Baofeng UV-5R Series, Documentation

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The (Chinese) Radio Documentation Project
22 Scanning
To resume scanning you must press and hold the key again.
Tone Scanning
In frequency mode you can scan for CTCSS tones and DCS codes on active frequencies.
To scan for CTCSS or DCS on active channels, follow these steps:
Procedure 5.2. Tone scanning
1.
Press the key to enter the menu.
2. Enter one of the following on the numeric keypad:
a.
to scan for DCS codes, or
b.
to scan for CTCSS sub-tones.
3.
Press the key to select.
4.
Press the key momentarily,
CT
or
DCS
will start flashing in the display as
the radio starts scanning. Once it finds a tone or code in use, it will beep and stop
flashing, indicating that a tone or code has been found.
5.
Press the key to confirm.
6.
Press the key to exit the menu system
If you wish to communicate with a party after finding out what CTCSS or DCS settings
they're transmitting with, configure your transmit CTCSS or DCS according with what
the scanner set for your receive CTCSS or DCS. For details see Chapter 8, Selective
calling.