WEATHERTRACKERFR800
Safety Preparedness Radio with NOAA Weather Alert and S.A.M.E. Technology
EN Users Manual
ES Manual de Usuariso FR Manuel de L'utilisateur DE Benutzerhandbuch
IT Manuale D'uso
EN English
WEATHERTRACKERFR800
Thank you for purchasing the WEATHERTRACKER FR800. We want you to thoroughly enjoy the use of this product. To take advantage of its many excellent and unique features, we urge you to carefully read the user’s manual.
WEATHERTRACKER FR800 OPERATION
Antenna
Alert Indicator
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DC in
Audio in
Alert / WB ( Weather alert button)
Alarm ON / OFF
Snooze
WB (Weather Band)
AM / FM Tuner Band
Alert ON / OFF
Power ON / OFF
Warning Indicator
Watch Indicator
Advisory Indicator
Menu
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POWERING THE FR800
The FR800 can be powered by 3 D cell batteries or with an AC adapter (included). Install the 3 D cell batteries into the battery compartment on the back of the radio, matching them to the polarity diagram. Plug the AC adapter into the upper socket on the left side of the radio. Battery condition is shown on the right side of the display with a battery symbol that’s filled with black hatch marks. When the AC adapter is plugged in a power cord appears next to the battery symbol, which only has two hatch marks in it.
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LIGHTING THE DISPLAY
To light the display for about 8 seconds, press the SNOOZE button at the top of the display.
TURNING ON THE FR800
Turn the FR800 on and off with the POWER button, on the top right of the radio.
VOLUME CONTROL
Turn the VOLUME knob (located on the upper right side of the radio) up to increase the volume, down to decrease the volume. Always turn down the volume before using earphones.
Volume control
EAR VOLUME
USING HEADPHONES
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EAR VOLUME
Headphone input
USING THE AUDIO IN SOCKET
Using a 3.5mm (1/8 inch) stereo plug, plug the audio source into the AUDIO IN socket (left side of radio) with the radio turned on and set to AM or FM. Audio from any standard audio source can be used, including an MP3 player.
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SETTING THE TIME
Turn off the radio and press the MENU button. SETUP TIME appears in the display. Press the button and the hour flashes. Press the buttons to adjust the hour. Once the hour is adjusted press the
button and the minutes flash. Press the buttons to adjust the minutes. Press MENU twice to exit and to save the setting.
ALERT
SETTING THE ALARM
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Press MENU twice to exit and to save the setting.
ALERT
ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE ALARM
To activate or deactivate the alarm press the ALARM ON/OFF button at the top of the radio. When activated a small bell appears in
the display to the right of the ALERT indication. When deactivated, the bell disappears.
SNOOZE SETTING
Once the alarm activates, press the SNOOZE button to temporarily deactivate it and sleep a little longer. It will reactivate automatically after 5 minutes. This can be repeated up to 5 times. When SNOOZE is on,
a box with SNZ appears next to the bell in the display.
AM/FM BROADCAST RECEPTION
Turn on the radio. Press the AM/FM button, AM or FM will appear on the top left of the display with the frequency to the right of it, in KHz for AM and in MHz for FM. Press the buttons quickly to tune individual
frequencies, hold to tune automatically to the next frequency. Pull up the telescopic antenna to hear FM frequencies.
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The AM ferrite bar antenna is built-in to the radio, so no telescopic antenna is needed for AM reception.
•FM tuning range: 87.5 to 108 MHz.
•AM tuning range: 520 to 1710 KHz.
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RECEPTION OF NOAA WEATHER FREQUENCIES
To hear your local weather station, pull up the antenna, turn on the radio and press the WB button at the top of the radio. Turn up the volume and press the buttons to go through all 7 weather channels. WB and CH appear at the top of the display, with 1-7 next to CH. You’ll probably only hear one channel, but if you hear a weather broadcast on more than one, select the strongest. The strongest one will usually be your local weather station. Below are the frequencies that correspond to the radio’s channels:
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RECEIVING WEATHER ALERTS
Tune to your local NOAA Weather frequency at a volume you wish to hear. Press the ALERT/WB button at the top of the radio. The ALERT light shines in the upper left corner of the radio. The audio will disappear, but the radio is still on, monitoring the NOAA Weather station until an alert appears. When it appears, you are alerted by a SIREN or a VOICE. Immediately press the WB button to hear the alert.
SETTING ALERT MODE (SIREN or VOICE)
Turn off the radio and press the MENU button. SETUP TIME appears in the display. Press the button twice. ALERT appears in the upper part of the display, with SIREN or VOICE to its right. Press the button and SIREN or VOICE flashes. Press the buttons to select the one that you wish to hear when an ALERT is activated. Press MENU twice to exit and save the setting.
While the alert SIREN is activated, you can press the ON/OFF ALERT button at the top of the radio to turn it on or off.
SETTING S.A.M.E.
Codes in the US, CLC Codes in Canada
•S.A.M.E. = Specific Area Message Encoding
•CLC = Canadian Location Codes
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A six-digit code instructs the radio only to receive an ALERT when the code is programmed in. There are far too many S.A.M.E and CLC codes to include them all in this manual. We therefore provide the following to assist you in looking up the code for your area.
Look up a United States county code at the following web site: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm#sametable
Look up a Canadian CLC code at: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/msb/weatheradio/transmitter/index_e.cfm
Your radio can be set for one (SINGL) to 23 (MULTI) codes, or can be set to receive ALL coded information sent from any transmitter, if you’re within range. When you set codes, it will only pick up alerts when you’re in that county or within reception distance of the signal. ALL, MULTI
or SINGLE COUNTY will appear in the lower left side of the display, depending on how you have set it.
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If you want to receive all alerts:
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To set single or multiple codes:
Select SINGLE below if you only want to enter a code for a single area.
Enter MULTI if you wish to enter multiple codes for different areas. Remember, you must be in that area to receive the ALERT for the area.
1.Turn the radio off.
2.Press the MENU button to enter the setting menu.
3.Press the buttons to select COUNTY at the top of the display with SINGLE, MULTI or ALL to the right of it.
4.Press the button to make the wording to the right of COUNTY flash.
5.Press the buttons to select SINGLE or MULTI.
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7.Press the button to start inputting 6 digit county code.
8.Press the buttons to set the first code digit.
9.Repeat steps 7 and 8 until all six code digits are set.
10.When finished press MENU three times to exit and save.
RECEPTION OF EVENT CODES
Your radio can receive ‘event code’ information during weather alerts. These codes are identifi ed at: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/eas_codes. shtml.
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Canadian Weather Alerts are addressed at: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/ cd/brochures/warning_e.cfm#top.
When receiving event codes the WARNING, WATCH or ADVISORY light may shine in the upper right corner of the radio.
ENABLING/DISABLING ALERT MODES
Certain Alert modes can be disabled or enabled by selecting DISABLE or ENABLE in the following procedure.
1.Turn the radio off.
2.Press MENU, then press the button.
3.DEFEAT – SIREN appears in the display.
4.Press the button to make the alert modes scroll in the display.
5.Press the buttons to go from one alert mode to another, carefully reading each one.
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6.Press the buttons to select ENABLE or DISABLE, as viewed in the lower right corner of the display.
7. Press MENU twice when fi nished.
WARRANTY REGISTRATION
To ensure full warranty coverage or product updates, registration of
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your product should be completed as soon as possible after purchase or received. You may use one of the following options to register
your product:
1.By visiting our website at http://www.etoncorp.com.
2.Mail in enclosed warranty card.
3.Mail your registration card or information to following address. Include your name, full mailing address, phone number, email address, model purchased, date purchased, retail vendor name:
Etón Corporation
1015 Corporation Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA
LIMITED WARRANTY
Retain the warranty information from your warranty card with your proof of purchase. The Limited Warranty information can also be viewed at www.etoncorp.com.
SERVICE FOR YOUR PRODUCT
To obtain service for your product, we recommend first contacting an Etón service representative at 1-800-872-2228 US, 1-800-637-1648 Canada,
(650) 903-3866 US, customersvc@etoncorp.com or your respective country distributor in Europe (see enclosed list) for problem determination and trouble-shooting. If further service is required,
the technical staff will instruct how to proceed based on whether the radio is still under warranty or needs non-warranty service.
WARRANTY – If your product is still in warranty and the Etón service representative determines warranty service is needed, a return authorization will be issued and instructions will be given. DO NOT ship your radio back without obtaining the return authorization.
NON-WARRANTY – If your product is no longer under warranty and requires service, the Etón service representative will refer you to the nearest repair facility that will best handle the repair.
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For service outside North America, please refer to the distributor information included at time of purchase/received.
WARNING
•Do not submerge or expose for extended period to water.
•Protect from high humidity and rain.
•Only operate within specified temperature range (0 °C to 40 °C).
•Unplug immediately if liquid has been spilled or object has fallen into the apparatus.
•Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or chemical solvents as this might damage the finish.
•Do not remove cover [or back].
•Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.