Weather Alerts (Wx Alert); Tone Alert; Same Alert - Navico Lowrance LVR-880US Operation Instructions Manual

1. Select RADIO SETUP then WATCH MODE.
2. Select the desired setting then press ENT.

4.8 Weather Alerts (WX ALERT)

LVR-880US only.
Use WX ALERT to set your preferences for weather alert information.
The NOAA provides several weather forecast channels on USA and Canadian channel banks. If
severe weather such as storms or hurricanes are forecast, the NOAA broadcasts a weather alert on
1050 Hz.
The NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio Service (NWR) works in conjunction with the Emergency Alert
System (EAS) to issue weather alerts for specific geographic areas or specific weather conditions. It
uses a digital encoding system known as SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) to broadcast
these alerts.
Each transmitter in the NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio Service (NWR) network is identified with a
unique 6-digit SAME code. Each transmitter operates on one of 7 frequencies.
Note: A county ID must be entered to activate a SAME alert.
4.8.1

TONE ALERT

LVR-880US only.
If TONE ALERT is ON and an alert tone of 1050 Hz is broadcast from the NOAA weather station, the
weather alert is picked up automatically and the alarm sounds. Press any key to cancel the alarm and
to hear the weather alert message.
RADIO SETUP
INT SPEAKER
WATCH MODE
>WX ALERT
1. Select RADIO SETUP then WX ALERT.
2. Select TONE ALERT.
3. Select ON to hear any weather alerts on 1050 Hz OR, to ignore these weather alerts, select OFF.
4.8.2

SAME ALERT

LVR-880US only.
Note: SCAN mode will operate up to 50% more slowly when SAME ALERT is ON to allow time to
decode the special warning code transmissions.
Note: SAME ALERT works only after you have entered the SAME codes for your geographic area
(see Section 4.8.5).
RADIO SETUP
INT SPEAKER
WATCH MODE
>WX ALERT
1. Select RADIO SETUP then WX ALERT.
2. Select SAME ALERT.
3. Select ON to receive any local NWR or EAS alerts OR, to ignore these weather alerts, select OFF.
>TONE ALERT
SAME ALERT
SAME CODE
TONE ALERT
>SAME ALERT
SAME CODE
TONE ALERT
>ON
OFF
SAME ALERT
>ON
OFF
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