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Setting TAG channels
For more efficient scanning, add the desired channels as
TAG channels, or clear the TAG on unwanted channels.
Channels that are not tagged will be skipped while scan.
TAG channels can be independently assigned to each USA,
International and Canada channel group.
q
Hold down
[U/I/C]
(CH/WX) for 1 second one or more
times to select the desired channel group.
w
Select the desired channel to be set as a TAG channel.
e
Hold down
[TAG]
(FAV) for 1 second to set the displayed
channel as a TAG channel.
•
“
” appears on the display.
r
To cancel a TAG channel setting, hold down
[TAG]
(FAV) for
1 second.
•
“
” disappears.
✔
Clearing (or setting) all tagged channels
While holding down
[TAG]
(FAV), turn ON the power to clear
all TAG channels in the selected channel group.
• Repeat above procedure to set all channels as TAG channels
(when no TAG channel has been set.)
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Starting a scan
Set the Weather Alert function, Priority Scan function, Scan
Resume Timer and Auto Scan function in advance, in the
Set mode. (pp. 18, 19)
q
Hold down
[U/I/C]
(CH/WX) for 1 second one or more
times to select a desired channel group.
•
When the Weather Alert function is in use, select a desired
weather channel using
[CH/WX]
and
[
Y
]
or
[
Z
]
.
(p. 9)
w
Push
[SCAN]
to start a priority or normal scan.
•
“
SCAN
” blinks while scanning.
• “16” appears on the sub channel readout during a priority scan.
•
When a signal is received, the scan pauses until the signal
disappears, or resumes after pausing 5 seconds, depending on
the Set mode setting.
•
Push [
Y
]
or
[
Z
] to sequentially select TAG channels, change
the scanning direction or manually resume the scan.
e
To stop the scan, push
[SCAN]
again.
•
“
SCAN
” disappears.
•
Pushing
[PTT]
,
[16]
,
[CH/WX]
or
[FAV]
also stops the scan.
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SCAN OPERATION
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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
[Example]:
Starting a normal scan.
Push
Blinks
Blinks
Scanning starts
When a signal is received
Appears