Radio Shack PRO-650 - Scanning and Monitoring Channels; Scanning Stored Channels; Setting Scan Delay; Using Priority Channel

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Weather Features
TheNOAAandyourlocalweatherreportingagency
broadcast local forecast and regional weather
information on one or more channels allocated for use by
weather reporting agencies.
Your scanner is an extremely sensitive high-quality
receiverontheweatherfrequencies.However,the
includedantennaisoptimizedforgeneralpurpose
scanning.Toreceiveweatheralerts,pleasemakesure
you are receiving a clear signal or switch to an external
antenna.
Press
to hear your local forecast and regional weather
information. WEAthErappearsforabouttwoseconds,then
the scanner starts searching the weather bank.
Press PSE to stop searching the channels. SRCH
disappears and MAN appears. To change the channel
manually,press or .
Receiving All Weather Alerts
To program the scanner to search for weather alerts every
twoseconds,setaweatherchannelastheprioritychannel.
See “Using the Priority Channel“ on page 17.
Ifthescannerdetectsa1050Hzweatheralerttoneonthe
programmedchannel,thescannersoundsthealerttone
and ALErtashes.Pressanykeytoturnothealarm.
Receiving Alerts for Specic Areas
TheNationalWeatherServiceprecedeseachweather
alertwithadigitallyencodedSAME(SpecicArea
MessageEncoding)signal,thena1050Hztone.The
SAMEsignalincludesaFIPS(FederalInformation
ProcessingStandard)codeandaneventcode.
AcurrentlistofFIPScodesislocatedatwww.NWS.
NOAA.gov/NWR.
SAME Standby Mode
InSAMEStandbymode,yourscannermonitorsweather
channelsforSAMEalertsforuptosevenareasyou
specifybyenteringtheFIPScodes.
ToprogramyourscannerforSAMEStandbymode:
1. Press
.
2. Press PGMtoaccesstheFIPScodeentrymode.
3. Use or toselectthedesiredFIPScodestorage
location.
4. UsethenumberkeystoentertheFIPScode,then
press ENT to store the code.
5. Repeatsteps3-4foralltheFIPScodesthatyouwish
to store.
6. Press
toexitFIPScodeentrymode.Thescanner
displays FshowingthatFIPScodesareenabled.
7. Press PRI/ALERTtoinitiateSAMEStandbymode.
The scanner displays F [1-7]
CH StAndby.
The scanner will monitor weather channels for alerts with
matchingFIPScodes.ToexitSAMEStandbymode,press
PRI/ALERT again.
• Press L/O during step 4 to lock-out FIPS entries;
L/0
appears in the display. Press L/O again to enable FIPS
entries;
L/0
disappears.
• If you do not enter any FIPS codes, or if your FIPS codes
are locked out, when you enter SAME Standby mode
the scanner receives alerts and warning messages for
all receivable areas.
• The scanner sounds an alert when it receives the SAME
code. To stop the alert and ready the scanner to receive
a new alert signal, press any key.
• If you do not stop the alert within ve minutes, the alert
stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the
scanner receives a new weather alert after ve minutes,
it sounds the new alert.
Testing the Weather Alert and Beep Tone
1. Totesttheweatheralert,pressandholdENT
for more than 2 seconds while F [1-7] CH StAndby
appears on the display.
Thedisplayindicatesthetypeofmessage,andthe
scanner sounds an alert or series of beeps. The
beeps automatically change every 3 seconds.
2. Press any key to stop testing.