Midland 74200 Digital All Hazard Alert Monitor

by Midland

Product Details

Product Manual [103kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000K2Z0
• Item model number: 74-200
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,174 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 27, 2001

Product Description

receives 7 NOAA weather/hazard channels. Specify from 1-15 counties or entire area to receive alerts from digital tech. Front panel displays up to 56 message to specify alert types. Front Panel LED's indicate whether it's a statement, watch or warning. Battery backup (not included). Built in alarm clock, telescopic antenna, supplied w/12 volt AC adapter, choice of multiple high level alert tone, voice alert, or flashing LED. External jack for antenna and control of external devices

Customer Reviews

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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the best yet, but keep your manual handy, November 13, 2001

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Jim Diehl (Bloomington, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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As an unobtrusive weather radio that works, this one is it. It has full featured S.A.M.E. capabilties. It will store up to 15 county identifiers (FIPS codes) The receiver is excellent and audio is clear & quiet. I have owned this radio for almost a year and still keep the manual close by. It is sort of a pain to program. But when it comes to function it is great. Mine came with an AC adapter. It has 9V battery backup, external antenna, and alert jacks. Speaker and warning signal volumes are adjusted individually. The alerts can be set for tone or voice. The manual shows over 35 types of alerts it will display on the LCD screen as well as different tone patterns. And as the NWS adds new alert capabilities it will receive them automatically. Three different colored leds show "warning", "watch" or "statement". Up to three different overlapping alerts with overlapping effective time periods can be stored and reviewed by scrolling the display. The display is rather rudimentary, but the performance of the radio makes up for it. When it is connected to external power (it can be used in the car with the proper cig plug) the display is constantly illuminated. It is also set to respond to NWS test broadcasts. The alarm clock fuctions as an alarm clock with snooze. A large bar on the front turns the radio & alert on & off very conveniently. Once the radio is programmed, it works quite well. I have had numerous Weather radios (and returned many also) and this is the best overall performer yet. WX capability is being added to all sorts of radio products with iffy results. This one works and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Just keep your manual.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mostly Good But Could Be Better, June 16, 2000

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This review is from: Midland 74200 Digital All Hazard Alert Monitor (Electronics)

This does everything you want in a digital weather radio and more. It uses SAME technology so you can localize warnings county by county, and you can customize the alerts for visual only, or visual and sound. It is even useful as an alarm clock, so much that it now serves as my bedside clock/alarm.

It is very easy to program in order to localize the weather warnings, but curiously, it is laborious to set the clock and alarm. It's not that it's hard, it just takes more steps than it needs.

Also, the clock display is downright irritating in that it shows "PM12:00" as an example. The am/pm could definitely be smaller.

All in all, I'm glad I bought it. I just think they could have made it better and easier to use if they had put a little more thought into it.

47 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great radio...but, May 3, 2000

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T. Gauss (Manteo, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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has everything you want in a weather radio.. but the light is very dim in the display, and the contrast isn't good in the lcd, therefore it is diffcult to read...very difficult and cannot be adjusted.