Uniden MHS550 Owner's Manual

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Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner’s Manual 15Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in scan modeYou can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple/Dual Watchat the same time. The radio performs both checks at theirscheduled time:Weather modeThe NOAA weather channels now cooperate with the FCC toalert you of other hazards besides weather (child abductionalerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode, the radiomonitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any typeof alert is received for your area, the radio sounds an alerttone and displays the type of alert.Using the radio in weather modeYou cannot transmit while in weather mode.To enter weather mode, press the WX-ALERT button.Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affectyour location if the location code (FIPS code) of thealert is entered in your radio (see page 28). If you haveno FIPS codes programmed into your radio, the radiowill notify you of all alerts in any area.To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any button.To cancel weather mode and return to the previousmarine channel, press the WX-ALERT button again.•••••09 16Every 2 seconds,the radio checkschannels 9 & 16,then scans thenext channel.Triple Watch onEvery 7 seconds, theradio checks thelast-used weatherchannel, then scansthe next channel. wxWX Alert Watch onMemory Channel Scan08 252417151413121110 2009 16Every 2 seconds,the radio checkschannels 9 & 16,then scans thenext channel.Triple Watch onEvery 7 seconds, theradio checks thelast-used weatherchannel, then scansthe next channel. wxWX Alert Watch onMemory Channel Scan08 252417151413121110 20