MIDLAND WR300-301 Owner Manual - Manual (Page 9)

WR-300/301 Owner’s Manual
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Choosing an Choosing an Alert T Alert T ype (V ype (V oice or Siren): oice or Siren):
1. Press the “MENU” button to open menu options.
2. Press the “UP” arrow until Alert Mode is displayed on the screen. Press the “SELECT”
button and “VOICE” will start blinking.
3. If you want the voice alert, press the “SELECT” button.
4. If “VOICE” is chosen, the alert would sound for 8 seconds followed by 5
minutes of weather broadcast.
5. If you want the siren alert, press the “UP” arrow until “SIREN” is displayed,
then press the “SELECT” button to save your setting.
6. If “SIREN” is chosen, alert tones will sound for 5 minutes or until the “ALERT
ON/OFF” button is pressed.
T T o T o T urn the urn the Alert ON and OFF: Alert ON and OFF:
To turn the alert on and off, press and hold the “ALERT ON/OFF” button for 5 seconds until
you see “ALERT ON” blinking. While still holding down the button, press the “UP” arrow to
switch between “ALERT ON” and “ALERT OFF”. Press the “SELECT” button to save your
selection.
Setting the Setting the Alert V Alert V olume: olume:
• To set the alert volume, press the “MENU” button.
• Press the “UP” arrow until “SIREN LEVEL” is displayed.
• Press the “SELECT” button and “LEVEL HIGH” or “LEVEL LO” will start blinking.
• Then press the “UP” arrow to choose “LEVEL HI” or “LEVEL LO” volume.
• Press the “SELECT” button to save your setting.
Select Select able able Alert Option: Alert Option:
You can program the WR-300/301 weather radio to only sound the voice or siren alert for cer-
tain weather emergency messages. Those messages unimportant to you can be programmed
to only display a message, minimizing annoyance.
To program the emergeny messages you want to silence, do the following:
• Press the “MENU” button until “DEFEAT SIREN” is displayed. Press the “SELECT”button.
• Using the “UP” arrow, scroll through the different alerts you may want to silence.
• When you have selected one, press the “RIGHT” arrow to change the status of the event
from “ALERT ENABLE” to “ALERT DISABLE”.
• Press the “MENU” button to save your selection and exit the programming option.
Reviewing S Reviewing S tored S.A.M.E. Codes tored S.A.M.E. Codes
To review your saved S.A.M.E. codes, do the following:
• Press the “MENU” button.
• Press the “UP” arrow until “COUNTY CODE” is displayed on the screen.
• Press “SELECT”
• Use the “UP” arrow to scroll through the S.A.M.E. memory code locations.
• All empty memory locations will appear as “------”.
• Press the “MENU” button when finished reviewing the S.A.M.E. codes.