Chapter 3: Using the TV’s Features

Alerts

Warning level

 

Watch level

Advisory level

Avalanche W arning

Nuclear P ower Plant

Avalanche W atch

Administrative Message

Blizzard W arning

Warning

Coastal Flood W atch

Child Abduction Emergency

Practice/Demo

Civil Danger W arning

Flash Flood W atch

(AMBERalerts)

Warning

EmergencyAction

Civil Emergency Message

Flood W atch

Radiological Hazard

Termination

Coastal Flood W arning

 

Warning

High Wind W atch

Flash Flood Statement

Dust Storm W arning

Severe Thunderstorm

Hurricane W atch

Flood Statement

Earthquake W arning

Warning

Severe Thunderstorm

Hurricane Statement

Shelter in Place

EmergencyAction

Watch

 

Warning

 

Local Area Emergency

Notification

Tornado W atch

Special Marine

National Information Center

Fire W arning

Tropical Storm W atch

Warning

Message

Flash Flood W arning

Tsunami W atch

Tornado W arning

Network Message

FloodW arning

Winter Storm W atch

Tropical Storm

Notification

Hazardous Materials

 

 

Warning

 

911 T elephone Outage

Warning

Tsunami W arning

 

Emergency

HighWindW arning

 

Severe W eather Statement

Volcano W arning

 

Hurricane W arning

 

Special W eather Statement

Winter Storm W arning

 

Immediate Evacuation

 

 

 

 

 

Law Enforcement W arning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Alert messages provide only basic information. For example, if a Civil Emergency Message appears on-screen, you need to press HEAR VOICE to hear information about the specific alert it’s covering, such as a train derailment, toxic gas leak, oil refinery fire, water supply pollution or an industrial explosion.

ALERT GUARD

 

G o b a c k

 

 

 

A l e r t o p t i o n s

. . .

L o c a t i o n s

. . .

N e w s w e a t h e r

. . .

N W R c h a n n e l

. . .

S e t h o w

A l e r t G u a r d w i l l

r e s p o n d

t o d i f f e r e n t l e v e l s

o f a l e r t .

 

ALERT OPTIONS

 

 

 

 

G o B a c k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A l e r t l e v e l

Advisory . . .

M e s s a g e s e e n

 

 

 

 

A l a r m t y p e

None . . .

A l a r m v o l u m e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S e t o p t i o n s f o r W a r n i n g s , W a t c h e s , a n d A d v i s o r i e s b y p r e s s i n g t h e l e f t / r i g h t k e y s .

Alert Options

You can customize how you want to receive each alert level.

1.Press the MENU button (the MAIN MENU appears).

2.Press the down arrow button to highlight Alert Guard and press OK.

3.Select Alert options from the ALERT GUARD menu.

4.Press the right arrow button to highlight the alert level you want to customize, for example, Advisory.

5.Press the down arrow button to highlight Message seen. If you want an alert message to appear on-screen when receiving an Advisory, press the right arrow button until the Message seen box is checked.

Notes: Alert messages don’t appear when the TV is off.

Alert messages provide only basic information. You might need to press HEAR VOICE to get more specific information.

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Chapter 3

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RCA 27V570T, 24F670T, 27F670T, 32F670T manual Alert Options, Alerts