Uniden WX100 English Owners Manual - Page 20

OPERATION Using the Radio Your radio functions as a severe weather warning radio. This is especially useful when your area is expecting severe weather conditions any time of day. It emits a loud siren whenever your local NOAA weather station broadcasts a severe weather emergency tone. You have the option of listening to the weather broadcast or not. Even though you may not be listening to the broadcast, the radio still responds to the emergency tones from the local weather station. To turn on the weather alert radio: 1. Turn the volume/off control clockwise until it clicks. WX100, CH No. and frequency appear in the display respectively. 2. Press weather until you hear the weather broadcast. OR If you do not want to listen to the weather broadcast, press weather again. The receiver is actually still on but the audio is muted. 3. Make sure you adjust your volume control to a comfortable listening level. If you have set the Alert Type to VOICE, the volume level of the voice broadcast, when it comes on, will be set correctly. The volume control only adjusts the audio of the broadcast, not the siren volume. 4. If the Alert Type icon ( ) or ( ) is not present, press and hold alert to turn on the audible weather alert. The selected Alert Type icon appears. When the emergency tone is broadcasted, the siren sounds and the external Alert terminals are activated. If you press and hold alert again, the Alert Type icon disappears. When the emergency tone is broadcasted, the siren and the external Alert terminals are disabled. The message and the corresponding indicator will still appear. 17