Radio Shack PRO-2053 - Manual (Page 24)

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Operation
gional weather information on one or more of
these channels.
Listening to a Weather Channel
To hear your local forecast and regional
weather information, press
WX . Your scan-
ner scans through the weather band then
stops within a few seconds on the strongest
weather broadcast.
Displaying Weather Messages
The weather service precedes each weather
alert with a digitally-encoded SAME (Specific
Area Message Encoding) signal, then a 1050
Hz tone. You can set the scanner to decode
and display the SAME message when an
alert is broadcast. Then if you are monitoring
a weather channel with a digitally-encoded
SAME signal when an alert is broadcast, the
scanner will show the type of alert which is
being broadcast such as
38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> , 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? ,
/K8K /K8K /K8K /K8K , or 0 0 0 0 )< )< )< )< JJ8>< JJ8>< JJ8>< . The scanner
also sounds alternating alert tones, and
3<8K? 3<8K? 3<8K? 3<8K? appears when the scanner
receives a 1050 Hz signal.
To set the scanner to decode and display
SAME messages, press
FUNC then WX while
you listen to the weather channel. %#э 34 %#э 34 %#э 34 %#э 34
/0в5 /0в5 /0в5 /0в5 and á8E: б8E: б8E: б8E: appear.
To exit the SAME standby mode, press
FUNC then WX again. %#э 34э /0в5 %#э 34э /0в5 %#э 34э /0в5 %#э 34э /0в5 disap-
pears.
Notes:
• The scanner does not display the actual
area affected by SAME messages. It
uses only the message (text) portion of
the SAME signal (
38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> 38IE@E> , 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? 38K:? ,
/K8K< /K8K< /K8K< /K8K D D D , or 0 0 0 0< ý)< ý)< ý)< ).
• Your scanner can also receive weather
alert tones (see “Priority” on Page 27).
The scanner sounds an alert or beeps
when it receives the SAME code. If you
do not stop the alert, it sounds for five
minutes. The alert then stops and the
scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the
scanner receives a new message after
five minutes, it sounds an alert or beep
again. Press any key to stop the sound.
The scanner is ready to receive a new
signal.
WX Alert and Beep Tone Confir-
mation
1. To test the WX alert, press WX for more
than 2 seconds when %#э 34э /0в5 %#э 34э /0в5 %#э 34э /0в5 %#э 34э /0в5
appears.
The display indicates the type of mes-
sage, and the scanner sounds an alert
or series of beeps which automatically
changes every 3 seconds.
2. Press any key to stop the test.
USING FREQUENCY COPY
FUNCTION
You can copy a frequency into a specified
channel, a vacant channel in a specified
bank, or a priority channel. However, you
cannot copy a frequency from the Marine
and CB search bands.
Copying a Frequency into a Spec-
ified Channel
You can copy a frequency into a specified
channel when the scanner stops on that fre-
quency during search mode or manual tun-
ing.
1. Press FUNC then PROG when you find a
frequency.
á?8Eý/KFI<е б?8Eэ/KFI<е б?8Eэ/KFI<е б?8Eэ/KFI<å appears at the bottom line.
After about 1 second, the frequency to
be copied flashes on the indicator.
2. Press the desired bank and the channel
number where you want to store the fre-