Activating Same Standby Mode; Using V-Scanner Storage - GRE 0716 Owner's Manual

lock out individual event or area codes. We recommend that you
leave Lockout set to off for general purpose weather alerting.
When you have finished editing your SAME entry, press the
Save softkey to store the data, then press the Save softkey to
save all SAME changes and return to the Weather mode.

Activating SAME Standby Mode

After you have entered your desired SAME codes, you can
activate the SAME Standby Mode to begin standby operation.
The radio will remain silent until a SAME transmission is received
with a code that matches one that you have stored. When a
matching SAME message is received, your radio will sound a
siren alarm, then will play the audio message that follows the
Warning Alert Tone (WAT).
To activate SAME standby mode, press the
or
location, then press the stby softkey. The softkey will change to
STBY to indicate that SAME Standby Mode is active, and the
scanner will alert when a matching SAME message is received.
Press the STBY softkey again to exit SAME Standby Mode, or
press
When your local NWS office activates a SAME warning that
matches a FIPS code stored in your scanner, you will hear first
hear a siren alarm and see the LED flash to alert you to the
incoming alarm. The LED flashes RED for warnings, YELLOW
for warnings, and BLUE for tests and administrative messages.
The scanner sound the siren until the NWS transmission of the
1050 Hz Warning Alert Tone (WAT) begins. Once the WAT
begins, the scanner s speaker will unmute, and you will hear the
WAT play as an alert that the voice portion of the SAME warning
is about to begin. You will then hear the voice portion of the
SAME warning.
Your scanner will resume SAME Standby operation 90 seconds
after the SAME warning starts. You may reset standby mode by
pressing the STBY softkey twice at any time.

Using V-Scanner Storage

Your 0716 features two types of memory storage. Main
memory is used to store your programming that is used for
everyday monitoring and scanning. V-Scanner memory is used
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keys to find the best weather radio transmitter for your
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key, use the
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