PRESIDENT PM-2050 SWF, Owner'S Manual

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Weather Mode
The NOAA weather channels cooperate with the FCC to alert you of other
hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In
Weather mode, the radio monitors one of the nine NOAA weather channels.
If any type of alert is received, the radio sounds an alert tone and the display
blinks.
Using the radio in weather mode
Press the
WX/ALERT
button to access Weather mode.
WX
displays. Press
to scroll through the weather channels.To cancel Weather and return to the
previous marine channel, press the WX/ALERT button again. The last active
weather channel displays the next time you access Weather mode.
You cannot transmit while in Weather mode.
When the radio detects a WX Alert signal, it sounds a siren tone three times.
Press any button to turn off the tone.
Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch
Because Weather mode already monitors the weather channels, you don’t
need Weather Alert Watch to check the weather channel every seven seconds.
If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in Weather mode, it oper-
ates as a type of “sleep mode;” the radio stays on the weather channel and
mutes the speaker. If an alert is detected, the radio sounds an alert tone and
turns the speaker back on. This mode is very useful when you are anchoring
for the night but want to keep informed of hazards.
Weather mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch
If you activate Triple
Watch while operating
in Weather mode, the
radio checks channels
16 and 9 every two
seconds; with Dual
Watch turned on, the
radio only checks channel 16.
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