Olympian
™
Mobile User’s Guide
©
2005, Midland Radio Corporation
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function button again. If beeps are enabled a high pitched beep
will sound when scan is activated and a lower pitched beep will
sound when scan is turned off.
The scan list is initially programmed by your dealer or
communications coordinator. Your dealer may also have
designated one or two channels in the scan list as a priority
channel. The priority channel is checked for activity more often
than other channels in the scan list. The priority channel will also
be checked for activity while the radio is receiving on a non-
priority channel.
Once the receive signal ends, the radio may be programmed to
wait a period of time before resuming scan. When the scan
hang
timer
has expired, scanning will resume. This scan hang timer
will also be started whenever the radio has ceased transmitting
on a channel. Your dealer or communications coordinator will
customize the scan options for your particular situation; the
following paragraphs detail the available options.
Busy Channel Scan
If no priority channel has been assigned by your dealer or
communications coordinator, all channels in your scan list will be
checked for activity, with no preference given to any channel. If
activity is detected on a channel the radio will stop on that
channel. While the radio is stopped on a channel it may be
temporarily deleted from the scan list by pressing a programmed
Scan Skip
or
Monitor
function button. This is the
nuisance
channel delete
function. When the radio is turned off, all
channels removed from the scan list using nuisance channel
delete will be restored.
Priority Channel Scan
If a priority channel (or two) has been assigned by your dealer or
communications coordinator, the priority channel will be checked
more often than the other channels in the scan list. If activity is
detected on a channel the radio will stop on that channel. While
