Oregon Scientific WR601N Manual 

• System (EAS) weather bulletins, warnings, and forecasts • Receives all National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) reports, which provide all available emergency advisories on tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, floods, evacuations, civil danger warnings, and more • Flexible programming—select Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) state or county codes to receive broadcas ...

Insert Batteries 1) Remove battery cover on the back of the radio by press down on the cover clip on the bottom. 2) The radio will activate automatically once 3 “AA” batteries are inserted. 3) The radio cannot be deactivated, to turn the LCD display ON or OFF, press and hold the NOAA button for 2 seconds. 4) Batteries are recommended for travel use. While at home or in the office, use the AC adapter to conserve ...

Set Clock and Calendar 1) Once the unit powers on, you will need to set the time and date. 2) Press the UP or DOWN buttons to choose the setting. Press and hold UP or DOWN to scroll quickly through the setting. 3) Press the MODE button to confirm. 4) The settings order is: 12/24 hr mode, hour, minute, year, month/day, day/month and language. ...

SELECT NWS CHANNEL FREQUENCY To receive alerts, you must also set the radio channel to match the NWS channel frequency. 1) Press the CHANNEL button for 2 seconds. 2) Press the UP and DOWN buttons to select the channel. When scrolling through the different channels, you will hear either static or the 24-hour weather broadcast. When the channel selected is broadcasting the weather information for your area, you have se ...

PROGRAM YOUR SAME CODE The radio can be programmed to receive alerts from up to 6 specific different transmitters. If you do not program any SAME code, it will receive alerts from ALL transmitters on the selected channel. Program SAME Codes 1. Press the COUNTY button. 2. Press COUNTY again. 3. Press and hold COUNTY for 2 seconds. 4. Press the UP and DOWN buttons to select the first digit of your SAME code. 5. Press COU ...

TEST YOUR SIGNAL RECEPTION The NWS office conducts a Required Weekly Test (RWT) of NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio every Wednesday between 11 AM and Noon (Central Time), when weather permits. The RWT consists of the RWT SAME code, the 1050 MHz tone, and a short message explaining the test and the counties that the particular transmitter covers. If adverse weather prevents the test from being conducted on Wednesday, it is ...