MIDLAND 74-200 - Manual (Page 6)

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display automatically switches to display messages
from the SAME decoder when they are received.
11. SET button – Press this button to switch from
display to set mode in time, date or alarm time
display modes. Characters will flash in set mode.
Use the other three adjacent buttons to change
settings. Press SET again to return to display
mode.
12. MIN/ MONTH and HOUR/DATE buttons – Used
mostly for time and date setting. Not active in
normal display mode.
13. SNOOZE button – Used for advancing the alarm
time by 9 minutes each time the clock alarm
sounds.
14. Programming Keypad – used to enter “FIPS” codes
into the memory of the radio, to set the radio to the
National Weather Radio channel for your area and
to change other programmable functions. See
section on programming your radio for details.
NWR-SAME:
In 1994, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) began broadcasting coded emergency signals that
identify the specific geographic area (such as a county) affected
by an emergency. Until that time such specific emergency
weather information was sent in other ways to broadcast stations
and others then relayed to the public.
NOAA transmits the coded weather emergency signals using a