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To set the location:
1. Press and hold MENU to enter setting mode.
2. Press to navigate to “Set Location” and press MENU
to confirm.
3. “CO:ALL” or “CO:---“ will be displayed. Press MENU ,
characters on the right will flash. Press / to
select “ALL” (receive all warnings) or “---“ (disable the
ALL option), press
MENU to confirm selection.
4. Digit next to C will flash. Press / to select where
you want to store the location, e.g., C1. Press MENU to
confirm. The 6 digits will flash.
5. Press MENU . NAME / FIPS will flash. (Select either
option a or b below)
a. To program by State / County name:
i. Press MENU to enter setting options.
ii. Press / to navigate to state and press
MENU to confirm. Repeat for county.
iii. Press to navigate to next storage location
(e.g., C2) and press MENU to confirm. Repeat
steps i-iii.
b. To program by SAME code from the NWS:
i. Press to navigate to FIPS and press MENU
to enter setting options.
ii. Press / repeatedly to select number
and press MENU to confirm and move to the
next digit.
iii. Repeat step ii for all digits.
iv. After all digits have been confirmed, storage
location (e.g., C1) will flash. Press to
navigate to next storage location and press
MENU to confirm. Repeat steps ii – iii.
Once all desired codes have been stored, press EXIT twice
to return to default clock display.
NOTE If at step 3 you select “C0:All” you will receive all
warnings within the unit’s reception range. This may result in
giving you information for regions that are not relevant. The
regions can be as large as 5,000 square miles (13 sq km). If
you select “CO:----” you will disable the ALL option and will
only receive warnings from specified local areas.
NOTE Once the location name is selected, the
corresponding FIPS code will be set into the memory.
You cannot convert the code back to the location name.
(FIPS is the Federal Information Processing System number
assigned to each State, or open waters in or around the US.
The SAME code comprises of numbers generated by the
FIPS system.)
ACTIVATE / DEACTIVATE LOCATION
You can activate / deactivate 1, some, or all of your stored
locations.
When a location is activated,
the 6-digit SAME code can be
viewed in your stored locations
display.
When a location is deactivated,
“----” can be viewed in your
stored locations display.