Testing Alert Operation; Testing Alert Reception - Optimus 12-1610 Owner's Manual

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2. Set
ALERT LOCK
Illust.
• — When the radio receives
ON
an alert signal, the siren sounds
continuously until you change
the
FM/AM/WX/ALERT
setting.
LOCK
• — When the radio receives
OFF
an alert signal, the siren sounds
only during the 10-second alert
signal.
3. To silence the siren, set
to
WX/ALERT WX
current weather broadcast.
Notes:
• If severe weather threatens, do
not wait for an alert tone; turn on
your radio and monitor the latest
weather information.
• With
ALERT LOCK
alert sounds for 10 seconds. If you
set the switch to
after the siren starts to sound, you
hear the tone for a short period,
and then the emergency informa-
tion.
• The radio sounds the alert siren at
full power, regardless of the
radio's volume setting.
as follows:
or
ALERT
FM/AM/
. You hear the
set to , the
OFF
immediately
WX
TESTING ALERT
OPERATION
For your radio to be effective, you
must place the radio:
• Where it can receive an emer-
gency alert signal (see "Testing
Alert Reception")
• Where you can hear its alert tone
(see "Using the ALERT TEST But-
ton")
Once you determine a location that
meets these two conditions, leave the
radio there for the best protection.

Testing Alert Reception

The fact that you get clear voice re-
ception or that the tone sounds when
you set
ALERT TEST
ing the ALERT TEST Button") does
not guarantee that an emergency alert
signal will trigger your radio's alert
tone. Also, if you are in a fringe area,
an emergency alert signal might trig-
ger your radio while it is in one place,
but not in another place (even close
by).
To test for actual reception, your radio
must receive a test or emergency alert
signal. The National Weather Service
(NWS) broadcasts a test alert every
week on Wednesday between 11 AM
and 12 Noon.
to (see "Us-
ON
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