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SCAN OPERATION
13
INT
25W
DUP
TAG
INTL
INT
25W
DUP
TAG
Normal scan
BUSY
INT
25W
DUP
TAG
Normal scan
SCAN
TAG
Push
Scan starts.
When a signal is received
[Example]:
Starting a Normal scan.
■
Setting tag channels
For more efficient scanning, add desired channels as tag
channels or clear tag channels for unwanted channels. Chan-
nels not tagged will be skipped during scanning. Tag chan-
nels can be assigned to each channel group (U.S.A., Interna-
tional, Canada) independently.
q
While pushing
[
[
HI/LO
HI/LO
]
]
, push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
U/I/C)
one or
more times to select the desired channel group.
w
Select the desired channel to be set as a tag channel.
e
Push
[
[
SCAN
SCAN
]
]
(
(
)
)
for 1 sec. to set the displayed channel
as a tag channel.
• “
TAG
” appears in the display.
r
To cancel the tag channel setting, repeat step
e
.
• “
TAG
” disappears.
Convenient:
Clearing (setting) all tagged channels
➥
While pushing
[
[
HI/LO
HI/LO
]
]
, push
[
[
SCAN
SCAN
]
]
(
(
)
)
for 3 sec. (until
a long beep changes to 2 short beeps) to clear all tag
channels setting in the channel group.
• Repeat above procedure to set all tag channels.
■
Starting a scan
Set scan type (Priority or Normal scan) and scan resume
timer in advance using Set mode. (p. 39)
q
Set tag channels as described at left.
w
Make sure the squelch is closed to start a scan.
e
While pushing
[
[
HI/LO
HI/LO
]
]
, push
[
[
CH/WX
CH/WX
]
]
(
(
U/I/C)
U/I/C)
one or
more times to select the channel group, if desired.
r
Push
[
[
SCAN
SCAN
]
]
to start Priority or Normal scan.
• “
Pri Scan 16
” or “
Normal Scan
” appears in the function
display.
• When a signal is detected, scan pauses until the signal disap-
pears or resumes after pausing 5 sec. according to Set mode
setting. (Channel 16 is still monitored during Priority scan.)
• Rotate
[
[
CHANNEL
CHANNEL
]
]
to check the scanning tag channels, to
change the scanning direction or resume the scan manually.
• “
16
” blinks and a beep tone sounds when a signal is received
on Channel 16 during Priority scan.
t
To stop the scan, push
[
[
SCAN
SCAN
]
]
.
DW
TAG
TAG
DW
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