When turned off, will this radio automatically turn on in the event of severe weather??
775836
Yes, if you have it set to the monitoring status. But, once it turns on you will need to reset it or turn it off. I t will not turn off after the alert is finished.
775837
I am sorry but I do not know. My emerg. radio in my home comes on when required. I have place this radio in our church and will have to check it out. More latter!!
775838
Yes. You can set it to emergency alert mode and if there is a weather alert for your area it will come on. And yes, it will wake you up.
1675305
Depends on what you call automatic! If the unit is turned to off It will NOT turn on with an alert! But if you set it to the alert setting it will be silent until an alert occurs. You must remember, however the unit is running while on alert and battery life is several days at best. So if you want 24/7 year round protection buy a lot of batteries or get a unit wired for 110 Then however you miss the portability of this great unit. I have several!
2044223
No, That is the way the system is set up. can only turn it on by pushing button on radio, but can can turn off by the same button or the remote, hope that helps.
1861016
As far as I know it does not give automatic alerts. It has a weather radio, AM and FM.
156620
No. You have to manually turn it on it will automatically turn off once it has finished its cycle.
76329
Read the manual for the WR120: it allows you to delete alerts you do not want. I've set up mine so that it alerts only for thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes and national emergencies.
1285618
there is a weather alert test button that allows you to confirm the weather alert functions...if you don't have the owners manual you can search on google the type of midland radio you have and pull up the owners manual there.
1727285
Only the radio portion would go off, the base station is just a weather station that shows readings from your outdoor sensor.
1277527
the truth is I did not know that it will come on automatically when the power goes out. sorry
996789
I wouldn't keep the radio stashed away for emergencies. Hook it up and use it. You want to make sure everything is in working order. A disaster is not the time you want to find out that the radio isn't working. I use my ham radio equipment on a regular basis. So if I there is a problem I will catch it BEFORE a disaster.
777515
It does have a built in FM receiver and will receive NOAA weather info of you program the frequencies. It does not have a weather alert feature.
77343
No, My plug stays hot when vehicle is off so the radio stays on. I have to turn it off manually.
15728
No, weather doesn't seem to affect it at all. Works great unless the power goes off.
531983
Have to have it charged. And it will only go off when you get the programmed area alert. (You have to put in your area). Works great. After a lot of severe storms in my area, I was able to take this with me anywhere in the house as I needed.
646867
It does not change automatically and it is not so easy to change the station. If you have a station that you can keep it on it works pretty good. I took my antenna off my car so I would not get stations over powering it. That helped
497379
The instructions that come with the radio are inadequate in regard to that subject. The radio has 7 NOAA channels which one tunes to the strongest one; then the ALERT button is pressed to put the radio in the ALERT mode. I am making a presumption that will activate during severe weather alerts; not had any such alerts yet this year. I also have severe weather alerts that come from an area TV station and that should let me know if the ALERT function on the radio work accordingly. A company inquiry can be made at www.etoncorp.com/ 800-872-2228
1860556
Yes you can turn off the weather band. It has excellent reception.The radio was purchased as a gift, so I don't know too much about it only what the recipient tells me.