z
(lowercase) shows
zeromatic off
or
Z
(uppercase) shows
zeromatic on
for the search.
d
(lowercase) shows the
delay off
or
D
(uppercase) shows the
delay on
for the search.
3rd Line
FM
,
AM
, or
NFM
appears to show the
Modulation
and
Frequency
.
any
CTCSS/DCS/NAC
tone/code received alternates with a
Conventional
frequency.
the
System Type
and
NAC
alternates with a
Motorola
P25 Trunked
frequency.
4th Line
The Dedicated Search Sub-bands Name
and the enable sub-bands (
0-4
)(
0-6
for amateur) appear to toggle on or off for a
Public Safety
,
Aircraft
, or
Amateur Service Search
.
Disabled
sub-bands show a
.
(dot).
shows the
Lower and Upper Search Limits
for a
Limit Search
.
5th Line
FrL/O
(frequency lockout) appears above
F1
to lockout a
transmitting
frequency.
Mode
appears above
F2
to change the modulation for a
Limit
,
Aircraft
, or
Ham
search.
all
(all channels
not locked out
) or
ALL
(all channels) appears above
F2
to select the channels to scan for a
CB
,
Marine
, or
FRS/GMRS/MURS
search.
Stor
(store) appears above
F3
to store the frequency.
Basic Settings for Navigation
You may want to change some settings right away to help you program your scanner a little easier. At least it helped me.
Press and hold
until the scanner beeps on the HH models to keep the backlight on.
Press
PGM
to enter program mode.
Press
F3
(
GLOB
) to bring you to the '
Radio Settings
' menu.
Press
▼
until the cursor is blinking in front of
LCD BlinkOFF
. For alternating text displays, this sets the display time for the
secondary
display. Enter a
value that is comfortable to view.
150
(1.5 seconds) is the default setting. I prefer something around 1 second (
100).
Press
▼
until the cursor is blinking in front of
LCD BlinkOn
. For alternating text displays, this sets the display time for the
primary
display. Enter a value
that is comfortable to view.
50
(
.
5 seconds) is the default setting. I prefer something around 1 second (
100).
Press
F1
(
Save
) to save the settings and exit the
GLOB
menu.
Navigating the Menus
If you just bought the radio new, right out of the box (or reset it), when you turn it on you will (should) see "
Press NEW to create objects
" in the display,
otherwise press
PGM
to enter program mode.
The 3 'soft keys',
F1
,
F2
, and
F3
activate the function shown in the LCD display above each softkey.
In Program Mode:
NEW
(
F1
) will create a new object.
EDIT
(
F2
) will edit, duplicate, or find an object.
GLOB
(
F3
) will bring you to the '
Radio Settings
' menu.
FUNC
then
GLOB
(
F3
) will bring you to the '
Expert Settings
' menu.
In
Manual
or
Program
Mode:
◄
or
►
will scroll through the scan lists
that have objects in them
.
Empty
Scan Lists will not be displayed. (ex:
01-222
is in scan list 1, object number 222)
▼
or
▲
will scroll through objects in each scan list.
After you have programmed at least 2
scannable
objects (not trunked systems) , pressing
▼
or
▲
in manual or program mode will select
each object
in
the current Scan List.
After you have programmed in at least 2 Scan Lists, pressing
◄
or
►
in manual or program mode will select
each Scan List
.
The top left of the display will show the
Scan List number
then the
object number
; ex:
01-0010
.
When you enter a menu, press the
▼
or
▲
keys to navigate to the parameter you wish to change.
Pressing and holding the
▼
or
▲
keys will scroll faster.
Pressing
FUNC
then
▲
will bring you to the top of the menu (or any sub menu) and
FUNC
then
▼
will bring you to the bottom.
The active parameter is always the middle parameter and is indicated by a flashing colon.
Pressing
FUNC
then
SEL
will enable the 'help' menu for the selected item. Press
SEL
again to exit the 'help' menu.
Pressing
SEL
or
ENT
activates entry fields.
For most numeric entries (except
Contrast
) simply enter the new value and press
F1
(
Done
).
For most selectable entries (like
Yes
,
No
,
On
,
Off
, etc. and
Contrast
) use the
◄
or
►
keys to select the new parameter.
For entries with
SEL
after them, press
SEL
/
ENT
to bring you to another menu to change the parameter.
Pressing
◄
,
►
,
▼
, or
▲
will allow you to navigate inside the sub-menus and place the blinking cursor on what you want to edit.
Use the 'soft keys' (
F1
,
F2
, and
F3
) in the sub menus to
Save
,
Undo
,
Exit
,
Stop
,
Reset
,
Del
,
Cancl
or for
Done
,
Qtxt
,
Yes
,
No
,
Dflt
, and
OK
.
Main menu changes do not take effect until the menu is saved-
F1
(
Save
). If you forget to save any changes, you will see '
Unsaved Changes! Go Back?
'.
Press
F1
(
Yes
) to go back or
F3
(
No
) to exit without saving.
If you later find out that you don't like your new setting(s), you can always go back to the parameter, press
F3
(
Dflt
), and restore the default setting. See
also
Finding Objects
.
You can restore
all
'Global Settings' to their defaults without affecting your programmed objects or V-Scanners. Turn the radio off then back on and press
0
then
2
during the welcome screen. Press
ENT
to confirm the global parameter reset then
ENT
again to reboot.
Text Tagging and Qtext
You can program text tags (up to 16 characters) for the welcome screen, any Stalker/Sweeper, limit, or service
search, each scan list, conventional channel, trunking system, group ID, private ID or radio ID.
Entering Text Manually:
1.
Navigate to the
Tag:
option (or
Owner:
for the welcome screen) in the menu of the object you wish to tag and
press
SEL
/
ENT
.
