TURINING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND SQUELCH
1.Turn SQUELCH full counter-clockwise.
2.Turn VOLUME clockwise until you hear a hissing sound. The scanner automatically scans all 10 banks.
3.Slowly turn SQUELCH clockwise, then leave it set to a point just after the hissing stops.
NOTE: If the scanner picks up unwanted weak transmissions, turn SQUELCH clockwise to decrease the scanner's sensitivity to these signals.
If you want to listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH counter-clockwise.
SCANNING THE CHANNELS
To begin scanning the channels or to start scanning again after monitoring a channel, press SCAN. The scanner scans either up or down through all non-locked channels in the active banks (see "Locking Out Channels").
NOTE: An improper SQUELCH setting might keep the scanner from scanning (see "Turning on the Scanner/Setting Volume and Squelch").
TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS ON AND OFF
When you first turn on the scanner, the scanner scans all ten channel storage banks. As the scanner scans a bank, the bar under the bank's number flashes.
To turn off banks while scanning, repeatedly press the bank's number key until the bar under the bank's number disappears. The scanner does not scan any of the stored channels within banks you have turned off.
NOTES: You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one active bank.
You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is turned off.
To turn on banks while scanning, press the bank's number key until the bar appears under the bank's number.
STORING FREQUENCIES
Good references for active frequencies are Radio Shack's "Police Call Radio Guide Including Fire and Emergency Services," "Official Aeronautical Frequency Directory," and "Maritime Frequency Directory." We update these directories every year, so be sure to get a current copy. See also "Guide
to the Action Bands" in this manual.
If you do not have a reference to frequencies in your area, you can use a limit or direct search to find a transmission.
You can store up to 200 frequencies into the scanner's channels. Follow these steps to store frequencies.
1.Press MAN. Enter the channel number you want to program.
2.Press PGM. PGM appears on the display.
3.Using the number keys, enter the frequency you want to store in that channel.
4.Press ENTER to store the frequency.
If you make a mistake in Step 3, ERROR appears on the display. Press CLEAR and repeat Steps 3 and 4.
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 to program more channels or Steps 2-4 if you want to program the next channel in sequence.
SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
You can search for frequencies using either of the following methods, then temporarily store the frequencies in monitor memories.
Limit search (within a range of frequencies you selected)
Direct search (any range of frequencies before or after a frequency you selected)
Limit Search
Limit search lets you search for active frequencies within a range you
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