OM7006 03/10 Radio / CD Player - Section 70 Page 70-5 USING THE WEATHERBAND NOAA Weather Radio is a service of the National Weather Service. It provides continuous broadcasts of the latest weather information directly from the National Weather Service offices. Taped weather messages are repeated every four to six minutes and are revised every one to three hours or more fre- quently if needed. Most of the stations operate 24 hours a day. USING THE COMPACT DISC PLAYER The integral CD player plays full size CDs and MP3 discs. Press the to switch to CD/MP3 mode. Playing a Compact Disc 1. Turn the key switch and the receiver on. 2. Insert a disc partway into the slot, label-side up.
The player will automatically pull the disc in once it has been partially inserted. The CD icon and the words READING DISC will appear, and the disc will begin to play. The weather for the local area can be found on one of 7 stations. When in the Weatherband mode, the display will show the WX icon and CH plus the chan- nel number. The channel can be changed using the +TUNE/SEEK- (6) button and can also be preset to the pushbuttons. 3. If the radio is currently tuned to AM/FM/WX press the CD button to play a CD that has been loaded into the player. If no CD has been loaded, the display will show NO CD for 5 sec- onds and return to the default display.
If a CD has been loaded, the display will show the track number and the elapsed time on the display The frequencies associated with each channel are as follows: 1. 162.550 MHz If a CD is ejected and not removed within 25 sec- onds, the CD will be reloaded, but will not start play- ing until the CD button is pressed. 2. 162.400 MHz 3. 162.475 MHz A CD can be inserted while the key switch is OFF. To do so, press and insert a CD within 25 seconds. 4. 162.425 MHz 5. 162.450 MHz 6. 162.500 MHz Button Functions 7. 162.525 MHz +TUNE: Press + TUNE once to forward to the next track. The track number and elapsed time will appear. Press and hold + TUNE to advance tracks quickly.
The National Weather Service operates approxi- mately 372 stations. Close to 90 percent of the nation's population is within listening range of an NOAA Weather Radio broadcast. SEEK-: Press SEEK- once to return to the beginning of the track being played. Pressing this button during the first 8 seconds of the track will play the previous track. The track number and elapsed time will appear. Press and hold SEEK- to fast reverse. 3/PAUSE: Press PAUSE to pause a CD. PAUSE will be displayed, and the audio will be muted. Press PAUSE again to resume playing the CD. 4/REV: Press and hold REV to fast reverse. Upon release, the CD will play at normal speed.
The dis- play will show the track number and elapsed time. After 5 seconds, the default display will reappear.