Operation
26
want to store a frequency,
then press PGM.
2. Use the number keys and
•
to
enter the frequency (including
the decimal point) you want to
store.
3. Press ENT to store the
frequency into the channel.
Ô
4. To program the next channel
in sequence, press PGM and
repeat Steps 2 and 3.
FINDING AND STORING
A
CTIVE FREQUENCIES
Searching the Service
Banks
Your scanner contains groups of
preset frequencies called service
banks. Each service bank is
associated with a specific activity
(see “Service Banks” on Page 19).
You can search for fire/police, air,
ham, auto race, and marine
transmissions even if you do not
know the specific frequencies that
are used in your area. Then you
can store the frequencies you
found into the scanner’s channels
or monitor memories.
1. Press BAND.Thelast
selected band name (such as
HAM), SRCH, -b-,
frequency and the group
number (if any) appear.
2. To select a different band,
repeatedly press BAND until
the desired band name
appears on the display. After
about 2 seconds, the scanner
begins searching rapidly in
Ô NOTE Ô
• If you made a
mistakeinStep2,
Error appears and
the scanner beeps
three times when
you press
ENT.
Start again from
Step 2.
• The scanner
rounds the
frequency down to
the closest valid
frequency. If you
enter a frequency
of 151.473, the
scanner accepts it
as 151.470.
• If you enter a
frequency that is
stored in another
channel, the
scanner beeps
three times, the
lowest channel
number where the
frequency is
already stored
appears, and
–
dUPL–
then the
frequency flash.
To store the
frequency anyway,
press
ENT again.
Press
MON/CLto
clear it.
•Press
DELAY if
you want the
scanner to pause
2 seconds on a
channel before it
proceeds to the
next channel after
a transmission
ends. The scanner
also stores this
setting in the
channel.
