Using your radio – Cobra Electronics MICROTALK PR4200WX User Manual

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Using Your Radio

NOAA* All Hazards
Radio Channels and Alert

You can use your microTALK

®

radio to listen to

NOAA All Hazards Radio channels transmitting
in your area.
You can also program your microTALK

®

radio

to sound a tone alert when a local NOAA
channel activates an Emergency All Hazards
Alert. This will warn you of weather, chemical,
and other civilian emergencies.
To Listen to All Hazards Radio channels:
1. Press the Mode button until the Weather

(All Hazards Radio) icon, the currently
selected All Hazards Radio channel,
and signal strength are displayed.

2. Use the Channel Up or Channel Down

button to change All Hazards Radio channels.

3. Weather (All Hazards Radio) icon will continue

to be displayed when All Hazards Radio is On.

a. Press the Mode button to proceed

to other functions.

b. Press the Lock button to exit All

Hazards Radio channel mode and
return to Standby Mode.

To Turn On All Hazards Alert:
1. Press the Mode button until the Alert icon flashes

and the current On or Off setting is displayed.

2. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down

button to turn All Hazards Alert On or Off.

3. Alert icon will continue to be displayed

when All Hazards Alert is On.

a. Press the Mode button to enter the new

setting and proceed to other functions.

b. Press the Lock button or do not press any

buttons for 15 seconds to enter the new
setting and return to Standby Mode.

c. Press the Talk button to enter the new

settings and return to Standby Mode.

*National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Stopwatch

You can use the time keeping feature of your
microTALK

®

radio as a stopwatch, including the

display of split times. After starting the timer,
you can view an interim “split” time while the
first timer continues to run.
To Activate Stopwatch Mode:
1. Press the Mode button until the Stopwatch

icon and “OO:oo:oo” is displayed in the LCD.

2. Press the Channel Up button to

start the stopwatch.

3. Press the Channel Up button again

to stop the stopwatch.

To restart and stop the stopwatch,
repeat step 2 and 3.
4. Press the Mode button to exit Stopwatch

Mode and proceed to other functions.

To Activate Split-Time in Stopwatch Mode:
1. Press the Mode button until the Stopwatch

icon and “OO:oo:oo” is displayed in the LCD.

2. After starting the stopwatch (see above),

press the Channel Down button to start the
split-time timer. The display will stop, but the
stopwatch will continue in the background.

3. Press the Channel Down button to return

to the stopwatch. (To stop the stopwatch,
see above.)

To restart and stop the Split-Timer,
repeat step 2 and 3.
4. Press the Mode button to exit Stopwatch

Mode and proceed to other functions.

Hazards Radio Icon

Channel Button

Channel Up

Mode Button

Alert Icon

Channel Button

Mode Button

Stopwatch Icon

Operation

Alert Icon

Hazards Radio Icon

Mode Button

Channel Down

Stopwatch Icon

Mode Button

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