C. Crane CCRadio - Manual (Page 15)

near the top radio comes on continuously: WXALERT with Alarm
and flashing light will be active. Display shows ALERT and red light
near the top of the radio. In this mode, if the NOAA alert tone is
issued, the red light on the top of the radio flashes and a siren turns
on for 1 minute. To cancel the
WXALERT, press any button on the
radio.
SPECIAL NOTE: If you have the headphones plugged in and a weather
alert is issued, the audio to the headphones will be cut-off and the siren
will sound through the radio’s speaker.
3) Press ALERT again for two seconds: WXALERT goes off and is
inactive. ALERT will disappear from the display.
In either active WXALERT mode, the weather receiver stays on and lis-
tens for an emergency tone issued from NOAA in case of emergency.
You may get a periodic test tone from the NOAA that will cause a false
alarm on your
WXALERT. This tone is only a test and will happen peri-
odically whenever the agency decides to test their emergency alert sys-
tem. Simply pressing any button on the receiver will shut the alert tone
off.
After an alert has been issued, the WXALERT light and/or siren will stay
on for one minute or until you turn it off by pressing any button.
D
ISPLAY
L
IGHT
D
ISPLAY
L
IGHT ON
AC P
OWER
:
The display light will always be on unless you turn it off. The spe-
cial green LED bulbs last about 100,000 hours and use very little
electrical energy. If you want to turn off the display light, press the
Light button.
D
ISPLAY
L
IGHT ON
B
ATTERIES
:
When batteries are used the display light can be turned on by
pressing the light button. The display light automatically goes off
two minutes after radio operations are completed.
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