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USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT

You can turn on the display’s backlight for easy viewing in the dark. Press KEYLOCK/ to turn on the display light for 15 seconds. To turn off the light before 15 seconds elapses, press KEYLOCK/ again.

Note: Do not hold down KEYLOCK/ or it will lock up the keypad. If this happens, press and hold KEYLOCK/ until the scanner beeps and KEYLOCK disappears from the display.

LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11 channels for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion (NOAA). We have preprogrammed your scanner with the seven fre- quencies most commonly used by NOAA.

To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, simply press WX/E. Your scanner begins scanning through the weather band, and WX appears on the display.

Your scanner should stop within a few seconds, and then you hear the local weather broadcast. If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX/E again to scan through the rest of the weather band.

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Radio Shack PRO-29 owner manual Using the Display Backlight, Listening to the Weather Band