AcuRite 08560 Weather Radio - Manual (Page 8)

The display will read “READY” if the reception is optimal, press the
“LISTEN” button to manually check and listen to how good your
reception is. If you do not have good reception, you may need to
relocate the radio to an outside wall near a window.
RECEPTION of the WEEKLY TEST is the best way to ensure
your radio will have proper reception during an emergency.
The national weather service (NWS) conducts a required
weekly test (RWT) of NOAA all hazards weather alert radios
every Wednesday between 11 AM and 12 noon (central time),
when weather permits.
The test consists of the RWT SAME code, a short tone and
message explaining the test. If adverse weather prevents the
test from being broadcasted on Wed., it is postponed until the
next day with good weather. If the test is not conducted by
Friday, it is postponed until the following Wednesday.
Using Your Weather Radio
Reception
When an alert is issued by the NWS, the radio will automatically
turn on, and the warning report will sound. Additionally, a text
readout of the type of alert (advisory, watch or warning) will scroll
across the display and the appropriate alert light will illuminate.
The NOAA radio function consumes batteries fairly quickly, around
3 days for standard alkaline batteries. This is due to the fact that the
radio is always “listening” for alerts from the National Weather
Service. To conserve batteries when necessary, you may choose to
turn OFF the NOAA radio function by pressing and HOLDING the
“PWR” button. Use caution when doing this, as you WILL NOT
RECEIVE ANY ALERTS OF ANY KIND when “NOAA OFF” is
displayed on the screen. Press and hold “PWR” to turn on again.
Receiving Alerts
The weather radio has three modes for handling alerts and listening
to the weather report. Pressing the “LISTEN” button toggles between
modes.
SILENCED: when the display reads “SILENCED”, the only AUDIO
alerts you will receive will be WARNINGS. Advisories and watch
alerts will still message on the display, and the LED will illuminate,
but the audio report will not play.
AUTO ON: when the display reads “AUTO ON”, the audio report
will play for all advisories, watches and warnings that it is
programmed to respond to. Additionally, the alert message will
scroll on the display, and the LED will illuminate.
LISTEN: when the display reads “LISTEN”, the audio weather report
is ON.
Listen Modes
When an alert is sounding, press the “LISTEN” button to silence the
speaker. The display will read “SILENCED”. Please note that if you
leave the radio in silenced mode, the audio report and siren for
advisories and for watches will NOT sound. Only WARNINGS will
sound as they cannot be silenced in any way, as mandated by
NOAA.
Silencing Alerts
USE USE
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Viewing Alert Message History
The weather alert radio will hold up to 4 messages in itʼs memory at
a time, in sequence of when they were received.
To view the messages in history, press the “ ” or “ ” navigation
buttons when the radio is showing the default clock display to cycle
through history of the last 4 messages received. The HISTORY mode
indicator will display to confirm you are looking at an older alert
message. If there have been no messages received, the display will
read “NO MESSAGES”