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SAME Standby Mode
In SAME Standby mode, your scanner monitors
weather channels for SAME alerts for up to seven
areas you specify by entering the FIPS codes.
To program your scanner for SAME Standby mode:
1.
Press
.
2.
Press
PGM
to access the FIPS code entry mode.
3.
Use
or
to select the desired FIPS code
storage location.
4.
Use the number keys to enter the FIPS code, then
press
ENT
to store the code.
5.
Repeat steps 3-4 for all the FIPS codes that you
wish to store.
6.
Press
to exit FIPS code entry mode. The
scanner displays
F
showing that FIPS codes are
enabled.
7.
Press
PRI/ALERT
to initiate SAME Standby mode.
The scanner displays
F [1-7]
CH
StAndby.
The scanner will monitor weather channels for alerts
with matching FIPS codes. To exit SAME Standby
mode, press
PRI/ALERT
again.
• Press
L/O
during step 4 to lock-out FIPS entries;
L/0
appears in the display. Press
L/O
again to
enable FIPS entries;
L/0
disappears.
• If you do not enter any FIPS codes, or if your FIPS
codes are locked out, when you enter SAME
Standby mode the scanner receives alerts and
warning messages for all receivable areas.
• The scanner sounds an alert when it receives
the SAME code. To stop the alert and ready the
scanner to receive a new alert signal, press any
key.
• If you do not stop the alert within five minutes,
the alert stops and the scanner beeps every ten
seconds. If the scanner receives a new weather
alert after five minutes, it sounds the new alert.
WEATHER
