User Guide

Entering SAME Location and Event Codes

The following steps are used to create a SAME entry

that provides all weather alerts for a given location.

Press the WX key twice to enter Weather mode.

Use the  or  keys on the 4-way push button pad to

scroll to the desired SAME code entry.

Press the SEL key to edit the selected SAME entry.

With the Entry field selected, press on the 4-way push

button pad to turn the entry on.

Scroll to the Code: field and press on the 4-way push

button pad to enter a SAME location code. Use the

keypad to enter a SAME code.

Scroll to the Event field. Note the current default of ***,

which will allow all messages for the specified SAME

location code. We recommend that you leave the event

code with “***” to receive all alerts.

Scroll to the Tag: field. We suggest that you enter a tag

name here that corresponds with the SAME location

code that you have entered. Press on the 4-way push

button pad to edit the tag name. Use the  keys

on the 4-way push button pad or the standard text entry

method to enter your tag. Using our Dallas County

example, you would enter the following:

31 D

21 A

53 L

21 A

74 S

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23 C

63 O

82 U

62 N

81 T

93 Y

Scroll to the Alarm: field. Note that you can specify

different alarm sounds for this SAME entry. We

recommend that you use the default setting here for

general purpose weather alerting.