Activate / Deactivate Location - Oregon Scientific WR608 User Manual

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
select "ALL" (receive all warnings) or "---" (disable the
ALL option), press MENU to confirm selection.
4. Digit next to C will flash. Press
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
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
/ to
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
/ to select where
only receive warnings from specified local areas.
NOTE
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
to
stored locations display.
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navigate to next storage location and press
MENU to confirm. Repeat steps ii – iii.
Once the location name is selected, the