Optimus CR-307 User Manual

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2. Set 

 as follows:

•

 — When the radio receives

an alert signal, the siren sounds
continuously until you change
the 

or 

 setting.

•

 — When the radio receives

an alert signal, the siren sounds
only during the 10-second alert
signal.

3. To silence the siren, set 

to 

. You hear the

current weather broadcast.

• If severe weather threatens, do

not wait for an alert tone; turn on
your radio and monitor the latest
weather information.

• With 

 set to 

, the

alert sounds for 10 seconds. If you
set the switch to 

 immediately

after the siren starts to sound, you
hear the tone for a short period,
and then the emergency informa-
tion.

• The radio sounds the alert siren at

full power, regardless of the
radio’s volume setting.

For your radio to be effective, you
must place the radio:

• Where it can receive an emer-

gency alert signal (see “Testing
Alert Reception”)

• Where you can hear its alert tone

(see “Using the ALERT TEST But-
ton”)

Once you determine a location that
meets these two conditions, leave the
radio there for the best protection.

The fact that you get clear voice re-
ception or that the tone sounds when
you set 

 to 

 (see “Us-

ing the ALERT TEST Button”) does
not guarantee that an emergency alert
signal will trigger your radio’s alert
tone. Also, if you are in a fringe area,
an emergency alert signal might trig-
ger your radio while it is in one place,
but not in another place (even close
by).

To test for actual reception, your radio
must receive a test or emergency alert
signal. The National Weather Service
(NWS) broadcasts a test alert every
week on Wednesday between 11 AM
and 12 Noon.

Illust.

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