User's Manual

Using We a the r Ale rt (SA ME)

Using Weather Alert (SAME)

Your scanner has been primarily designed to be a radio

scanner. While it incorporates weather alert as one fea-

ture, we strongly recommend that you not use the scan-

ner as your sole means for receiving emergency alerts.

Your local electronics retailer carries several weather

radios specifically designed for this function.

Your scanner allows you to either search for a local

NOAA weather broadcast, or be set to alert when a

SAME weather alert is broadcast on a NOAA channel.

Setting the Weather Mode

You can use the BC246T to search for your local NOAA

weather channel.

Turning Weather Alert On/Off

In weather alert mode, your scanner functions as a

severe weather warning radio. This is especially useful

when your area is expecting severe weather conditions

late at night. When you set the scanner to weather alert

mode, it emits a loud siren and displays information about

the weather alert whenever your local NOAA weather sta-

tion transmits a severe weather emergency tone.

Follow these steps to turn on weather alert:

1. Press WX to find your local weather station.

2. Press Hold.

3. Hold down ALERT for about 2 seconds.

ALERT

appears.

The scanner’s volume is muted until the warning tone

sounds.

Your scanner now functions as a weather alert radio, wait-

ing to receive a severe weather emergency tone. When

your scanner receives the emergency tone and a SAME

event code from your local NOAA weather station, it

responds with a loud siren at maximum volume (regard-

less of the volume control setting) and displays informa-

tion about the alert.

Using Weather Alert (SAME)