Operation Manual

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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 scan-
ner’s key tone on or off.
1. If the scanner is turned
on, turn
VOLUME
coun-
terclockwise until it
clicks to turn it off.
2. Hold down
S/S
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.
LISTENING TO
THE WEATHER
BAND
To hear your local forecast
and regional weather infor-
mation, press
WX
. Your
scanner begins to scan
through the weather band.
Your scanner should stop
within a few seconds on your
local weather broadcast. If
the broadcast is weak, you
can press
WX
again or
▼
or
▲
to resume scanning.
WX Alert
Your scanner warns you of
serious weather conditions
by sounding an alarm if a
National Weather Service
broadcaster in your area
broadcasts an alert tone.
Follow these steps to set the
scanner so it sounds an
alarm when a weather alert
tone is broadcast.
1. Press
WX
to scan the
weather channels.
2. Press
ALERT
.
ALT
ap-
pears.
If the scanner detects the
weather alert, it sounds an
alarm and
ALT
flashes.
Press any key to turn off the
alarm. To cancel all weather
alert checking, press
ALERT
.
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