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Your new radio is equipped with the following features:
■ 7 Preprogrammed National Weather Service Broadcast Channels
■ Programmable Emergency/Weather Alert with S.A.M.E. Technology
■
Liquid Crystal Display for Alert Description
■
Backlit Display
■ 20 Programmable Area Codes
■
3 Alert Modes (Display, Tone, Voice)
■
Multiple Alert Display Capability
■ Alarm Clock with Snooze
■
Battery Backup Power Source
About Emergency/Weather Alerts
When the WX500 receives an emergency/weather alert:
• It sounds an alert tone.
• A description of the alert appears.
• An indicator on the front of the radio illuminates.
The alert descriptions your radio can display are based on a list of
specific emergency/weather alert types published by the NWS.
For a list of all the alert descriptions that your radio can display, see
NWS Emergency/Weather Alert Event Code descriptions on pages 22 - 23.
Caution: The NWS uses sophisticated models to determine an
alert’s effective time. However, the end of an alert does
not necessarily mean that the related emergency is over.
If the radio receives more than one emergency/weather
alert at the same time, it displays information about
each alert.
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