Owner`s manual

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Listening to a Weather Channel
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX.
WEAthEr appears for about 2 seconds, then the scanner starts searching
the weather bank.
To stop searching the channels, press PSE. SRCH disappears and MAN
appears.
To change the channel manually, press or .
To search through the weather bank again, press PSE. MAN disappears
and SRCH appears. To change the searching direction, press or .
SAME Standby Mode
The National Weather Service precedes each weather alert with a digitally
encoded SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) signal, then a 1050 Hz
tone. The SAME signal includes a FIPS (Federal Information Processing
Standard) area code, and an event code that corresponds with the type of
alert being sent. You can configure your scanner to operate in SAME Standby
mode, where it monitors a selected weather radio station for SAME alerts
for areas you specify. You can program your scanner with up to 7 FIPS
codes for the areas you desire. The National Weather Service maintains a
current list of FIPS codes at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/.
To configure your scanner for SAME Standby mode, follow these steps:
1. Press WX.
2. Press PGM to access the FIPS code entry table.
3. Use or keys to select the desired FIPS code storage location.
4. Use the number keys to enter the desired 6-digit FIPS code, and then press
ENT to store the code. 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. The scanner displays F at the left
hand if you enter the FIPS code(s).
Notes:
• 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 en-
abled (see “Priority”). In this mode all alerts are received. FIPS settings are
ignored.