Instruction manual

Introduction
The Acurite
®
08560 Weather Alert Radio will receive encoded
civil and weather emergency alert messages from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio
broadcast towers. These broadcast stations are located all over
the United States. NOAA operates more than 1000 towers
throughout the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin islands and
in the U.S. Pacific Territories. This weather alert radio uses Specific
Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E) to identify specific areas, like
a county or localized area of a state. This technology limits the
occurrence of “false alarms”, that is, alert messages that do not
apply to your area.
The Acurite
®
08560 Weather Alert Radio will receive all 7 NOAA
weather alert channels. When an official alert is received, the
radio will automatically switch on (as long as it is powered ON)
and you will hear the tone and audio voice broadcast. The alert
type and message will scroll across the display. One of the
color-coded LEDʼs will also illuminate- signifying which type of
message has been received; “Advisory” is yellow, “Watch” is
orange and “Warning” is red.
This product features a battery compartment for holding standard
alkaline batteries (not included)- this is the main power source. The
radio/flashlight also includes an internal 3.6v Ni-MH battery pack
that is recharged with the integrated hand crank. In an
emergency, you may need to take the radio with you to a safe
area, the hand crank provides you with emergency power for the
the radio and the flashlight. There is also the option of plugging in
an AC power adaptor (not included) for powering the device long
term (note that this will NOT recharge the battery pack).
Please read through this manual to learn more about the Acurite
®
Weather Alert Radio. Keep this manual for future reference.
Parts List model #08560
1. Weather alert radio with integrated flashlight
2. Pre-installed 3.7v Ni-MH rechargeable battery pack
Contents
1
1 Introduction: About the Weather Alert Radio
3 Overview of Features
Section 1: Setup
6 Installing Standard Alkaline Batteries
7 Hand Crank Power
9 Quick Setup
FIPS Code Entry, Channel Setup, Time zone, DST
Current Time Setting, Current Date Setting
Section 2: Using Your Weather Alert Radio
12 Reception
12 Listen Modes
13 Receiving Alerts
13 Silencing Alerts
13 Viewing Alert Message History
14 Volume Control, Backlight, Scroll Rate, Headphone Jack
15 Manual Setup
Edit FIPS Code, Edit Channel, Edit Time/Date, Edit Alerts
Section 3: Troubleshooting and Reference
17 Troubleshooting
18 Specifications
19 Reference: Alert Description Chart