Selecting The Channel Group; Noaa Weather Channels; (In Usa And Canada Only) - Standard Horizon HX890E Owner's Manual

8.6

SELECTING THE CHANNEL GROUP

Set the Channel Group acrrording to the region.
Press and hold
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key
1. Press the [CH▼]/[CH▲] key to select desired
channel group "USA", "INTL", or "CAN"*.
2. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the
selected setting.
3. Press the [CLR] key to return to radio opera-
tion.
*( In the European version, when setting the region, the selected European Channel
Group will be displayed instead of "CANADA". For details, refer to the Note on Set-
ting the Region on the separate yellow insert sheet.)
8.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS (In USA and Canada only)
1. To receive a NOAA weather channel, press [◄]/[►] key
repeatedly until the [WX] soft key is displayed at the bottom
of the screen.
2. Press the [WX] soft key. The "WX" indicator appears at the
top of the screen.
3. Press the [CH▼]/[CH▲] key to select a different NOAA
weather channel.
4. To exit from the NOAA weather channels, press the [CH]
soft key. The transceiver returns to the channel it was on
prior to a weather channel and the "WX" indicator disap-
pears from the display.
8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert (USA version only)
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes,
the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather
alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one
of the NOAA weather channels.
The HX890 can receive weather alerts when monitoring a weather channel
and, on the last selected weather channel during scanning modes or while on
another working channel.
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