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How To Set Up The WR-100 Weather Radio

First plug the radio in and turn it on (switch on right side)

At any time you can press MENU to back out of the menu.

Menu wraps around….TIME, ALARM, CHANNEL, SAME SET, ALT TYPE, ALT TEST and LIGHT.

SET TIME

(If you want to skip this menu press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

  • Press MENU--- “TIME” is displayed
  • Press SELECT---Hours will flash
  • Press UP/DOWN arrows to set the hours
  • Press RIGHT arrow--- 10’s of minutes flash
  • Press UP/DOWN arrows to set the 10’s of minutes
  • Press RIGHT arrow--- Single minutes flash
  • Press UP/DOWN arrows to set the minutes
  • Press SELECT--- Time is now set
  • SET ALARM

    (If you want to skip this menu press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

  • This sets the alarm clock…. Skip this menu.
  • SET CHANNELS

    (If you want to skip this menu press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

  • Press UP arrow--- “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 (See attached sheet for TX in your area)
  • Press SELECT to set the station
  • SAME SET

    (If you want to skip this menu press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

  • Press UP arrow--- “SAME SET” is displayed
  • Press SELECT---“ANY” is displayed
  • Press UP arrow to select “SINGLE”, MULTIPLE” or “ANY”. SINGLE is for 1 county only, MULTIPLE is more that 1 county and ANY is for all counties
  • Press UP arrow to select “SINGLE” for now
  • Press SELECT--- “SAME 01” is displayed
  • Press SELECT--- “00 00 00” is displayed. First 0 is flashing
  • Press UP arrow to select first digit. See attached sheet for county codes
  • 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. 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 for next county
  • ALERT TYPE

    (If you want to skip this menu press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

  • Press UP arrow--- “ALT TYPE” is displayed. (This is the alert type)
  • Press SELECT--- “TONE” is displayed
  • Press UP arrow to select “TONE”, “DISPLAY” or “VOICE”. TONE sounds alarm tone, DISPLAY is display Only no tone, VOICE is radio announcement only
  • Press SELECT to set alert type
  • ALERT TEST

    (If you want to skip this menu press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

  • Press UP arrow--- “ALT TEST” is displayed. (This is to test the alarm tone)
  • Press SELECT--- The alarm sounds…. Press VOLUME UP/DOWN to stop alarm
  • LIGHT

    (If you want to skip this menu press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

  • Press UP arrow--- “LIGHT” is displayed. (Leave this menu alone, it’s OK where it is)
  • Press Menu--- You are done programming the radio


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