RCA Alert Guard 24F671T User Manual

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Chapter 3 19Graphics contained within this publication are for representation only.Chapter 3: Using the TV’s FeaturesAlert GuardAlert Guard receives digital data known as SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding)combined with audio information provided by NOAA (National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration) Weather Radio (NWR).Note: For more information about NOAA, visit www.noaa.gov.NOAA conducts a weekly test for the all hazards broadcast system. The test is oncea week on Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 12 noon for approximately 15 minutes.If there is ongoing severe weather or a threat of severe weather, the test ispostponed until the next available good-weather day. Alert Guard uses this test toensure you’ve set the channel and locations properly. If Alert Guard detects aproblem, on-screen messages appear to provide help.The Alert Guard system receives alerts for the U.S., U.S. territories, possessions andassociated states, within your local geographic area. Your TV can’t receive anyalerts for locations outside these areas. Also, if alerts are issued for areas otherthan those that you set in the Location menu, Alert Guard won’t notify you ofthose alerts.Alerts received by the Alert Guard system follow:NOAA Natural and Weather Events- These include approximately 30 alerts, suchas tornadoes, flash floods, avalanches, blizzards, forest fires, hurricanes, tsunamis,volcanoes, earthquakes, etc.State and County Civil Emergency Alerts- The Alert Guard feature responds tocurrent civil emergency alerts issued by all hazards NWR network. These includelocalized nuclear power plant emergencies, gas line breaks, train derailments,missing children alerts (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response- AMBERAlerts), etc. These non-weather emergency messages are not fully implementednationally.National, Regional and State Civil Emergency Alerts- These include high levelstate or federal emergencies, such as national attack warnings, terrorist attackalerts (these aren’t the “Threat Advisories” issued by the Department of HomelandSecurity), bio-warfare alerts and other immediate life-threatening emergencies.This information is relayed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)and NOAA over the all hazards NWR network.Alert Guard has several different levels of alerts. A list and explanation follows:Warning- These alone pose a significant threat to public safety and/or property,probability of occurrence and location is high, and the onset time is relativelyshort.Watch- Meets classification of a warning, but either the onset time, probability ofoccurrence, or location is uncertain.Advisory- This event by itself might not kill, injure, or cause property damage butmay indirectly cause other things to happen that result in a hazard.A list of the type of alert levels you can receive follows on the next page.