does the radio switch over from am/fm radio to alert you to severe weather?
1389133
This is a great radio, but it does not serve as a weather alert radio where you can program in your county or region to receive alerts when severe weather is in the area. As with most radios, you have to manually dial in the AM or FM stations you want to hear. We've used this radio while taking cover from a tornado in our underground storm shelter, and it worked great!
1389134
es, you can manually switch to WB from AM/FM. But you only get tuning when there is an emergency.
1143380
Yes. I have, however, received alerts on my cell phone that I didn't get on my radio.
1861015
No, it has the 7 preset national weather channels. Dial to the one for your area and it gives continuous weather reports.
1860557
Only one of the four bands can be on at one time. If you're on FM then AM, Ham and weather are off, etc. Weather alerts do not break in automatically as they did on some older radios.
1080222
Yes. I have turned off all alerts except tornado warning (which also is an alert that you can't turn off). It is a tedious process however, so plan on a chunk of time and paying close attention to the instruction manual.
1991588
If you slide the <weather> switch from "on" (red) to off, the WX radio will no longer be in standby mode and therefore will not monitor for or sound any transmitted alerts (this defeats the whole purpose of having a WX alert radio, doesn't it?). Instead, use the "defeat siren" feature to silence all but the most essential alerts. Also, set the alert feature to "voice" mode so that the siren and radio shut themselves off in short time whenever an alert IS issued.
900753
The display tells you what station the radio is on, but is not visible when wearing the radio. Also, the display is not lit up. So if you wear the radio at night, or in the dark, take it off to see what station it's on you need a flashlight. Changing from AM to FM and shutting on and off is done with one switch and is tricky
1754639
Yes...It's wonderful. You received the alert tone, the message then it turns itself off. It works this way for all weather alerts and the weekly test signal. Great at night while in bed. You hear the message then it turns off. You don't need to get out of bed. That is the best part for me. Love the radio!!
1718835
I do not know. I did not use that feature. I have not been pleased with the current one because the play back over the radio has been really poor. My guess is that it would still have that feature.
2081302
You have to use a radio tuned to am, no station, just clear, there will be a pulse change when it goes over the break.
1193060
no, just the normal am and fm bands...example 93.3-93.5-93.7-93.9 etc.,/1210-1220-1230-1240 etc.,
468751
I have no idea. The main reason I bought it was to have the weather channel- it did not work. The radio was fine but no weather. So back it went and I did not buy a replacement.
1698481
Hello Kathie, Yes this one has the song alert feature. You will absolutely love this radio!!!
1744919
Yes, it does. But caution: (1) You cannot toggle between AM and FM by using the remote. You have to use the touch screen on the radio to go from AM to FM and from FM to AM. (2) Reception of both AM and FM stations may be inadequate compared to an inexpensive AM/FM portable radio, and adding antennae to improve reception may not help at all.
1217809
It has regular stations picked up by the same stations a car radio does. It does not have a weather specific button button or station.
365149
It has a weather band switch, although I have never been able to tune in anything. Although, I have only attempted to use it indoors and the FM and AM work fine. Not sure if NOAA is separate from the weather band.
844000
There is an Alert setting that will sound a siren-like sound when there is a weather alert. Normally we turn ours off of that setting so we don't get constant alarms unless it's a BIG event or something has a high probability of occurring at night.