Uniden BCD160DN English Owners Manual - Page 41

Weather Operation

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Press FUNC + pri./No to change modes in the following order: DND → ON → Plus → OFF →DND → NOTE: Press FUNC + pri./No before the FUNC key times out in 3 seconds and the FUNC key locks. FUNC key also locks if you press and hold it for 3 seconds. Set Interval Set how often the scanner checks priority channels. 1. From MENU/Priority Scan, select Set Interval and press Yes/E. 2. Enter the number of seconds (1 - 10) and press Yes/E to save. MaxCH/PRI-SCN Sets the maximum number of priority channels that can be scanned during a single priority scan interrupt. If there are more priority channels than the value set here, the channels are divided into groups and each group is scanned in turn. For example, if the maximum of channels to scan is 20 and there are 100 priority channels, the scanner checks those 100 channels in groups of 20 and takes 5 intervals to complete the priority scan. 1. From MENU/Priority Scan, select MaxCHs/PRI-Scan and press Yes/E. 2. Enter the number of channels to be checked (1 - 100) and press Yes/E to save and exit. WEATHER OPERATION Your scanner allows you to search for a local NOAA weather broadcast and set it to alert when a SAME weather alert is broadcast on a NOAA weather channel. You can also program FIPS codes into the scanner and use weather alert priority to check the weather channel every 5 seconds for a weather alert signal. To edit Weather Options, begin by pressing Menu. 1. Scroll to WX Operation and press Yes/E. The following options display: 41

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Press
FUNC
+
pri./No
to change modes in the following order:
DND
ON
Plus
OFF
DND
NOTE: Press
FUNC
+
pri./No
before the
FUNC
key times out in 3 seconds and the
FUNC
key locks.
FUNC
key also locks if you press and hold it for 3 seconds.
Set Interval
Set how often the scanner checks priority channels.
1.
From
MENU
/
Priority Scan
, select
Set Interval
and press
Yes/E
.
2.
Enter the number of seconds (1 - 10) and press
Yes/E
to save.
MaxCH/PRI-SCN
Sets the maximum number of priority channels that can be scanned during a single
priority scan interrupt. If there are more priority channels than the value set here, the
channels are divided into groups and each group is scanned in turn. For example,
if the maximum of channels to scan is 20 and there are 100 priority channels,
the scanner checks those 100 channels in groups of 20 and takes 5 intervals to
complete the priority scan.
1.
From
MENU
/
Priority Scan
, select
MaxCHs/PRI-Scan
and press
Yes/E
.
2.
Enter the number of channels to be checked
(1 - 100) and press
Yes/E
to save
and exit.
WEATHER OPERATION
Your scanner allows you to search for a local NOAA weather broadcast and set it to
alert when a SAME weather alert is broadcast on a NOAA weather channel. You can
also program FIPS codes into the scanner and use weather alert priority to check the
weather channel every 5 seconds for a weather alert signal.
To edit Weather Options, begin by pressing
Menu
.
1.
Scroll to
WX Operation
and press
Yes/E
. The following options display: