Weather Mode - Uniden UM380 Owner's Manual

If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks the most
Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch
recently-used weather channel
every seven seconds, then
continues scanning the next
channel in memory.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on
or off, press and hold
Select Setup and then WX Alert Mode. Use
CALL-MENU
and to choose WX Alert Mode setting ON
or Off.
CHANNEL DOWN
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks channels 16 and
Scan mode with Triple and Dual Watch
9 every two seconds, then goes on
to scan the next channel; with
Dual Watch turned on, the radio
only checks channel 16.
Press and hold on the
radio for two seconds to turn
16/9-TRI
Triple/Dual Watch on or off. (To
change between Triple or Dual
Watch, see page 18.)
Press and hold the
mode.
CLR-SCAN
Scan mode with both Weather
You can activate Weather Alert
Alert and Triple/Dual Watch
Watch and Triple/Dual Watch at
the same time. The radio
performs both checks at their
scheduled time.
In cooperation with the FCC, NOAA also uses the weather channels to alert you of other

Weather mode

hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode,
the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any type of alert is received for
your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of alert. In weather mode, the
display shows the following:
Weather
mode is on
Flashing: An alert
has been issued
Steady: Weather
Alert Watch is on
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CHANNEL UP
Memory Channel Scan
08 10 11 12
key to turn off Scan mode and set the radio to Triple/Dual Watch
08 10 11
Triple Watch:
Every 2 seconds,
the radio checks
channels 9 & 16
then goes on to
the next channel.
09
Weather Band
Alert
Hurricane Warning
13 14 15 17
Triple Watch :
seconds, the radio checks
channels 9 & 16 then goes on
to the next channel.
09 16
Memory Channel Scan
12 13 14 15 17
WX Alert :
Every 7
seconds, the radio
checks the last-used
weather channel,
09 16
then scans the next
channel.
Current
channel
number
Type of alert
(If the text is too
long, it scrolls.)
20 24 25
Every 2
20 24 25
wx
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