Oregon Scientific WR3000 User's Manual
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1. Alabama ANNISTON 162 475 AUBURN 162 525 BIRMINGHAM 162 550 CULLMAN 162 450 DEMOPOLIS LINDEN 162 475 DOZIER 162 550 FLORENCE 162 475 FORT PAYNE 162 500 HUNTSVILLE 162 400 JACKSON 162 500 LOUISVILLE 162 475 MOBILE 162 550 MONTGOMERY 162 400 TUSCALOOSA 162 400 WINFIELD 162 525 Alaska ANCHORAGE 162 550 CORDOVA 162 550 CRAIG 162 400 FAIRBANKS 162 550 HAINES 162 400 HOMER 162 400 JUNEAU 162 550 KETCHIKAN 162 550 KODI 162 550 NOME 162 550 SEWARD 162 550 without special alerting features are available from several manufacturers In addition other manufacturers are including NOAA Weather Radio as a special feature on an increasing variety of receivers NOAA Weather Radio capability is currently available on some automobile aircraft marine citizens band and standard AM FM Tadios as well as communications receivers transceivers scanners and cable TV By nature and by design NOAA Weather Radio coverage is limited toan area within 40 miles of the transmitter The quality of what is heard is dictated by the distance from the transmitter local terrain and the quality and location of the receiver In general those using a high quality receiver on flat terrain or at sea can expect reliable reception far beyond 40 miles Those with standard receivers surrounded by large buildings in cities and those in mountain valleys may experience little or no reception at considerably less than 40 miles If possible a receiver2. Close the control panel lid itt Hno other setting takes place the clock will begin normal operation in 5 seconds A NOTE To switch the display from time to date press TIME DATE to toggle back and forth between the two display functions Setting the Alarm Open the top lid of the control panel Press and hold MODE until the word display to set the minutes until the desired time is shown H Press MODE again until you see both ALARM begins to flash at the left side of the Then press nour to set the hour and wiN Y tings within the allotted 5 seconds Setting the Clock Open the top lid of the control panel Press and hold MODE until the word TIME begins to flash at the left side of the display Then press Hour to set the hour and MIN Y to set the minute until the correct time is displayed IMPORTANT If the PM indicator is shown the clock is set for afternoon time Ifno indicator is shown the clock is set for AM or morning time After the time is set press MODE again to start the clock and select other functions e Close the control panel lid Tfno other setting are made the clock will be gin normal operation in 5 seconds Setting the Date Open the top lid of the control panel 7 ALARM and ON flashing on the display When ALARM and ON are flashing press Houn to enable the alarm fun
3. ESS SNS RL DIRECTIONS FOR USE NOAA ALL HAZARD ALERT WEATHER MONITOR MODEL WR3000 WO REGON WAS SCIENTIFIC Value in Electronics Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Oregon Scientific All Hazard Weather Monitor Your Oregon Scientific Model WR3000 operates on all seven NOAA weather broadcast bands It re trieves 24 hour messages from your local weather broadcast channel receiving signals at 162 400 MHz to 162 550 MHz The receiver s circuitry automatically locks in the emergency broadcast when the NOAA All Hazard Alert tone is re ceived and emits an audible and visual warning signal Your All Hazard Weather Monitor is equipped with a full function LCD alarm clock This versatile model may also be hung on a wall using the keyhole slots on the back of the unit Oregon Scientific Inc All Rights Reserved 2 Getting Started Power NOTE We recommend that you use an AC adapter as your primary power source for this unit and keep the batteries as a back up power source in the event of a power failure Your WR3000 requires a 4 5 Volt 250mA center pin positive AC adapter Should you have any difficulty locating an adapter in your area please call Oregon Scientific at 800 869 7779 Plugging in an Adapter not included Plug the pin of the adapter into the DC port in the back of the unit and plug the AC adapter power cord into a wall outlet While the adapter
4. 162 475 GALVESTON HOUSTON KERRVILLE LAREDO LLANO LUBBOCK LUFKIN ODESSA MIDLAND PARIS PHARR SAN ANGELO SAN ANTONIO SHERMAN TYLER VICTORIA WACO WICHITA FALLS Utah LAKE POWELL LOGAN MILFORD CEDAR CITY SALT LAKE CITY ST GEORGE Utah Hill TOOELE South Mt TOOELE Vernon Hills VERNAL Vermont BURLINGTON MARLBORO WINDSOR Virginia HEATHSVILLE 162 550 162 400 162 450 162 475 162 420 162 400 162 550 162 400 162 550 162 400 162 550 162 550 162 475 162 475 162 400 162 475 162 475 162 550 162 400 162 400 162 550 162 475 162 450 162 525 162 400 162 400 162 425 162 475 162 400 MADISON MENOMONIE MILWAUKEE PARK FALLS SISTER BAY WAUSAU Wyoming CASPER MOUNTAIN CHEYENNE LANDER SHERIDAN 162 550 162 400 162 400 162 500 162 425 162 475 162 550 162 475 162 475 162 500 LYNCHBURG NORFOLK RICHMOND ROANOKE WASHINGTON DC Manassas Virgin Islands ST THOMAS Washington NEAH BAY OKANAGAN Tunk Mt OLYMPIA PORT ANGELES MARINE RICHLAND SEATTLE SPOKANE WENATCHEE YAKIMA West Virginia BECKLEY CHARLESTON CLARKSBURG GILBERT HINTON MOOREFIELD SPENCER SUTTON Wisconsin ADAMS GREEN BAY LACROSSE 35 Oregon Scientific Inc Portland Oregon USA All Rights Reserved 36 162 550 162 550 162 475 162 475 162 550 162 475 162 550 162 525 162 475 162 425 162 450 162 550 162 400 162 475 162 5
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6. should be tested in the location where it will be used prior to purchase NOAA Weather Radio is directly available to approximately 70 to 80 percent of the U S population The National Weather Servico is currently engaged in a program to increase coverage to 95 percent of the population Ifyou have a question regarding technical aspects of NOAA Weather Radio such as transmitter locations and reception and transmitter characteristics of a station or are interested in becoming a partner with the National Weather Service in identifying or providing local funding and facilities for the installation of a Weather Radio transmitter please contact your nearest National Weather Service Office or the National Weather Service Dissemination Systems Section Attn W OSO153 1325 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 Ifyou have a question about the weather information broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio please contact the local National Weather Service 19 SITKA 162 550 VALDEZ 162 550 WRANGELL 162 400 YAKUTAT 162 400 Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE 162 475 FORT SMITH 162 550 GURDON 162 475 JONESBORO 162 550 UTTLE ROCK 162 550 MOUNTAIN VIEW 162 400 RUSSELLVILLE 162 525 STAR CITY 162 400 TEXARKANA 162 550 Arizona FLAGSTAFF 162 400 GRAND CANYON Hopi Point 162 475 PHOENIX 162 550 PRESCOTT 162 525 SHOW LOW Porter Mt 162 400 TUCSON 162 400 WINDOW ROCK 162 550 YUMA 162 550 California BAKERSFIELD 162 550 COACHELLA 162 400 EUREKA 16
7. 2 400 FRESNO 162 400 GRASS VALLEY Wolf Mt 162 400 LOS ANGELES 162 550 MONTEREY 162 550 PT ARENA UKIAH 162 550 REDDING 162 550 SACRAMENTO 162 400 SAN DIEGO 162 400 SAN FRANCISCO 162 400 SAN FRANCISCO MARINE 162 450 SAN LUIS OBISPO 162 550 SANTA ANNA MOUNTAINS 162 450 SANTA BARBARA 162 400 SANTA BARBARA MARINE 162 475 Colorado ALAMOSA 162 475 BETHUNE 162 525 COLORADO SPRINGS 162 475 DENVER 162 550 FORT COLLINS 162 450 GRAND JUNCTION 162 550 GREELEY 162 400 LAJUNTA 162 500 MEAD LONGMONT 162 475 PUEBLO 162 400 STERLING 162 400 Connecticut HARTFORD 162 475 MERIDEN 162 400 NEW LONDON 162 550 Delaware LEWES 162 550 SALISBURY MD 162 475 22 WAYNESBORO 162 425 Hawaii HAWAII South Point 162 550 HAWAII Kulani Cone 162 550 KAUAI Kokee 162 400 MAUI Mt Haleakala 162 400 OAHU Mt Kaala 162 550 OAHU Hawaii Kai 162 400 Idaho BOISE 162 550 LEWISTON 162 550 McCALL 162 475 POCATELLO 162 550 TWIN FALLS 162 400 Illinois CHAMPAIGN 162 550 CHICAGO 162 550 MARION 162 425 PEORIA 162 475 ROCK ISLAND MOLINE 162 550 ROCKFORD 162 475 SPRINGFIELD 162 400 Indiana BLOOMINGTON 162 400 EVANSVILLE 162 550 FORT WAYNE 162 550 INDIANAPOLIS 162 550 LAFAYETTE Yeoman 162 475 LOUISVILLE KY 162 475 MARION 162 450 24 Florida BELLE GLADE DAYTONA BEACH EASTPOINT FORT MYERS FORT PIERCE GAINESVILLE INVERNESS JACKSONVILLE KEY WEST MELBOURNE MIAMI OCALA ORLANDO PANAMA CITY PENSACOLA S
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12. ction This sets a daily alarm which can be stopped each day but repeats every 24 hours NOTE In ALARM mode you can tell that the alarm is set if the ON icon is steady If the ON icon is flashing the alarm function is disabled A IMPORTANT Once any mode setfing processes are started and the word icons Time Date etc begin to flash you have only 5 seconds to begin the process before the unit returns to normal operation If this happens simply press and hold MODE again and begin your settings within the allotted 5 seconds i Stopping the Daily Alarm While the alarm is sounding or during a snooze period lift the control panel lid and press min to stop the alarm A NOTE By completing this step the alarm signal will stop but the alarm will sound again at the set time in 24 hours Operating the Snooze Feature e To operate the snooze when the alarm signal sounds gently press the closed control panel lid the entire lid acts as a large snooze bar e Following a snooze duration of nine minutes the alarm will sound again e To stop the alarm lift the control panel lid and press min If neither the snooze bar controi panel lid or MiN Y is pressed the alarm will sound for 9 minutes and then stop Disabling the Alarm Lift the control panel lid press and hold MODE until the word ALARM begin
13. he most sophisticated alerting system NOAA Weather Radio Specific Area Message Encoding SAME digital coding is employed to activate only those special receivers programmed for specific emergency conditions in a specific area typically a county SAME can activate specially equipped radio and cable television receivers and provide a short text message that identifies the location and type of emergency SAME will be the primary activator for the new Emergency Alert System planned by the Federal Communications Commission Under a January 1975 White House policy statement NOAA Weather Radio was designated the sole Government operated radio system to provide direct warnings into private homes for both natural disasters and nuclear attack This concept is being expanded to include wamings for all hazardous conditions that pose a threat to life and safety both at a local and national level NOAA Weather Radio currently broadcasts from over 425 FM transmitters in fifty states Puerto Rico the U S Virgin Islands Guam and Saipan on seven frequencies in the VHF band ranging from 162 400 to 162 550 megahertz MHz These frequencies are outside the normal AM or FM broadcast bands Special radios that receive only NOAA Weather Radio both with and 18 office responsible for programming the station or the National Weather Service Office of Meteorology Customer Service Attention W OM11 1325 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910
14. her messages are repeated every 4 to 6 minutes and are routinely updated every to 6 hours or more frequently in rapidly changing local weather or if a nearby hazardous environmental condition exists Most stations operate 24 hours daily The regular broadcasts are specifically tailored to weather information needs of the people within the service area of the transmitter For example in addition to general weather information stations in coastal areas provide information of interest to mariners Other specialized information such as hydrological forecasts and climatological data may be broadcast 17 During severe weather National Weather Service forecasters can interrupt the routine weather broadcasts and insert special warning messages concerning imminent threats to life and property The forecaster can also add special signals to wamings that trigger alerting features of specially equipped receivers In the simplest case this signal activates audible or visual alarms indicating that an emergency condition exists within the broadcast areas of the station being monitored and alerts the listener to tum up the volume and stay tuned for more information More sophisticated receivers are automatically turned on and set to an audible volume when an alert is received In t
15. ipped with a low battery detec tion circuit which indicates when it is time to change the batteries With the unit s power switch in the Off posi 5 tion a battery icon see Features and Call outs will appear at the top of the display when your batteries need to be replaced e With the monitor operating in the On posi j i tion the battery icon will appear Replace the batteries immediately to ensure normal operation of the unit NOTE If you change the batteries in 30 seconds or less the time keeping functions are retained in mem ory If the unit is connected to A C power adapter while you are changing the batteries you do not need to hurry The A C adapter will sustain the time keeping func tions All setting controls are found under the control panel lid see Features and Callouts Setting the Clock Date Alarm IMPORTANT Once any mode setting processes are A started and the word icons Time Date etc begin to I Jlash you have only 5 seconds to begin the process before the unit returns to normal operation If this happens simply press and hold MODE again and begin your set Press and hold MODE until the word DATE begins to flash at the left side of the display Then press Hour to set the month and MIN to set the date until the correct date is displayed After the date is set press MODE again to start the clock or select other functions I
16. is in use the green glow backlight illuminates the display panel at all times Installing the Batteries Model WR3000 is powered by three 3 C batteries not included Alkaline batteries are recommended Features and Callouts i snooze back light bar oe t i r LCD Became display r speaker k E k volume i control l speaker on off bar LED Indicator RED Alert GREEN Power Standby mode NOAA channel i i ca ive i m s m F z i mute standby setting buttons t switch tuning knob 3 I r e During A C adapter use the batteries serve as a continuous backup power source backup bat teries should last 1 year e When the batteries are low the Low Battery indicator will signal to change the batteries for more information see Low Battery Indi cator section A NOTE The power switch is built into the rotary volume control located on the right side of the moni tor see Features and Callouts Always turn the power to the Off position when re moving old batteries and installing new batteries 2 Slide the battery cover in the direction of the arrow and remove the cover 3 Insert the batteries into the battery compartment mak ing certain the polarities and match the positions noted 4 Carefully replace the cover Sk se Low Battery Indicator This unit is equ
17. ncy as stated in the previous pages of these Instructions e Leave the power on If you want the speaker to turn on immedi ately when an emergency broadcast signal is received 1 Lift the control panel lid 2 Slide STANDBY MUTE to the Standby posi tion 13 3 Close the control panel lid When the alert signal is received The tone coded alert signal will sound The red LED POWER ALERT light will flash The display panel will flash the word ALERT The speaker will automatically begin to broad cast the emergency alert message for one hour A NOTE To listen to the NOAA All Hazard broadcast message at any time simply press the SPEAKER bar To turn off the speaker broadcast and return to STANDBY mode simply press the SPEAKER bar again z if you do not want to be disturbed by the broadcast message when the emergency tone coded alert signal is received 1 2 3 Lift the control panel lid Slide STANDBY MUTE to the Mute position Close the control panel lid When the alert signal is received The red LED POWER ALERT light will flash The display panel will flash the word ALERT 14 Warranty This Oregon Scientific product is warranted to be free of manufacturing defects for 1 year from the date of purchase This limited warranty does not cover
18. products subjected to abuse misuse accidental damage or damage during shipment If you have any questions please contact your place of purchase Oregon Scientific directly at 800 853 8883 or by email at helpme oscientific com For more information on our products see us at WWW OREGONSCIENTIFIC COM 16 A NOTE At this time the speaker will not activate and no broadcast message will be heard To lisfen to the NOAA All Hazard broadcast message simply press the SPEAKER bar To turn off the speaker broadcast and return to MUTE mode simply press the speaker bar again NOTE If your WR3000 is set to either STANDBY or MUTE and you want to hear a broadcast simply press the SPEAKER bar The SPEAKER bar setting overrides all other settings on your WR3000 for qui easy access to weather broadcasts To return to the previous set ting simply press the SPEAKER bar again 15 Specifications 1 There are seven channels of NOAA weather broadcasts 1 162 400MHz 2 162 425MHz 3 162 450MHz 4 162 475MHz 5 162 500MHz 6 162 525MHz 7 162 550MHz The coverage range of each NOAA broadcast station is approximately a 40 mile radius NOAA Weather Radio is a service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA of the U S Department of Commerce As the Voice of the National Weather Service it provides continuous broadcasts of the latest weather information from local National Weather Service offices Weat
19. rongest one see list of fre quencies in Features and Specifications A NOTE In a weak signal area try moving the unit to another location to improve reception of the NOAA signal Extend the telescopic antenna located at the back of the unit to its full length If the strongest signal you can receive is still weak rotate the antenna to find a better re ception angle and or move the unit to another location in the building 8 After you have found a good signal close the control panel lid There is a frequency control circuit built into this unit Once you close the control panel lid the fre quency you have selected will be locked in to prevent signal drift and degradation A WARNING Ifyou are traveling with your Oregon Scientific All Hazard Weather Monitor and you travel more than 35 miles you may need to reset the NOAA frequency to get the best reception and the most accurate weather information for your area Follow steps 1 8 to find the best frequency for your new location Weather Alert Monitoring Options NOAA transmits a warning signal if there are any emer gency broadcasts Your Oregon Scientific All Hazard Weather Monitor can be put into standby monitoring status to receive these alerts as follows WARNING The tone coded alert signal is volume adjustable by the volume control knob If you have the volume control turned to the minimum setting you will not hear an emergency weather alert e Set the correct freque
20. s to flash at the left side of the display e Press MODE again until you see both the ALARM and ON icons on the display e Press mun to disable the alarm function e The ON icon should now be flashing IMPORTANT This will completely disable the alarm the alarm will NOT sound again until the alarm function is enabled Backlight e When using battery power to illuminate the display press and release the snooze bar con trol panel lid Once the bar is pressed a radi ant green backlight will illuminate the display panel for five seconds e When using an AC adapter the backlight will be continuously lit and cannot be disabled Receiving the NOAA All Hazards Alert Signal Rotate the power switch volume control to the On position NOTE If using battery power only should the monitor is not be in use we recommend that you keep this switch in the Off position to conserve battery power 2 Press the SPEAKER ON OFF bar to turn on the You will hear background noise from the re ceiver which is normal until you tune in the correct frequency for your area Rotate the volume control to find the desired volume level 4 Open the control panel lid 5 At the right side of the control panel locate the rotary tuner marked with channels 1 7 6 Turn the rotary control to find the strongest NOAA signal 7 Itis possible that you may be able to receive more than one signal choose the st
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