User's Manual

WX alert (1050 Hz) : WXA
During an alert, press any key, then an alert stops. If you do not press any key,
then the scanner continues sounding the alert beep.
Although alert beep (warning beep, watch beep ,advisory beep) is sounded at
short intervals for 5 minutes, after that, the emergency beep will be sounded
beep at intervals of 10 sec.
Programming FIPS code
To specify a county, SAME uses a standard established by the US Census
bureau, called FIPS. The format of a FIPS code is:
DSSCCC
Where
D = area subdivision (0=entire area)
SS = State code (00=all states)
CCC = County code (000=all counties)
For example, the FIPS code for Tarrant County, Texas is:
048439 (48=Texas; 439=Tarrant County).
Some counties are further subdivided, in which cases, the first digit will be 0 for
all subdivisions in the county and each subdivision will be labeled 1-9.
To program your scanner to alert you when the weather service issues an alert,
you must set the scanner to the alert mode, and then leave the scanner
monitoring the weather service. You cannot scan and monitor for weather
alerts at the same time.
To limit alerts to a specific area, you must also program in the FIPS code(s) for
the area(s) you want to receive alerts for. The scanner can be set to either alert
for all areas, or only the areas you have programmed.
Programming FIPS
To program weather alert operation:
During weather scan hold mode, press
F+[E], go to FIPS programming mode.
If the scanner is set to alert for all FIPS. “ALLFＩPS” is displayed.
If the scanner is set to alert only the area you have programmed, “F1” is
displayed.
Press [▲ ] or [▼ ] to move FIPS code “F1” to “F15”.
If FIPS code is no programmed, “------“ is displayed.
Input FIPS code by numeric key.
Press [./CLR] to cancel inputted FIPS code.
Press [E] to store FIPS code.
Press [0], [E] to clear FIPS code. “------“ is displayed.
If an invalid value has been inputted, FIPS code will be cleared.