Turning The Key Tone On Or Off; Listening To The Weather Band; Wx Alert - Radio Shack PRO-76 Owner's Manual

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TURNING THE KEY
TONE ON OR OFF
The scanner is preset to
sound a tone each time you
press any of its keys. Follow
these steps to turn the scan-
ner's key tone on or off.
1. If the scanner is turned
on, turn
VOLUME
terclockwise until
clicks to turn it off.
2. Hold down while you
S/S
turn on the scanner.
(if the key tone is
bEEP
off) or On bEEP
key tone is on) appears
for about 3 seconds.
LISTENING TO
THE WEATHER
BAND
To hear your local forecast
and regional weather infor-
mation, press .
WX
scanner begins to
through the weather band.
Your scanner should stop
within a few seconds on your
local weather broadcast. If
the broadcast is weak, you
can press again or
WX
to resume scanning.
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WX Alert

Your scanner warns you of
serious weather conditions
by sounding an alarm if a
National Weather Service
broadcaster in your area
broadcasts an alert tone.
Follow these steps to set the
scanner so it sounds an
alarm when a weather alert
coun-
tone is broadcast.
it
1. Press
weather channels.
no
2. Press
pears.
(if the
If the scanner detects the
weather alert, it sounds an
alarm and
Press any key to turn off the
alarm. To cancel all weather
alert checking, press
Your
scan
or
to scan the
WX
. ap-
ALERT ALT
ALT flashes.
.
ALERT