Radio Shack PRO-96 - Manual (Page 66)

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5. Press L/OUT to lock out or
enable specific FIPS entries.
6. Press WX to exit the FIPS
code entry table.
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7. Press FUNC , and then WX to
initiate SAME standby. The
scanner will monitor the
selected weather radio station
for alerts with FIPS codes that
match the codes you entered
in the FIPS entry table. To exit
SAME standby, press
FUNC ,
and then WX .
Weather Alert Alarm
Demonstration
To hear the SAME weather alert
alarms, press
WX for more than 2
seconds while
SAME Standby
is
active.
The display indicates the type of
message, and the scanner sounds
the alarm associated with that type
of message. The alarm sound
changes automatically every 3
seconds.
Press any key except LIGHT to
end the alarm demonstration
mode.
U
SING THE
D
ELAY
F
UNCTION
You can configure your
conventional, non-trunked
channels for a 2 second delay to
avoid missing reply traffic on the
same channel. When delay is set
for a conventional channel, the
scanner will pause for reply traffic
before resuming the scan
operation.
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NOTES
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• Press WX, then the
numeric keys 0-9 to
quickly review stored
FIPS codes. Press
L/OUT to toggle
lockout status.
• Your scanner can
also detect the 1050
Hz weather alert tone
when a weather
channel is set as the
priority channel and
weather priority
operation is enabled.
(see “Programming a
Weather Channel as
Priority” on Page 41).
In this mode all alerts
are received. FIPS
settings are ignored.
• The scanner sounds
an alert or beep
when it receives the
SAME code. If you
do not stop the alert
(or beep) for five
minutes, the alert
stops and the
scanner beeps every
ten seconds. If the
scanner receives a
new message after
five minutes, it
sounds the alert or
beep. To stop the
sound and ready the
scanner to receive a
new alert signal
before the five minute
time out, press any
key except LIGHT.