Uniden BCD160DN English Owners Manual - Page 42

Weather Scan, Weather Alert

Get Uniden BCD160DN PDF manuals and user guides View all Uniden BCD160DN manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 42 highlights

Weather Scan Weather Alert Program SAME Set Delay Time Set Attenuator WX Alt Priority 2. Scroll through the options and press Yes/E to select one. 3. Press SCAN/srch to return to scanning when editing is complete. WEATHER SCAN The scanner starts scanning the preprogrammed weather frequencies and stops on the first good signal. If the signal is lost, the scanner resumes searching for another weather transmission. NOTE: You can also turn on weather scan by pressing FUNC then holding the WX/0 key for 3 seconds in Scan or Search modes. 1. From MENU/WX Operation/WX Scan, press Yes/E. The scanner begins scanning the WX channels, stopping when there are transmissions. 2. Press SCAN to exit. In Weather Scan mode, if you want to: • Search for another weather channel, turn the scroll control. • Start Weather Alert, press FUNC then wx/0. Scroll to Alert Only, SAME 1-5, or All FIP and press Yes/E. • Return to Weather Scan from Weather Alert, press FUNC then wx/0. • Turn Intermediate Frequency Exchange on or off, press FUNC then ifx/4. • Turn the attenuation on or off, press FUNC then att/7. You can also use MENU/WX Operation/Set Attenuator. • Store a frequency, press Yes/E. See page 24. • Go to the Weather Operation menu in any weather mode; press FUNC then MENU. WEATHER ALERT This setting turns on weather alerts and determines which types of signals will trigger that alert. It mutes the scanner and only scans the weather channel NOTE: You can also turn on weather alert in weather scan mode by pressing FUNC and the WX/0 key. Scroll to Alert Only, SAME 1-5, or All FIP and press Yes/E. 1. From MENU/WX Operation, scroll to Weather Alert and press Yes/E. 2. Scroll to 1 of 7 options and press Yes/E. Alert Only - The scanner immediately sounds a weather alert siren when it detects the 1050 Hz weather alert tone, then opens squelch and remains on that weather channel. SAME 1-5 - The scanner sounds a weather alert siren for the programmed county, then opens squelch and remains on that weather channel. 42

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
42
Weather Scan
Weather Alert
Program SAME
Set Delay Time
Set Attenuator
WX Alt Priority
2.
Scroll through the options and press
Yes/E
to select one.
3.
Press
SCAN/srch
to return to scanning when editing is complete.
WEATHER SCAN
The scanner starts scanning the preprogrammed weather frequencies and stops on
the
fi
rst good signal. If the signal is lost, the scanner resumes searching for another
weather transmission.
NOTE: You can also turn on weather scan by pressing
FUNC
then holding the
WX/0
key for 3 seconds in Scan or Search modes.
1.
From
MENU
/
WX Operation
/
WX Scan
, press
Yes/E
. The scanner begins
scanning the WX channels, stopping when there are transmissions.
2.
Press
SCAN
to exit.
In Weather Scan mode, if you want to:
•
Search for another weather channel, turn the scroll control.
•
Start Weather Alert, press
FUNC
then
wx/0
. Scroll to
Alert Only
,
SAME 1-5
,
or
All FIP
and press
Yes/E
.
•
Return to Weather Scan from Weather Alert, press
FUNC
then
wx/0
.
•
Turn Intermediate Frequency Exchange on or off, press
FUNC
then
ifx/4
.
•
Turn the attenuation on or off, press
FUNC
then
att/7
. You can also use
MENU
/
WX Operation
/
Set Attenuator
.
•
Store a frequency, press
Yes/E
. See page 24.
•
Go to the
Weather Operation
menu in any weather mode; press
FUNC
then
MENU
.
WEATHER ALERT
This setting turns on weather alerts and determines which types of signals will trigger
that alert. It mutes the scanner and only scans the weather channel
NOTE: You can also turn on weather alert in weather scan mode by pressing
FUNC
and the
WX
/
0
key. Scroll to Alert Only, SAME 1-5, or All FIP and press
Yes/E
.
1.
From
MENU
/
WX Operation
, scroll to
Weather Alert
and press
Yes/E
.
2.
Scroll to 1 of 7 options and press
Yes/E
.
Alert Only
- The scanner immediately sounds a weather alert siren when it
detects the 1050 Hz weather alert tone, then opens squelch and remains on
that weather channel.
SAME 1-5
- The scanner sounds a weather alert siren for the programmed
county, then opens squelch and remains on that weather channel.