Radio Shack 20-107, PRO-107 manual Same Standby Mode, About Same Signals, Programming Fips Codes

nNote: Weather Priority does not work in all scanning modes. See the following table for Weather Priority operation.

	Normal Priority	Normal Priority	Normal Priority
	is ON and WX	is ON and WX	is OFF and WX
	Priority is ON	Priority is Off	Priority is ON
	Checks both	Check only	Checks only WX
	Normal Priority	Normal Priority	Priority channel
Scan (Play)	channel and WX	channel
	Priority chanel
Mode
	Alert displays	No Alert	Alert displays
	when 1050Hz		when 1050Hz
	tone is detected		tone is detected
Signal Stalker II	No Priority	No Priority	No Priority
Mode	Operation	Operation	Operation
Search Mode	No Priority	No Priority	No Priority
	Operation	Operation	Operation
WX Mode	No Priority	No Priority	No Priority
	Operation	Operation	Operation
While Browsing	No Priority	No Priority	No Priority
Objects	Operation	Operation	Operation
(-Browser- is
displayed)

To set the Weather Priority channel:

1.Press , then press  or  to select the strongest NOAA channel for your area.

2.Press MENU and scroll to Priority.

3.Press  or  to select the NOAA weather radio channel that you identified in step 1.

4.Scroll to Save Changes and press /II/SEL or  to save.

Weather

SAME Standby Mode

About SAME Signals

Each weather alert is preceded with a digitally encoded SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. The SAME signal includes a FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) code and an event code that corresponds with the type of

alert being sent. The FIPS code format is:

Subdivisions	State	County
0-9 (0=entire area)	01-50 (00=all states)	XXX (000=all counties)

Example: 048439 (0=entire area; 48=Texas; 439=Tarrant County)

nNote: A current list of FIPS codes is located at: www.NWS.NOAA.gov/NWR indexnw.htm.

Programming FIPS Codes

You can specify SAME alerts for up to ten locations by programming the FIPS codes for the subdivision, state, or county. Before you can use SAME Standby Mode, you must program at least one FIPS code.

1.	Press to activate Weather Mode, then press MENU.
2.	Scroll to SAME 1 Tag and press  to enter a name for the SAME
	1 location.
3.	Follow the on screen instructions to create and save the name.
4.	Scroll down to SAME 1 FIPS and press  to enter a FIPS code
	for SAME 1.
5.	Follow the on-screen instructions to enter and save the FIPS
	code for your local area.
6.	Scroll down to SAME 1 Enable and press /II/SEL or  to enable
	the SAME 1 location.
7.	Repeat steps 2-6 if you want to program SAME information for
	other areas.
8.	When finished, Scroll to Save Changes and press /II/SEL or
	 to save changes, or press MENU and follow the on-screen	Weather
	instructions to save changes and exit.

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