Radio Shack 20-514, Owner'S Manual

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Using Direct Search
During a direct search, the scanner searches up or down, start-
ing from a frequency you specify. Follow these steps to use di-
rect search.
Note: You can use the scanner’s delay feature while using di-
rect search.
1. Press
MAN
then enter the frequency (including the decimal
point) you want to use as a starting point for the search.
Note: To start from a frequency already stored in one of
your scanner’s channels, press
MAN
and enter the desired
channel number, then press
MAN
again.
2. Hold down
▲
or
▼
for about 1 second to search up or
down. –d– , SRCH , and
▲
or
▼
appear.
Notes:
• To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down
▲
or
▼
for about 1 second.
• To search up or down the selected band in small incre-
ments (5 or 12.5 kHz steps), repeatedly press
▲
or
▼
.
• To pause the search, press
▲
or
▼
. To resume search-
ing, hold down
▲
or
▼
.
• To quickly move up or down through the frequencies,
hold down
▲
or
▼
. The scanner tunes through the fre-
quencies until you release
▲
or
▼
.
3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops
searching and displays the frequency’s number. To store
the displayed frequency in the lowest available channel,
press
PGM
then
ENT
. The channel and frequency flash
twice, and the scanner stores the displayed frequency. The
scanner continues to search for frequencies.
Or, to store the displayed frequency in a channel you
select, press
PGM
, use the number keys to enter the chan-