User's Manual

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1. Press WX until you identify the weather station with the strongest signal for your location.
2. Press FUNC, and then PROG to access the FIPS code entry table.
3. Use the ^ or v keys to select the desired FIPS code storage location.
4. Use the numeric keys to enter the desired FIPS code, and then press ENT to store the code. Press
TEXT to label the code entry with an alphanumeric text table if desired. Repeat this process for all the FIPS
codes that you wish to store.
5. Press L/OUT to lock out or enable specific FIPS entries.
6. Press WX to exit the FIPS code entry table.
Notes:
. Press WX, then the numeric keys 0-9 to quickly review stored FIPS codes. Press L/OUT to toggle lockout
status.
. Your scanner can also detect the 1050 Hz weather alert tone when a weather channel is set as the priority
channel and weather priority operation is enabled. (see “Programming a Weather Channel as Priority” on
Page XX). In this mode all alerts are received. FIPS settings are ignored.
. The scanner sounds an alert or beep when it receives the SAME code. If you do not stop the alert (or
beep) for five minutes, the alert stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the scanner receives a
new message after five minutes, it sounds the alert or beep. To stop the sound and ready the scanner to
receive a new alert signal before the five minute time out, press any key except DIM.
7. Press FUNC, and then WX to initiate SAME standby. The scanner will monitor the selected weather
radio station for alerts with FIPS codes that match the codes you entered in the FIPS entry table. To exit
SAME standby, press FUNC, and then WX.
Weather Alert Alarm Demonstration
To hear the SAME weather alert alarms, press WX for more than 2 seconds while SAME Standby is active.
The display indicates the type of message, and the scanner sounds the alarm associated with that type of
message. The alarm sound changes automatically every 3 seconds.
Press any key except DIM to end the alarm demonstration mode.
USING THE DELAY FUNCTION
You can configure your conventional, non-trunked channels for a 2 second delay to avoid missing reply
traffic on the same channel. When delay is set for a conventional channel, the scanner will pause for reply
traffic before resuming the scan operation.