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7. SELECTING A WEATHER CHANNEL AND
TURNING ON WEATHER ALERT
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) broadcasts
continuous weather reports and severe weather alerts during severe weather events.
Your Humminbird® VHF255S is programmed to receive all NOAA weather channels.
If Weather Alert Mode is enabled, the ALT icon will appear on the display beside the
WX icon, and then, if there is a weather emergency, your VHF255S radio will sound an
alert and you should press any key to hear the Severe Weather Warning from NOAA.
See U.S. Marine Channels for a list of NOAA channels and their frequencies.
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o enter Weather mode and select a weather channel:
1. Press and hold the CANCEL/WX key for 3 seconds to enter Weather mode. The
WX icon will appear on the LCD, and the channel will switch to the last
selected weather channel.
2. Press the Up or Down Channel keys on the microphone handset or rotate the
CH/ENTER knob back and forth to change the WX channel from 1 through 10.
3. Press and release the CANCEL/WX key again to exit Weather mode.
T
o enable Weather Alert mode:
1. While in Weather Mode, press and hold the CANCEL/WX key for 3 seconds to
enter Weather Alert mode. The ALT icon will appear on the LCD to the right of
the WX icon.
2. While in Weather Mode, press and hold the CANCEL/WX key again for 3 seconds
to turn off Weather Alert mode. The ALT icon will disappear from the LCD.
3. If Weather Alert mode is turned on and a weather alert tone (1050 Hz) is
broadcast from a NOAA weather station, your VHF255S will pick it up
automatically and will sound an alert. Press any key to hear the weather alert
voice message.
4. Press and release the CANCEL/WX key again to return to normal operation.
NOTE: Weather broadcasts originate only in the United States and can only be heard within
and near the borders and territorial waters of the United States.
NOTE: During Weather mode, the PTT, SCAN, HI/LO and HI/LO/MEM keys are disabled and
an error beep will sound if they are pressed.