Setting Siren Volume
1. Press and hold PROG key for 2 seconds to enter program
menu page. Skip this step if it is now in program menu.
2. Keep pressing key to menu page P5.
3. Press ENTER key to select. The siren volume is displayed.
4. Press or key to adjust siren volume.
5. Press ENTER key to save and complete this section.
The radio provides 16 siren volume level adjustment for
different noise environment and hearing impaired use.
Siren mute option is available for non-critical events.
1. Press STOP key to stop and save the siren volume.
2. The ALARM OUT socket becomes active during siren.
If the radio receives the below alert messages and the
siren volume has been set to 00 or SIREN MUTE, it will
still be siren at the volume level the same as to what you
have previously set the volume to hear radio broadcast.
1. BIOLOGICAL HAZARD WARNING
2. CIVIL DANGER WARNING
3. CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
4. CHEMICAL HAZARD WARNING
5. DAM BREAK WARNING
6. CONTAGIOUS DISEASE WARNING
7. CONTAMINATED WATER WARNING
8. EMERGENCY ACTION NOTIFICATION
9. EMERGENCY ACTION TERMINATION
10 EARTHQUAKE WARNING
11. IMMEDIATE EVACUATION
12. FOOD CONTAMINATION WARNING
13. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING
14. HURRICANE WARNING
15. INDUSTRIAL FIRE WARNING
16. LOCAL AREA EMERGENCY
17. LAW ENFORCEMENT WARNING
18. LAND SLIDE WARNING
19. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WARNING
20. RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD WARNING
21. SHELTER IN-PLACE WARNING
22. TORNADO WARNING
23. TROPICAL STORM WARNING
24. TSUNAMI WATCH
25. TSUNAMI WARNING
26. VOLCANO WARNING
27. WILD FIRE WARNING
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National Weather Service (NWS) Test Signals
Periodic test signals (Required Weekly Test or Required
Monthly Test) are sent out by NWS transmitter stations.
Such test signals are used to let the users to confirm their
alert radios in use functioning properly.
Upon receiving the test signal, the radio will display the
test message on the LCD. The beep tone (for test signals)
is disabled by default. You can enable the beep tone in
program menu page P6.
If the radio has not received any messages (e.g. Test,
Alert or Non-Alert messages) for consecutive 10 days,
the LCD will display: RE-CHECK SET UP.
Receiving Alert Message
When the radio receives an alert message, it will display
the Effective Time (with auto-count-down function) and
respond according to the alert option set in program menu
page P4 ( refer to Alert Option Table).The flashing LED
indicates the alert level. The radio's real time clock / date,
together with the alert message will be logged and saved
into the event memory.
When the radio receives Non-Alert Messages (refer to
page 6), it will not give audio and visual response but
save the message to the event memory. If a new message
is received, the Non-Alert Message will be cleared from
the event memory right away.
For the scrolling message, press and hold STOP key will
stop scrolling. Release the key will resume scrolling.
In such occasion, you have to
1. check if the weather channel is set correctly,
2. check if the county codes stored are right for your
local area,
3. check if the radio is in weak signal reception (statics),
4. contact your local NOAA to see if they transmit test
signals periodically.
The RE-CHECK SET UP message will disappear in about
5 minutes after any key is pressed. After that, You can
review it in the event memory (by pressing MEMORY
key). It will be cleared from the memory as soon as the
radio decodes the next coming message.
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