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Chapter 3: Using the TV’s Features
Watch level
Avalanche Watch
Coastal Flood W atch
Flash Flood W atch
Flood W atch
High Wind W atch
Hurricane Watch
Severe Thunderstorm
Watch
Tornado Watch
Tropical Storm W atch
Tsunami Watch
Winter Storm W atch
Alerts
Advisory level
Administrative Message
Child Abduction Emergency
(AMBER alerts)
Emergency Action
Termination
Flash Flood Statement
Flood Statement
Hurricane Statement
Local Area Emergency
National Information Center
Message
Network Message
Notification
911 T elephone Outage
Emergency
Severe Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement
Warning level
Avalanche Warning
Blizzard W arning
Civil Danger W arning
Civil Emergency Message
Coastal Flood W arning
Dust Storm W arning
Earthquake W arning
Emergency Action
Notification
Fire Warning
Flash Flood W arning
Flood W arning
Hazardous Materials
Warning
High Wind W arning
Hurricane Warning
Immediate Evacuation
Law Enforcement W arning
Nuclear P ower Plant
Warning
Practice/Demo
Warning
Radiological Hazard
Warning
Severe Thunderstorm
Warning
Shelter in Place
Warning
Special Marine
Warning
Tornado Warning
Tropical Storm
Warning
Tsunami Warning
Volcano Warning
Winter Storm W arning
Alert Options
You can customize how you want to receive each alert level.
1. Press the MENU button (the MAIN MENU appears).
2. Press the down arrow button to highlight Alert Guard
and press OK.
3. Select Alert options from the ALERT GUARD menu.
4. Press the right arrow button to highlight the alert level
you want to customize, for example, Advisory.
5. Press the down arrow button to highlight Message seen.
If you want an alert message to appear on-screen when
receiving an Advisory, press the right arrow button until
the Message seen box is checked.
Notes: Alert messages don’t appear when the TV is off.
Alert messages provide only basic information. You might need to
press HEAR VOICE to get more specific information.
ALERT OPTIONS
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Alert level
Message seen
Alarm type
Alarm volume
Advisory . . .
None . . .
Set options for Warnings,
Watches, and Advisories
by pressing the left/right
keys.
ALERT GUARD
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Alert options
Locations
News weather
NWR channel
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Set how Alert Guard will
respond to different levels
of alert.
Note: Alert messages provide only basic information. For example, if a Civil Emergency Message appears on-screen,
you need to press HEAR VOICE to hear information about the specific alert it’s covering, such as a train derailment,
toxic gas leak, oil refinery fire, water supply pollution or an industrial explosion.
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