Viewing Weather Alerts; Receiving Alerts For Specific Areas - Radio Shack 12-519 User Manual

Set Weather Channel Memory
While the radio is on the desired channel, press and hold M1 to M5 until
the selected memory indicator (
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
2. Press  or  to select
. Press SELECT to choose Location #1.
. Press SELECT to choose
5. Press  or  to choose your state and press SELECT.
. Press  or  to choose your county and press SELECT.
7. Press MENU to return to the location menu.
. Press  to go to Location #2.
9. Repeat steps 4 – 8 to program additional locations.
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Notes:
• If you want to program only one location, choose
• For more information see "SAME Code" on page 13 and "What are FIPS codes
and SAME signals?" on page 19.
– ) is displayed. You can store up to five
M1 M5
. Press SELECT.
Multiple
Edit By Name
10
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SAME Code
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at step 2.
Single