Uniden MHS350 manual Same Alert, Fips Code

SAME Alert

SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) alert function as a severe weather and emergency warning like Emergency/Weather alert (see page 15). But SAME allows you to receive, interpret, and display the information about the code so you can determine if the emergency might affect your area. This can be set only on weather channel.

1Press the WX/ALERT button, then

press and hold the WX/ALERT button for 2 seconds. A double confirmation tone sounds, and you can see WX and indicators.

2 When the unit receives a warning signal,

WX and blinks. The warning level and the channel number appears alternately. Also you hear an alert tone correspond- ing to the alert level (There are 4 levels; A1-Warning, A2-Watch, A3-Statement and A4-Test).

3To turn Off SAME Alert, press and hold the WX/ALERT button for two seconds.

FIPS Code

The 6-digit Federal Information Processing System (FIPS) code was established by the National Weather Service (NWS) identifies geographic areas in the United Sates. FIPS code allows you to receive only the SAME alert occurring in a particular area. To obtain the FIPS code for a particular area, contact the NWS tall free at 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263). Or visit their website: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm. A list of event coded are located on page 27.

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