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5
SCAN OPERATION
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Setting TAG channels
For more efficient scanning, set the desired channels as TAG
channels or clear the TAG setting from unwanted channels.
Channels that are not tagged will be skipped during scanning.
TAG channels can be assigned to each channel group
(U.S.A., International and Canada) independently.
q
Push and hold
[U/I/C]
(CH/WX) for 1 sec. several times to
select the desired channel group, if desired.
w
Select the desired channel to be set as a TAG channel.
e
Push and hold
[TAG]
(FAV) for 1 sec. to set the displayed
channel as a TAG channel.
• “
” appears in the function display.
r
To cancel the TAG channel setting, push and hold
[TAG]
(FAV) for 1 sec.
• “
” disappears.
✔
Clearing (or setting) all tagged channels
While pushing and holding
[TAG]
(FAV), turn power ON 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 re-
sume timer and auto scan function in advance, using set
mode. (pgs. 18, 19)
q
Push and hold
[U/I/C]
(CH/WX) for 1 sec. several times to
select the desired channel group, if desired.
• When the weather alert function is in use, select the desired
weather channel with
[CH/WX]
and
[
Y
Y
]/[
Z
Z
]
.
w
Push
[SCAN]
to start priority or normal scan.
• “
SCAN
” blinks in the function display.
• “16” appears on the sub channel readout during priority scan.
• When a signal is received, scan pauses until the signal disap-
pears or resumes after pausing 5 sec. according to the scan re-
sume timer setting. (Channel 16 is still monitored during priority
scan.)
• Push [
Y
]/[
Z
] to check which channels have been set as TAG
channels, change the scanning direction or resume the scan
manually.
e
To stop the scan, push
[SCAN]
.
• “
SCAN
” disappears.
• Pushing
[PTT]
,
[16]
,
[CH/WX]
or
[FAV]
also stops the scan.
5
Scan starts
to stop the scan
Push
Push
[Example]:
Starting a normal scan.
When a signal is received