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12-255 7-Channel SAME Weatheradio: How to Enable and Disable the Alert Tones

In this tutorial, you will be shown how to turn on and off the alert tones programmed in your Weatheradio. For example, you can turn off the alert tone for a VOLCANO WARNING if you do not live near a volcano.

Note: The Weatheradio still detects and displays the information even after you disable the tone for those alerts. You can set the Weatheradio so it does not sound an alert tone during these types of alerts:

Warnings
Avalanche	Blizzard
Flash Flood	Volcano
Winter Storm	Coastal Flood
Flood	High Wind
Special Marine

Watches
Flash Flood	Coastal Flood
Flood	Avalanche
Volcano	Winter Storm
High Wind	Hurricane
Severe Thunderstorm

Statements
Flood	Severe Weather
Special Weather	Flash Flood
Hurricane	Unknown

Other
Required Monthly Test	Practice/Demo

For additional information on this product, see the links below:

Step 1: Enter Program Mode

12-255, display/temperature, keypad/menu

To enable or disable alert tones, while the clock appears, press MENU. TEMPERATURE appears in the display.

Step 2: Select Weatheradio

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Press the UP or DOWN arrow keys until WEATHERADIO appears on the display.

Step 3: Select Weatheradio Options

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Press the RIGHT arrow key. SELECT CH will appear on the display.

Step 4: Select TONE DEFEAT

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Repeatedly press the UP or DOWN arrow keys until TONE DEFEAT appears on the display.

Step 5: Select Alert Types

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Press the RIGHT arrow key. WARNING appears on the display.

Step 6: Select WATCH

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Repeatedly press the UP or DOWN arrow keys to choose through WARNING, TEST, STATEMENT, and WATCH on the display. In this tutorial, we are selecting WATCH. The tables above correspond with each alert type and what will follow on the display when you choose one of the alert types.

Step 7: Select Avalanche Watch

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After you have selected an alert type, press the RIGHT arrow key. AVALANCHE WATCH will flash on the display if you have chosen WATCH. A beep sounds. Press the UP or DOWN arrow keys to select the alert. In this tutorial, we stayed with the first alert (AVALANCHE WATCH).

Step 8: Enable or Disable Alert Tones

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Press the RIGHT arrow key. TONE OFF will appear on the display.

Step 9: Select TONE ON

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Press the UP or DOWN arrow keys to select either TONE ON or TONE OFF, depending on whether or not you would like to get a warning for this type of alert.

Step 10: Select Additional Alert Types

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Press the RIGHT arrow key to confirm your selection. A beep sounds. The Weatheradio will automatically go to the next type of alert in the WATCH category. COASTAL FLOOD appears on the display.

Step 11: Exit Alert WATCH Mode

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If you are finished making all your selections in the WATCH category, press the LEFT arrow key to return to the previous menu category. WATCH appears on the display again. Repeat Steps 6-11 for each alert type.

Step 12: Exit Programming Mode

Once you have made all your selections for each alert type, press MENU to exit. The clock appears on the display again.