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Using Fire Tone-Out, Setting up Tone-Out

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3. Press MENU to return. Weather Alert this setting turns on weather alert and determines which types of signals will trigger an alert. The scanner will mute and scan only the weather channels. Note: You can also turn on weather alert in scan or search modes by pressing and holding the WX button. Press WX again, then scroll to 'Alert Only', 'SAME 1-5', or 'All FIP' and press E/ . 1. Scroll to 'Weather Alert' and press E/ . 2. Scroll to 1 of 7 options and press E/ . Alert Only - the scanner immediately sounds a weather alert siren when it detects the 1050 Hz weather alert tone, then opens the squelch and remains on the weather channel. SAME 1-5 - the scanner sounds a weather alert siren for the programmed county, then opens the squelch and remains on the weather channel. All FIPS - the scanner sounds a weather alert siren for any programmed county, then opens the squelch and remains on the weather channel. Using Fire Tone-Out With the tone out feature, the scanner monitors up to 10 different channels for paging tones (twotone sequential, single tone, and group tone). See also Hardware: Tone-Out at WPA Scanner. Tone-Out Standby Mode is used if you know and use programmed tones. Tone-Out Search Mode is used if you don't know the tones. Setting up Tone-Out 1. Press MENU. Scroll to 'Tone-Out for...' and press E/ . 2. Scroll to 'Tone-Out Setup' and press E/ . 3. Scroll to 'Tone-Out 1' and press E/ . 4. At 'Edit Name' press E/ . See Entering Text. 5. Scroll to 'Set Frequency' press E/ . 6. At 'Edit Frequency' press E/ . Enter the frequency to monitor for Tone-Out and press E/ to save and exit. 7. Scroll to 'Set Modulation' and press E/ . 8. Scroll to Auto, FM, or NFM and press E/ to save and exit. 9. Scroll to 'Set Attenuator' and press E/ . 10. Scroll to On or Off and press E/ to save and exit. 11. Press MENU to return. 12. Scroll to 'Set Tone' and press E/ . Notes: For two-tone pages, enter the tones (in Hz) for tone A and tone B. For one-tone pages using short tones between 1.25 and 3.75 seconds, enter tone for tone A and 0 for B. For long-tone pages, such as group pages of more than 3.75 seconds, enter 0 for A and the tone for B. To search for tones, leave the tones for A and B at 0. 1. Scroll to 'Edit Tone A' and press E/ . 95

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3.
Press
MENU
to return.
Weather Alert
this setting turns on weather alert and determines which types of signals will trigger
an alert. The scanner will mute and scan only the weather channels.
Note: You can also turn on weather alert in scan or search modes by pressing and holding
the
WX
button. Press
WX
again, then scroll to ‘Alert Only’, ‘SAME 1-5’, or ‘All FIP’ and
press
E/
.
1.
Scroll to ‘Weather Alert’ and press
E/
.
2.
Scroll to 1 of 7 options and press
E/
.
Alert Only
- the scanner immediately sounds a weather alert siren when it detects
the 1050 Hz weather alert tone, then opens the squelch and remains on the weather
channel.
SAME 1-5
- the scanner sounds a weather alert siren for the programmed county, then
opens the squelch and remains on the weather channel.
All FIPS
- the scanner sounds a weather alert siren for any programmed county, then
opens the squelch and remains on the weather channel.
Using Fire Tone-Out
With the tone out feature, the scanner monitors up to 10 different channels for paging tones (two-
tone sequential, single tone, and group tone). See also Hardware: Tone-Out at WPA Scanner.
Tone-Out Standby Mode
is used if you know and use programmed tones.
Tone-Out Search Mode
is used if you don’t know the tones.
Setting up Tone-Out
1.
Press
MENU
. Scroll to ‘Tone-Out for...’ and press
E/
.
2.
Scroll to ‘Tone-Out Setup’ and press
E/
.
3.
Scroll to ‘Tone-Out 1’ and press
E/
.
4.
At ‘Edit Name’ press
E/
. See Entering Text.
5.
Scroll to ‘Set Frequency’ press
E/
.
6.
At ‘Edit Frequency’ press
E/
. Enter the frequency to monitor for Tone-Out and press
E/
to save and exit.
7.
Scroll to ‘Set Modulation’ and press
E/
.
8.
Scroll to Auto, FM, or NFM and press
E/
to save and exit.
9.
Scroll to ‘Set Attenuator’ and press
E/
.
10.
Scroll to On or Off and press
E/
to save and exit.
11.
Press
MENU
to return.
12.
Scroll to ‘Set Tone’ and press
E/
.
Notes: For two-tone pages, enter the tones (in Hz) for tone A and tone B.
For one-tone pages using short tones between 1.25 and 3.75 seconds, enter tone for tone A
and 0 for B.
For long-tone pages, such as group pages of more than 3.75 seconds, enter 0 for A and the
tone for B.
To search for tones, leave the tones for A and B at 0.
1.
Scroll to ‘Edit Tone A’ and press
E/
.