Weather; Monitoring Weather Channels; Monitoring Weather Alerts; Displaying Unit Ids - Uniden HOMEPATROL-1 Owner's Manual

Weather

With HomePatrol‐1, you can monitor specific weather channels from NOAA or set it to listen for weather
alerts.
NOTE: When HomePatrol‐1 is in Weather Alert Standby mode, it cannot receive other transmissions.
Tap Listen to return to monitoring.
Monitoring Weather Channels
When you select Monitor NOAA Weather (Menu/Weather Mode), HomePatrol‐1 displays a weather
channel. Tap UP or DOWN until you can hear a local weather broadcast.
NOTE: If you are too far from the weather site, you might need to adjust squelch to a lower setting to
hear any transmissions.
Monitoring Weather Alerts
Monitoring weather alerts places HomePatrol‐1 in standby mode. It will monitor the selected NOAA
weather frequency for alerts and sound different tones when it detects advisories, watches, and
warnings.
HomePatrol‐1 also record alerts as they play. It will retain the alerts as long as they are active. The
Weather Alert screen (Menu/Weather Mode/Weather Alert Standby) has two lines that will display
active alerts. If more than two alerts are recorded, press UP or DOWN arrows to display them. You can
tap on the alert for more information.
Displaying Unit IDs
Unit IDs are the identifiers for specific radios operating on Motorola, P25, and EDACS trunked radio
systems. These IDs can help you determine the specific individuals involved in a transmission. To turn on
the Unit ID Display feature, tap MENU from the main screen. Then, select Display Options and tap Unit
ID Display:
Off ‐‐ turns off the Unit ID Display
Mode 1 – Unit ID information appears in the 2
alpha tag might be truncated.
Mode 2 – Unit ID information appears in the bottom line of the Channel bar. The service type
and TGID information will not display.
Note that Unit IDs will not appear if the HomePatrol‐1 starts receiving a transmission after the
communication has started.
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line of the Channel bar. The Channel's main
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