You can turn each channel-storage bank on and off. When you turn off a bank, the scanner does not scan
any of the 100 channels in that bank.
While scanning, press the number key that corresponds to the bank you want to turn on or off. Numbers appear
at the top of the display, showing the currently selected banks. The scanner scans all the channels within the
displayed banks that are not locked out (see “Locking Out Channels”). The bank number flashes when the
scanner scans a channel that belongs to the bank.
Notes:
• You can manually select any channel within a bank, even if that bank is turned off.
• One bank must always be active. If you try to turn off all banks, bank 1 remains.
LOCKING OUT CHANNELS
You can increase the scanning speed by locking out channels that have a continuous transmission, such as a
weather channel. To lock out a channel, manually select the channel, then press
L/O
.
L/O
appears.
Note:
You can still manually select locked-out channels.
To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel, then press
L/O
.
L/O
disappears.
To unlock all channels in the banks that are turned on, press
HOLD/RESUME
to stop scanning, then hold down
L/O
until the scanner beeps twice.
PRIORITY
The priority feature lets you scan through the channels and still not miss important or interesting calls on specific
channels. You can program one stored channel in each bank as a priority channel. If the priority feature is
turned on, as the scanner scans the bank, it checks that bank’s priority channel for activity every 2 seconds.
The scanner automatically designates each bank’s first channel as its priority channel. Follow these steps to
select a different channel in a bank as the priority channel.
1. Press
PGM
2. Enter the channel number you want to select as the priority channel, then press
PRI
.
appears to the right of the selected channel number.
3. Repeat Steps 1 for the channel in each bank you want to program as a priority channel.
To review all priority channels (in ascending order only), repeatedly press
PRI
to see the numbers of the priority
channels.
To turn on the priority feature, press
PRI
during scanning.
PRI
appears.
Then the scanner checks the designated priority channel every 2 seconds in each bank. The bank number
appears at the top of the display.
To turn off the priority feature, press
PRI
.
PRI
disappears.
Notes:
If you have locked out all priority channels,
CH
Loc Out
appears when you activate the priority
feature. To unlock any desired priority channels, see “Locking Out Channels” on Page XX.
