Setting Your Location; Manually Entering A S.a.m.e. County Code; Choosing An Alert Type - Midland WR400 Owner's Manual

Model WR400

Setting Your Location

1. Press the "MENU" button.
2. Press the "UP" or "DOWN" arrows until the display says "SET LOCATION." Press the "ENTER"
button.
3. You now have the option of choosing between "ANY," "MULTIPLE," and "SINGLE." Press the
"UP" or "DOWN" arrows until you have reached your selection then press the "ENTER" button.
4. If "ANY" is selected your radio will receive all weather alerts and you will be unable to select a
specific county. Press the "MENU" button to save your settings and exit the menu.
5. If "MULTIPLE" or "SINGLE" were selected then you will be asked to input your specific location
and the display will show "01 EMPTY." Press "ENTER" to input your country. Press the "UP"
or "DOWN" arrows to scroll to your selection then press "ENTER." You will now be asked for
your state. Press the "UP" or "DOWN" arrows to scroll to your selection then press "ENTER."
You will now have a list of counties to choose from. Press the "UP" or "DOWN" arrows to scroll
to your selection then press "ENTER." If you selected "SINGLE" for your location press the
"MENU" button to save your settings and exit the menu.
6. If you selected "MULTIPLE" for your location you will be taken to the next county entry "02
EMPTY." Press the "ENTER" button. You now have the option of selecting "NEARBY." This
gives you the option of having the radio automatically populate your selected county entry with
the next closest county code. If you want to manually enter your county then press the "UP"
or "DOWN" arrows to select your country and repeat the steps necessary for selecting your
county. Press the "MENU" button to save your settings and exit the menu.

Manually Entering a S.A.M.E. County Code

1. To get the S.A.M.E. code and weather channel for your area, call 1-888-697-7263 or visit
www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/county_coverage.html.
2. Press the "MENU" button
3. Press the "UP" or "DOWN" arrows until the display says "SET LOCATION." Press the "ENTER"
button.
4. You now have the option of choosing between "ANY," "MULTIPLE," and "SINGLE." If you want
to program a single county code then select "SINGLE." If you want to program multiple county
codes then select "MULTIPLE." If "ANY" is selected as your location your radio will receive
all weather alerts and you will be unable to program a specific county code. Press the "UP" or
"DOWN" arrows until you have reached your selection then press the "ENTER" button.
5. If you selected "SINGLE" for your location press the "MENU" button 3 times to save your
settings and exit the menu.
6. If you selected "MULTIPLE" for your location you can now enter additional S.A.M.E. codes.
Press the "UP" arrow to go to the next county code programming location and press the
"RIGHT" arrow. You can now manually enter your S.A.M.E. code. Press the "UP" arrow to select
your first digit. Press the "RIGHT" arrow to move to the next digit. Repeat the steps until you
have entered your 6 digit S.A.M.E. code. Once you are done entering your S.A.M.E. code press
"ENTER". There are 25 county code programming locations possible.
7. When you are done manually entering your "MULTIPLE" S.A.M.E. county codes press the
"MENU" button 3 times to save your settings and exit the menu.

Choosing an Alert Type

1. Press the "MENU" button.
2. Press the "UP" or "DOWN" arrows until the display says "ALERT TYPE." Press the "ENTER"
button.
3. You now have the option of choosing between "VOICE," "TONE," and "DISPLAY." "VOICE" will
sound an alert for 8 seconds followed by the weather broadcast. "TONE" will sound an alert
siren. "DISPLAY" will scroll alert text on the display and no audible alert siren will be heard.
4. Press the "UP" or "DOWN" arrows to make your selection then press the "ENTER" button.
5. Press the "MENU" button to save your settings and exit the menu.
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