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SPARC SHD-TX2
Exploring Emergency Alerts
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What are Emergency Alerts?
Emergency Alerts (EA) is a warning system used by broadcasters to notify listeners about potential
hazardous situations related to extreme weather, floods, infrastructure failures, amber alerts (child
abductions), and more.
The Radio must be in an HD Radio signal-reception environment so that it can receive the audio and
data services from a station that broadcasts the Emergency Alerts.
NOTE: Out of the box, the Emergency Alerts Monitoring feature is set to OFF.
When Emergency Alerts Monitoring is ON, the Radio will present the listener with audio and text-based
alerts; and, the alerts can even awaken the Radio from a standby mode.
Selecting and Changing the Settings for Emergency Alerts
Press MENU to access and view the “Emergency Alerts” screen.
Press SEEK to change the setting for Emergency Alerts Monitoring.
Press ENTER to save the choice: “On” or “Off”.
Observe the Emergency Alerts Location screen (Location setting).
Press SEEK to highlight the setting for Location: “On” or “Off”.
If you choose to have the Location setting as “Off”, then all of the alerts that are broadcast within the
Radio’s range will be received. By default, the Location setting in the Location screen for the
Emergency Alerts feature is “Off”.
If you choose to have the Location setting as “On”, then press ENTER after highlighting “ON”.
There are advantages to enabling EA locations in your Radio’s memory. For example, when the setting
for Location is enabled (“On”) and when various locations are defined in the broadcast signal but none
of your locations match any of the locations in the broadcast signal, then the Radio will not display text
alerts (and the alerts will not awaken the Radio from standby mode).
Thus, your Radio will process and present only those alerts that are relevant to your area.
The options for Alert Location include:
State/County
Zip
Press VOL+ or VOL− to change the option for Alert Location.
Press ENTER when your Alert Location option appears.
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Selecting and Changing the Settings for Emergency Alerts
If State/County was selected:
Observe a state/county in the Alert Location
screen.
Press VOL+ or VOL− to change the State.
Press ENTER to save.
Press VOL+ or VOL− to change the County.
Press ENTER to save.
If Zip was selected:
Observe a US Zip code in the Alert Location
screen.
Press VOL+ or VOL− to change the active digit
(±).
Press <SEEK or SEEK> to move the (±) to the next
digit.
Continue to change all of the digits in the Zip.
Press ENTER to save.
Return to the Emergency Alerts Location screen which shows the saved State/County or the saved Zip.
or
Ten (10) EA Locations can be saved in your Radio’s memory.
Press VOL+ or VOL- to scroll through your saved EA Locations.
Press-and-hold the MENU button to return to Radio Mode.
Emergency Alerts (EA) Icon Guide
Icon
Icon Description
Emergency Alerts Monitoring is OFF
Solid: Indicates that the station supports Emergency Alerts
Blinking: Indicates that a received Emergency Alerts Message has been ignored
Alternating up-down: Indicates that a received Emergency Alerts Message has been snoozed
Blinking: Test Emergency Alerts message is OK and has been ignored
Alternating up-down: Test Emergency Alerts message is OK and has been snoozed
Understanding the Emergency Alerts History
Once the Radio detects an alert, it will sound an alert tone, display the alert category (such as
Weather, Hazmat, etc.), and scroll the alert text.
Press the DISPLAY button to view the “Emergency Alerts History”: use the SEEK buttons to scroll
through the history, which contains the five most recent Emergency Alerts.
To snooze the Emergency Alert (for 10 minutes), quick-press the DISPLAY button.
To ignore the Emergency Alert (for 12 hours), press-and-hold the DISPLAY button.
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Controlling the Radio with the Buttons
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POWER
Quick-press the POWER button to change from one tuning band to the other (AM to FM and FM to AM).
Power Off: Long press (press-and-hold) to “Power Off”.
Power On: Long press (press-and-hold) to “Power On”.
Power Off with Emergency Alerts Monitoring On: enables background scanning for Emergency Alerts.
Power Off with Emergency Alerts Monitoring Off: extends battery life.
ENTER
Press to select a choice from the list or menu of options.
Press the ENTER button to save the settings and exit the menu.
MENU
Press the MENU button to access and view the menus or screens with their options and settings.
Press the MENU button to exit the menu without saving the settings.
While in any menu, press-and-hold the MENU button to exit.
TUNE+ and TUNE−
Press to tune up or down the broadcast band: your Radio will stop tuning at each station possibility.
SEEK DOWN (<SEEK) and SEEK UP (SEEK>)
Press to find next or previous “strong signal” station: use these buttons to access the “strong-signal”
stations in a given broadcast area.
Press <SEEK or SEEK> to highlight one of the options in the menu.
PRE+ and PRE− (Preset Stations)
Press-and-hold PRE+ to save the current station as a preset.
Press-and-hold PRE− to delete a previously stored preset.
Quick press PRE+ or PRE− to scroll through to the next or previous preset.
VOL+ and VOL−
Quick-press to adjust the volume in small increments.
Press-and-hold to adjust the volume continuously.
Press VOL+ or VOL− to change the setting or value for the option in the menu.
DISPLAY
Press the DISPLAY button for Radio Display Mode, for Clock Display Mode, or for the Emergency Alerts
History (if alerts have occurred).
If your Radio is tuned to an HD Radio station, press the DISPLAY button to view the HD Radio Station
Guide.
The HD Radio Station Guide showcases the HD Radio programs that the station is broadcasting.
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Specifications
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Performance Parameters
Specifications
International Tuning Regions
(AM/FM)
Frequency Ranges
Frequency Step Sizes
AM/FM Tuning Regions
Region A (Philippines, Romania):
FM: (87.5 – 108.0 MHz), 100 kHz
AM: (522 – 1620 kHz), 9 kHz
Region B (US, Mexico, Canada):
FM: (87.5 – 107.9 MHz), 200 kHz
AM: (530 – 1710 kHz), 10 kHz
Region C (SE Asia):
FM: (87.5 – 108.0 MHz), 50 kHz
AM: (522 – 1620 kHz), 9 kHz
Region D (Brazil):
FM: (76.0 – 108.0 MHz), 100 kHz
AM: (522 – 1629 kHz), 9 kHz
Languages Available
English (Default language is English)
French (Français)
Spanish (Español)
Portuguese (Português)
Number of Preset Stations that can be
Stored
Unlimited
Headphone Jack Type
3.5-mm, 1/8-inch
(Headphones are not included)
Display Type
Daylight Readable Monochrome LCD
(128 pixels by 32 pixels)
AC Adapter (Included)
Input: 100 to 240 VAC, 50/60Hz
Output: 5.98 VDC, 1 A
Battery Type and Quantity
AA-size alkaline / Three (3)
(Batteries are not included)
Speaker Output Power
1.85 watts
WARRANTY
90-day Limited Warranty | For details, visit www.sparcradio.com.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS
HD Radio Technology manufactured under license from iBiquity Digital Corporation.
U.S. and Foreign Patents apply.
HD Radio™ and the HD, HD Radio, SPARC™, and “Arc” logos are proprietary trademarks of iBiquity
Digital Corporation.
COMPLIANCE
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation of this product is subject to the following two conditions:
[1] this device may not cause harmful interference, and
[2] this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
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