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If you remember programming in a specific channel but can’t remember where you left it, you can search 
the radio for it. Using the 

FIND

 feature is pretty easy. Press the Program key, then the Edit soft key and 

lastly the Find soft key. Select how you want to search, such as by locked out status or the text tag. Select 
the method you want. If finding Locked Out channels then you can scroll thru them and unlock any of them 
you wish. 
 
There are many different features that you may or may not be interested in. Some of them include: 
 

Object Lockout:

  Locks out a channel or the like no matter what scan list it is a member of. If you have a 

frequency in more than one Scan List, and lock it out of one, it still can be heard of you are scanning 
another List it resides in. This allows you to lock it out entirely, even if it is in multiple Scan Lists.  
 

Temporary Lockout.

 This feature works differently than Uniden’s. On the GRE there is a menu setting in 

the Global menu that allows you to select Temporary or Permanent Lockouts. If you choose Temporary 
then the radio will remove the Lockout when you turn off the radio. If you set it to Permanent then the 
channel will stay locked out until you unlock it specifically. You can still set a channel to a permanent 
Lockout by pressing the Func key then Lockout. 
 
To unlock a channel just press Manual and scroll to or use the Find feature to get to the Object and press 
the Lockout key to unlock it. 
 

Search & Talkgroup Lockouts:

 During Search or when scanning a trunked system events one of the Soft 

Keys will display L/Out and you can use this button to lock out a frequency or talkgroup.  
 

Tune Mode:

 If you want to go to a specific frequency quickly, press the Tune key on the keypad then enter 

in the frequency you want to monitor. From there you can search up or down and let the radio stop on 
received signals. You can store hits to a memory slot, it then becomes a Scannable Object. 
 
When, if in Tune Mode, you come across a trunked channel the radio will display information about that 
channel. For example on Motorola and P25 systems the System ID and Site number will be displayed.  
 
This functionality of quickly “pumping in” a frequency into a scanner and listening to it, and to nearby 
channels, is a great tactical scanning feature that is lacking on the Uniden scanners.  
 

Weather Alert:

 The PSR600 can be used as a Weather Radio Receiver. The most simple method is to press 

the WX button and find an active NOAA weather station in your area. You can then enter SAME Codes to 
have the radio open on weather or emergency messages for your county. If you do not enter a SAME code 
then the radio will display any SAME messages it decodes. Press the “stby” soft key to enter the SAME 
Standby Mode, the Soft key switches to upper case (STBY) when in that mode. Press the SAME soft key 
and you can enter SAME codes for your area. You can get these codes from the National Weather Service 
website. 
 
If you want to use the older 1050 Hz. alert tone activation method (now called the All Hazards Alert) press 
the WX button, go to an active weather channel for your area and press the Priority button. The radio will 
then activate when it detects the proper code.  
 

Favorite

: The GRE “Favorite” feature allows you to tag an Object as a “Favorite” by pressing the FAV 

button. This is essentially a special scan list that allows you instant access to that group of channels. You 
can tag any type of object, trunked or conventional, sweeper, search etc. When scanning just press the FAV 
button and any of those tagged channels are now active, regardless of whether they are in other scan lists. 
 

Cloning 

You can clone your radio to another PSR500, PSR600, PRO106 or PRO197 with a simple cable. This cable 
is the same one used to connect iPods to car stereos and other uses, a 3 conductor “Mini” cable. Connect 
the cables to both radio’s PC-IF jacks, turn them on and enter the proper keystrokes on the Master (Source) 
radio and Slave (Target) radio. The information from the Master radio will be programmed into the Slave 

Summary of Contents for GRE PSR600

Page 1: ...eld and PSR400 Base Mobile Radio Shack PRO164 Handhelds and PRO163 Base Mobiles Digital GRE PSR500 Handheld and PSR600 Base Mobile Radio Shack PRO106 Handheld and PRO197 Base Mobile While the Radio Sh...

Page 2: ...arrangement used on current Unidens Also on the front panel of the radio you ll find the headphone and PC IF jacks The rear of the radio has the power connector external speaker and BNC antenna jack...

Page 3: ...e In addition the Uniden has Fire Tone Out the ability to use Remote Heads and other fun to use and explore features The GRE is well regarded as having better audio especially on digital signals While...

Page 4: ...would then program in trunked talkgroups While these would not take away from regular channel memory there was usually a strict limit to the amount of talkgroups allowed in scan lists GRE s OOUI allo...

Page 5: ...isplay each character is up to 7 dots high and 5 wide and there are 16 characters per line During scanning operations the text lines display the pertinent information about the operation such as the f...

Page 6: ...and Narrow modes of EDACS systems are supported No scanner can decode EDACS Provoice or Aegis used in selected areas such as San Antonio and some others LTR very popular on UHF and 800 business system...

Page 7: ...to 162 MHz channels have been 15 KHz apart for example the next frequency used after 155 250 was 155 265 then 155 280 With the Narrowband initiative the channels are now closer together 7 5 KHz apart...

Page 8: ...he GRE only displays the 3 numbers When P25 was introduced it was not compatible with CTCSS or DCS codes so a new format was devised called Network Access Codes NAC NAC s work the same as CTCSS and DC...

Page 9: ...ou to search all frequencies the radio is capable of while the Public Safety Mode allows you to concentrate your search on the bands commonly assigned to police fire etc These bands are parts of the L...

Page 10: ...he PSR600 when comparing them in a high RF environment in a city or when you re close by the aforementioned types of transmitter sites I have also heard of cases where in a high RF environment when yo...

Page 11: ...rint the manual if you use the radio away from a computer If you don t understand or like the GRE manual you may want to try other sources to help learn the radio One of the best sources for scanner t...

Page 12: ...r any traffic on the system even if the talkgroups are not programmed specifically Otherwise you would hear only traffic specified in your Scan Lists When programming Search events SRCH you can then s...

Page 13: ...nnable Object When if in Tune Mode you come across a trunked channel the radio will display information about that channel For example on Motorola and P25 systems the System ID and Site number will be...

Page 14: ...are going to enter a lot of text tags manually you may want to copy this chart and keep it with the radio Quick Text allows you to store 10 tags that are commonly used You can change these to fit your...

Page 15: ...ital systems vary Check the message boards on the Yahoo and RadioReference forums before updating your DSP firmware occasionally older versions work better on some systems CC Dump The various GRE digi...

Page 16: ...Out GPS and Remote Head system These are not available on the GRE The GRE however handles some items better such as during Search Events it will display the CTCSS DCS or NAC code without having to se...

Page 17: ...opy that you can tweak and add to over time as you get more familiar with the scanner and scanning Then you can tailor the programming just for your tastes The software is easy to use and extremely po...

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