29 The following alert descriptions are for testing only. What You See What You Hear REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST Beeps * REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST Beeps * SYSTEM DEMO Beeps * NATIONAL PERIODIC TEST Beeps * As the NWS adds new alert capabilities your radio is set to receive them and alert you automatically with no modifications. Defeat Siren Alert Option This function is to set the Weather Monitor, when receiving some types of weather emergency messages, not to generate the siren or voice alert but only display the message in order not to annoy you. The responses followed by an asterisk in the above table can be silenced. To choose message types to be silenced press the MENU key and the up or down arrow keys to find “DEFEAT SIREN” displayed. Press SELECT key and use up or down arrow keys to find the event type you wish to silence. Press the left or right arrow key to change the status of the event. The status is shown by the “ALERT ENABLE” or “ALERT DISABLE” icons at the bottom of the display. Press the up or down key to find another event type or press MENU key to exit this function. Adding Future SAME Event Codes If the NWS finds it necessary to add alert codes in the future your WR- 300 will allow you to add five new SAME message