Instruction manual
The display will read “READY” if the reception is optimal, press the 
“LISTEN” button to manually check and listen to how good your 
reception is. If you do not have good reception, you may need to 
relocate the radio to an outside wall near a window.
RECEPTION of the WEEKLY TEST is the best way to ensure 
your radio will have proper reception during an emergency. 
The national weather service (NWS) conducts a required 
weekly test (RWT) of NOAA all hazards weather alert radios 
every Wednesday between 11 AM and 12 noon (central time), 
when weather permits. 
The test consists of the RWT SAME code, a short tone and 
message explaining the test. If adverse weather prevents the 
test from being broadcasted on Wed., it is postponed until the 
next day with good weather. If the test is not conducted by 
Friday, it is postponed until the following Wednesday.
Using Your Weather Radio
Reception
When an alert is issued by the NWS, the radio will automatically 
turn on, and the warning report will sound. Additionally, a text 
readout of the type of alert (advisory, watch or warning) will scroll 
across the display and the appropriate alert light will illuminate.
The NOAA radio function consumes batteries fairly quickly, around 
3 days for standard alkaline batteries. This is due to the fact that the 
radio is always “listening” for alerts from the National Weather 
Service. To conserve batteries when necessary, you may choose to 
turn OFF the NOAA radio function by pressing and HOLDING the 
“PWR” button. Use caution when doing this, as you WILL NOT 
RECEIVE ANY ALERTS OF ANY KIND when “NOAA OFF” is 
displayed on the screen. Press and hold “PWR” to turn on again.
Receiving Alerts
The weather radio has three modes for handling alerts and listening 
to the weather report. Pressing the “LISTEN” button toggles between 
modes.
SILENCED: when the display reads “SILENCED”, the only AUDIO 
alerts you will receive will be WARNINGS. Advisories and watch 
alerts will still message on the display, and the LED will illuminate, 
but the audio report will not play.
AUTO ON: when the display reads “AUTO ON”, the audio report 
will play for all advisories, watches and warnings that it is 
programmed to respond to. Additionally, the alert message will 
scroll on the display, and the LED will illuminate.
LISTEN: when the display reads “LISTEN”, the audio weather report 
is ON. 
Listen Modes
When an alert is sounding, press the “LISTEN” button to silence the 
speaker. The display will read “SILENCED”. Please note that if you 
leave the radio in silenced mode, the audio report and siren for 
advisories and for watches will NOT sound. Only WARNINGS will 
sound as they cannot be silenced in any way, as mandated by 
NOAA.
Silencing Alerts
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Viewing Alert Message History
The weather alert radio will hold up to 4 messages in itʼs memory at 
a time, in sequence of when they were received. 
To view the messages in history, press the “ ” or “ ” navigation 
buttons when the radio is showing the default clock display to cycle 
through history of the last 4 messages received. The HISTORY mode 
indicator will display to confirm you are looking at an older alert 
message. If there have been no messages received, the display will 
read “NO MESSAGES”










