17
Operation
USING THE RADIO
1. To turn on the radio, press
AM/FM/OFF
.
AM
and an AM frequency appear. To
select the FM band, press
AM/FM/OFF
again.
2. Press
SEEK
to automatically search for
the next strong frequency. Press
SEEK
again to stop the search. Hold down
OK/
HR
to tune to higher frequencies or
SCROLL/MIN
to tune to lower frequen-
cies.
3. Press
CLOCK
to view the time. Press
AM/FM/OFF
to view the frequency the
radio is tuned to when the sleep time
appears.
Notes:
• If the displayed frequency disap-
pears, press
AM/FM/OFF
to display it
again.
• If the radio is on, press
WEATHER/
SNOOZE
to turn off the radio and
switch to the weather broadcast.
• If the weather broadcast is on, press
AM/FM/OFF
to turn off the weather
broadcast and switch to the AM band.
• If the radio is on and the Weatheradio
receives a weather warning mes-
sage, the Weatheradio automatically
turns off the radio and switches to the
weather broadcast. If the Weathera-
dio receives an “End of Message” sig-
nal or 5 minutes elapse without a
weather signal, the Weatheradio
switches back to the radio broadcast.
• If the radio is on and the Weatheradio
receives a weather warning expira-
tion message, the Weatheradio auto-
matically switches back to the radio
broadcast and displays the fre-
quency.
4. To turn off the radio, press
AM/FM/OFF
twice (if the AM band is selected) or
once (if the FM band is selected). Or,
press
WEATHER/SNOOZE
to turn off the
radio and switch to the weather broad-
cast.
USING THE MEMORY
You can store up to five AM and five FM sta-
tions into the Weatheradio’s memory. Once
you select the desired station, hold down the
RADIO MEMORY
button (
1
–
5)
you want to use
to store it for about 1 second while the fre-
quency for that station appears. A beep
sounds and
MEMORY
and the button number
appear, and the station is stored.
Notes:
• If the displayed frequency disappears,
press
AM/FM/OFF
to display it again.
• The
RADIO MEMORY
buttons do not
work when the radio is playing and the
clock appears. Press
AM/FM/OFF
to use
the
RADIO MEMORY
buttons.
USING KEY LOCK
To avoid accidentally changing the radio’s
settings, slide
KEY LOCK
on the back of the
Weatheradio to the left. To unlock the keys,
slide
KEY
LOCK
to the right.
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