Honeywell PCR507W - NOAA Weather Alert/All Hazard S.A.M.E FM Radio User Manual page 7

Refer to Appendix 2 for a list of NWS events (alerts) to determine the
events you would like to receive and those to disable.
Use this procedure for programming Weather Radio alerts:
• Press MENU/SELECT button entering into the programming
mode until SELECT CH message is displayed
• Press ▲or ▼button until the SET ALERTS? message will be
displayed
• Press MENU/SELECT button entering into the alerts
programming mode
• Press ▲ or ▼ selecting ADVISORY, WATCH or WARNING
• Press MENU/SELECT button to select the event type – the first
specific event will be scrolling on the display
• Press ▲or ▼button selecting ALERT ON or ALERT OFF
• Press MENU/SELECT button to select and confirm the setting
• Press ◄ to exit
PROGRAMMING YOUR LOCATION
Your Weather Radio is pre-programmed to receive seven NOAA
broadcast frequencies (channel1-7):
NOAA Radio Channels
1 2 3
162.400MHz 162.425MHz 162.450MHz
After the strongest available channel has been detected by your Weather
Radio, all FIPS codes specific for your location (state and county) are
automatically pre-set.
You can customize your radio and program it with FIPS codes to listen for
only those events that you are interested in. You can enable advisories,
watch and warnings, to report only on events that are happening in your
surrounding location for example.
Programming Locations
• Press MENU/SELECT button mode until SELECT CH message
is displayed
• Press ▲or ▼button until LOCATION message is displayed
• Press MENU/SELECT button to enter location programming
mode
• Press ▲ or ▼ to select from the following three options: ALL, to
receive messages from all counties within a 40 mile radius,
SINGLE to receive only your county information or MULTIPLE
4 5 6
162.475MHz 162.500MHz 162.525MHz
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option permits alert signals for up to 9 pre-programmed locations
only.
To select ALL locations in your area:
• Press ▲or ▼button to select ALL from the internal list
• When ALL is displayed in the window, press MENU/SELECT
button to confirm ALL locations
• Press ◄ to exit location programming
To select a Single location, SAME alert signals for only one
programmed location:
• Press ▲or ▼button to select SINGLE from the internal list
• Press MENU/SELECT button to confirm single location
• Press MENU/SELECT button – the message EDIT? will be
displayed. You can now select to edit or delete a single location
• Press MENU/SELECT button to select EDIT or DELETE. If you
want to edit the county location, press ► after county name is
displayed.
• Press ▲or ▼button to select a new state and county from the
internal list
• Press MENU/SELECT button to select and confirm the setting
• Press ◄ to exit
To select Multiple locations, up to 9 stored locations:
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• Press ▲or ▼button to select MULTIPLE from the internal list
162.550MHz
• Press MENU/SELECT button to confirm
• Press ▲or ▼button to view the 9 EMPTY memory locations
• Press MENU/SELECT button – the message EDIT? will be
displayed. You can now select to edit (add) or delete a single
county location
• Press ▲or ▼button to select: EDIT? or DELETE?
• Press MENU/SELECT button and select EDIT If you want to add
or change a location.
• Press ▲or ▼button selecting a state
• Press MENU/SELECT button
• Press ▲or ▼button selecting a county
• Press MENU/SELECT button to select and confirm the setting.
Repeat above steps as many times as desired, to fill up to 9 or
fewer locations
• Press ◄ to exit
NOTE: The Weather Radio may miss alerts while being programmed.
When selecting an empty location after adding a specific county or
area to the memory, press◄ once to select a county from a
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