9
Scanner Setup
Besides searching within a selected frequency range, you can also search
your scanner’s service banks.
Service banks
are preset groups of frequencies
categorized by the type of services that use those frequencies. The scanner
is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to the Marine, Aircraft,
Police (Fire/Emergency), Ham and FM services.
When you search and find a desired frequency, you can store it into a
programmable memory location called a channel.
Channels
are grouped
into
channel-storage banks
. Your scanner has 10 channel-storage banks
(numbered 0-9). Each bank contains 20 channels (numbered 0-19), for a total
of 200 channels. You can
scan
the channel storage banks to see if there is
activity on the frequencies stored there.
Note:
Search for frequencies to find your local frequencies, after you
have programmed these frequencies into channels, you can scan the
channels.
Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies. For example, the
police department might use four frequencies in your town while the
fire department uses an additional four. You could program the police
frequencies in bank 0, and program the fire department frequencies in bank 1.
Turning on the Scanner
1. Turn
SQUELCH
fully counterclockwise.
2. Press and hold the
POWER
button to turn on your scanner. Turn up the
VOLUME
until you hear a hissing sound.
3. Turn
SQUELCH
clockwise until the hissing stops.
Note:
Make sure the antenna is connected before you turn on
the scanner.
To perform a quick check of scanner operation, press the
WX
/
key. If you
are near a NOAA weather station, you should hear weather information.
Setting the Clock/Alarm
Your scanner’s clock displays whenever you
turn off the radio functions. It can also be
used as an alarm clock.
To set the clock time:
1. Slide the
Clock Switch
to
Clock Set.
