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Searching
Searching
Use the search function to find active frequencies.
While doing a fine tune or service bank search, press
•/CLR/DELAY
to turn
the 2-second delay on or off.
Fine Tune
You can search up or down from the currently displayed frequency using
a fine tune search. Searching stops when a transmission is found and
resumes after the transmission ends (searching resumes after two seconds
if delay is on).
1. When the frequency you want to start from appears, press
SRCH
.
Or, from search pause mode, enter a frequency using the number keys,
then press
SRCH.
Note:
If you enter an invalid frequency, the scanner beeps and
displays
Error.
2.
SRCH
,
PAUSE
, and
-t-
appear.
SRCH
PAUSE
DLY
3. Press
T
or
S
to move up or down one frequency step. Or press
SRCH
to start the fine tune search.
4. Press
T
or
S
to change search direction.
5. Press
PSE
to pause the search.
Service Bank Search
The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to Marine,
Police (Fire/Emergency), Aircraft, Ham, and FM radio transmissions.
To search the service banks, press
MAR, FD/PD, AIR, HAM,
or
FM
. The
current service symbol appears and the scanner starts searching. To select a
different service bank, press desired
MAR, FD/PD, AIR, HAM
or
FM.
Note:
Because there are many different frequencies allocated to
Ham and Aircraft, it can take several minutes to search all the service
frequencies.