Snooze/Function – This is a push button that switches between time, date and temperature display and alert message area. By pressing and holding this button you can switch between alert with siren voice and alert message, alert message only, turn the weather alert off or listen to the weather broadcast.
UP/Down – These buttons allow for changing volume and changing settings.
Earphone jack – This jack allows for attaching an earphone for private listening.
Charge Jack - This jack allows for charging optional
NWR-SAME:
In 1994, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began broadcasting coded emergency signals that identify the specific geographic area (such as a county) affected by an emergency. Until that time such specific emergency weather information was sent in other ways to broadcast stations and others then relayed to the public.
NOAA transmits the coded weather emergency signals using a technique called SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding). The
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