Midland WR 120 Weather Radio User Guide

How to Set Up a Midland WR 120 Weather Radio

Plug-in the radio, turn it on (switch on right side) and fully extend the antenna.

WELCOME will be displayed.

SET LANGUAGE

SET LANGUAGE is displayed. Press SELECT. Note: If it is not, press UP arrow until it is displayed, then, press SELECT.

Choose your language, ENGLISH, FRANCAIS or ESPANOL by pressing the UP or DOWN arrow button. Press SELECT.

SET LOCATION

SET LOCATION is displayed.

Press SELECT - ANY is displayed.

Press UP arrow to select SINGLE, MULTIPLE or ANY. SINGLE is for 1 county only, MULTIPLE is for more than 1 county and ANY is for all counties. Note: Your radio comes preprogrammed to receive weather and hazard alert transmissions for all the SAME codes within range. If this is what you want, set the radio to ANY by pressing SELECT again. If not, read further.

Press UP arrow to select SINGLE

Press SELECT - SAME 01 is displayed.

Press SELECT "-- -- -- -- -- --" is displayed. The first "--" is flashing.

Press UP arrow to select first digit. (Print out NEWS 25's list of county SAME codes and frequencies at news25.us.)

Press RIGHT arrow to move to next digit.

Press UP arrow to select next digit.

Repeat for all 6 digits.

Press SELECT when all 6 digits are entered. SAME SET is displayed and you're ready for the next step. If you had selected MULTIPLE, the display would say SAME 01. You would press the

UP arrow to set display to SAME 02 to set the next county code. Repeat this step for each additional county you would like to program in your radio.

Press MENU

SET TIME

TIME is displayed.

Press SELECT - Hours will flash.

Press UP/DOWN arrows to set the hours.

Press RIGHT arrow - Single minutes flash; Press UP/DOWN arrows to set the minutes.

Press SELECT - Time is now set.

SET CHANNEL/VOLUME

SET CHANNEL is displayed.

Press SELECT - Radio comes on so you can hear the broadcasts.

Press the UP arrow to select a channel in your area. (Print out NEWS 25's list of county SAME codes and frequencies at news25.us.)

Press SELECT to set the station.

Adjust the volume to a comfortable level by using the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN.

Your quick start programming is complete. To continue programming other features, continue with the remaining set-up steps.

ALERT TYPE

Press MENU

Press UP or DOWN arrow until ALERT TYPE is displayed. Press SELECT.

Press UP arrow to select VOICE, TONE or DISPLAY.

TONE - Alert tones will sound for five minutes or until you press any button to stop the tones. If you press the WEATHER/SNOOZE button, you will hear the voice of the weather broadcast.

VOICE - Alert tones will sound for about eight seconds, then you will hear the voice of the weather broadcast for about three minutes. If you want to listen longer, press the WEATHER/

SNOOZE button.

DISPLAY - Message scrolls across display. No alert sounds will be heard.

Press SELECT to set alert type.

ALERT TEST

Press UP or DOWN arrow until ALERT TEST is displayed. (This is to test the alarm tone).

Press SELECT - The alarm sounds. Press any button to silence the siren or press MENU to exit menu mode. Note: make sure that the ON/OFF switch on the right side of the radio is in the ON position.

Note: This ALERT TEST will only sound the siren. You are not able to hear the VOICE feature or see the DISPLAY feature with this test.

SET ALARM CLOCK

Press UP or DOWN arrow until SET ALARM is displayed.

Press SELECT.

Press the UP arrow to display ON. Press SELECT.

Press UP or DOWN arrow until the hour you want is displayed.

Press RIGHT arrow to save alarm hour and advance to alarm minutes. Program both minute digits the same way.

Press SELECT to save the alarm time.

(To temporarily silence the sleep alarm, press the WEATHER/SNOOZE button. The alarm time will advance by 8 minutes. To silence the alarm for the remainder of the day, press the MENU button.)

BACKLIGHT

Press UP or DOWN arrow until BACKLIGHT is displayed.

Press SELECT.

Press the UP arrow to choose BLT NORM, BLT ON, BLT OFF, then press SELECT.

Note: BLT NORM turns on a backlight whenever any button is pressed and will turn off after 5 seconds; BLT ON means the backlight comes on and will stay on continuously until you turn it off manually through the menu; BLT OFF means there is no backlight until it is turned on manually through the menu.

BUTTON BEEPS

Press UP or DOWN arrow until BUTTON BEEPS is displayed.

Press SELECT.

Press the UP arrow to choose ON or OFF, then press SELECT.

WEEKLY TEST

Press UP or DOWN arrow until WEEKLY TEST is displayed.

Press SELECT.

Press the UP arrow to choose ON or OFF, then press SELECT.

Press MENU - You have programmed all features of your radio.

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