How to Set Up the Midland WR-100 Weather Radio

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 - Single minutes flash; Press UP/DOWN arrows to set the minutes.
Press SELECT - Time is now set

SET ALARM CLOCK
(If you want to skip this menu, press UP arrow to skip to next menu)

Press UP or DOWN arrow until 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 - Single minutes flash; Press UP/DOWN arrows to set the minutes.
Press SELECT - Alarm time is now set.
Press MENU to continue programming

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. (Print out NEWS 25's list of county SAME codes and frequencies at news25.us.)
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. 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.
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.

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 - 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 five 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
(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. 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.

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

Press UP arrow- 'LIGHT' 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.
Press MENU - You are done programming the radio.