Radio Shack 12-519 manual Set Weather Channel Memory, Viewing Weather Alerts

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Basic Operation

Set Weather Channel Memory

While the radio is on the desired channel, press and hold M1 to M5 until the selected memory indicator (M1M5) is displayed. You can store up to five channels.

To listen to a channel from memory, press M1–M5 while in weather radio mode.

Viewing Weather Alerts

You can view the last four different weather alerts received by the radio. When an alert is received, the alert description scrolls across the display. If multiple alerts are received, press or to view them in order. The first description is always the newest and descriptions are shown in chronological order. Example:

1)Flash Flood Watch 0:15

2)Hurricane Watch 1:15

Receiving Alerts for Specific Areas

When an emergency event happens, the National Weather Service (NWS) broadcasts a SAME code indicating the affected region along with the alert signal. You can program your weather radio to alert you for events in up to ten regions.

1.Press MENU, then press or to scroll to SAME Code.

2.Press or to select Multiple. Press SELECT.

3.Press SELECT to choose Location #1.

4.Press SELECT to choose Edit By Name.

5.Press or to choose your state and press SELECT.

6.Press or to choose your county and press SELECT.

7.Press MENU to return to the location menu.

8.Press to go to Location #2.

9.Repeat steps 4 – 8 to program additional locations.

nNotes:

If you want to program only one location, choose Single at step 2.

For more information see “SAME Code” on page 13 and “What are FIPS codes and SAME signals?” on page 19.

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