Radio Shack Desktop Scanner Owner's Manual

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19Operation5. To clear another channel, use thenumber keys to enter that channelnumber, then press PGM again. Or,repeatedly press PGM until the desiredchannel number appears. Then repeatStep 4.LISTENING TO THE MARINEBANK1. To listen to the marine bank, repeatedlypress BAND until MARINE appears.2. To change the channel, press either 8888or 9999, or enter the two-digit channel.3. To scan through the marine bank, rotateSQUELCH clockwise until the hiss justdisappears, then hold down either 8888 or9999 for about 2 seconds. MANdisappears and SCAN appears.4. To exit scanning and to change thechannel manually, hold down 8888 or 9999for about 2 seconds.LISTENING TO THEWEATHER BANDThe FCC (Federal CommunicationsCommission) has allocated sevenfrequencies for use by the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).NOAA broadcasts your local forecast andregional weather information on one or moreof these frequencies. We have programmedyour scanner with these seven frequencies.To hear your local forecast and regionalweather information, press WX. The scannerbegins to scan the weather band.You will probably receive one frequencybetter than the others for your area. Thescanner should stop within a few seconds onthat frequency. If the broadcast is weak,press WX again to resume scanning.Weather Channel FrequencyChartUsing the Weather AlertThis scanner can receive NOAA weatheralert tone broadcasts in case of anemergency. The weather alert tone soundwarns you of serious weather conditions.To listen for an alert tone, press PRI/ALERTwhile you are tuned to the weather channel.ALErt appears. If the scanner detects aweather alert, it sounds a tone. Press anykey to mute the tone. To cancel the alertmonitoring and return to the weather channelstandard broadcast, press PRI/ALERT again.WeatherChannel Frequency (MHz)1 162.4002 162.4253 162.4504 162.4755 162.5006 162.5257 162.550