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SPECIAL FEATURES
USING THE
KEYLOCK
Once you program your
scanner, you can protect it
from accidental program
changes by turning on the
keylock feature. When the
keypad is locked, the only
controls that operate are
SCAN
,
MANUAL
,
KEYLOCK
,
VOLUME
, and
SQUELCH
.
Note: The keylock does not
prevent the scanner from
scanning channels.
To turn the keylock on or off,
turn on the scanner then
hold down
KEYLOCK
for
about 3 seconds. The scan-
ner beeps and
KEYLOCK
appears or disappears.
LOCKING OUT
CHANNELS
You can increase the effec-
tive scanning speed by lock-
ing out individual channels
that have a continuous
transmission, such as a
weather channel (see “Na-
tional Weather Frequen-
cies” on Page 34) or a birdie
frequency (see “Birdie Fre-
quencies” on Page 34).
To lock out a channel, man-
ually select the channel then
press
L/OUT
.
L/O
appears.
To remove the lockout from
a channel, manually select
t h e c h a nn e l t h en p r ess
L/OUT
.
L/O
disappears.
To unlock all memory chan-
nels, follow these steps.
1. While scanning, turn on
the memory banks you
want to unlock.
2. Press
MANUAL
.
3. Hold down
L/OUT
for at
least 3 seconds. The
scanner beeps twice
and unlocks all memory
channels you previously
locked out (in the
selected banks).
Notes:
• Your scanner automati-
cally locks out empty
channels.
• You can still manually
select locked-out chan-
nels.
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