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To turn off the priority feature, press
PRI-
ORITY
.
PRI
disappears.
Note:
If you are scanning more than one
bank in which a priority channel has
been programmed, the scanner stops
on the lowest-numbered priority channel
first while scanning.
LISTENING TO THE
WEATHER BAND
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) uses 7 frequen-
cies to broadcast local forecasts and re-
gional weather information. We have
preprogrammed your scanner with these
frequencies.
Note:
For a list of all 7 national weather
frequencies, see “National Weather Fre-
quencies” on Page 22.
To scan the preprogrammed weather
channels, press
WX
.
WX
appears, and
the scanner searches the weather chan-
nels and stops on an active broadcast. If
a broadcast is weak, press
WX
again to
continue searching through the weather
channels. Press ▲ or ▼ to switch the
search direction.
Weather Alert
Your scanner’s weather alert feature can
warn you when your local weather sta-
tion broadcasts a severe weather emer-
gency signal. (See “Testing Alert Tone”).
1. Press
WX
to find the clearest local
weather broadcasting station.
2. Press
ALERT
.
ALT
appears and the
broadcast turns off.
When a severe weather emergency sig-
nal is broadcast, the scanner sounds a
loud alarm (regardless of the volume
control setting), and
H
appears and
ALT
flashes. The alarm continues until the
emergency signal stops transmitting.
To manually turn off the siren and exit
the weather alert mode, press
ALERT
.
Testing Alert Tone
To hear the alert tone, make sure the
scanner is not set to sound an alert tone,
press
WX
, then hold down
ALERT
. The
tone sounds and the frequency and
TESt
alternately appear.
Press
ALERT
to exit the alert tone mode.
TURNING THE KEY TONE
ON OR OFF
The scanner is preset to sound a tone
each time you press any of its keys.
Follow these steps to turn the scanner’s
key tone on or off.
1. If the scanner is turned on, turn
VOLUME
counterclockwise until it
clicks to turn it off.
2. Hold down
S/S-LOCKOUT
while you
turn on the scanner.
no
bEEP
(if the
key tone is off) or
On
bEEP
(if the
key tone is on) appears for about 3
seconds.
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