Uniden UM425 Owner's Manual page 26

Using Your Radio
• For more information about how the NWS uses FIPS codes, see the
NWS website: www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwsfipschg.htm.
• To see an index of FIPS codes by state, see the website of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): www.itl.nist.
gov/fipspubs/co-codes/states.htm.
• For information on the Canadian implementation of FIPS
codes, called Canadian Location Codes, see the website of the
Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC): http://www.msc.ec.gc.
ca/msb/weatheradio/transmitter/index_e.cfm
NOTE: If you travel outside the areas you have entered into your radio, you
may not hear alerts that affect your new location. Be sure to enter the FIPS
codes of all the areas you plan to travel to during this trip.
Follow the steps below to edit the list of FIPS codes. You can store up to 30
different FIPS codes in your radio.
MENU
1. Display the menu and choose the Setup sub-menu.
2. Select FIPS Codes. The screen displays any previously-entered FIPS
codes.
3. To add a new FIPS code, select New.
4. Use the
of the six digits; the
CHANNEL DOWN
When the first digit is correct, press the
5.
cursor moves to the next digit. Enter the remaining five digits of the
FIPS code in the same way.
When the sixth digit is correct, press the
6.
displays the new FIPS code and asks you to confirm. To save this
code, select Yes; to cancel this code, select No. The radio returns to
the list of FIPS codes.
To change an existing FIPS code, select the code you want to change.
7.
Setup
FIPS Codes
SELECT
SELECT
and
CHANNEL UP
CHANNEL UP
button decreases the number.
New
SELECT
buttons to change the first
CHANNEL DOWN
button increases the number and the
SELECT-1W/25W
SELECT-1W/25W
E-22
FIPS Code
000000
Use the up and down
arrows to adjust each of
the six digits in turn.
button. The
. The radio
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