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About Your Scanner
9
/
WXYZ
— enters a 9, or inputs characters W, X, Y, or Z.
0
— enters a zero, or inputs characters ., -, #, _, @, +, *,
&, /, ', $, %, !, ^, (, ), ?, ->, ` or <-.
.
/
DELAY
— enters a decimal point (necessary when pro-
gramming frequencies), space, or programs delay time
for the selected channel/search bank, or hyphen (in
trunking ID setting).
CL
- clears an incorrect entry.
QUICK START
To help familiarize yourself with the scanner’s functions,
keypad, and available frequencies, you can utilize one of
these three features before you begin programming the
scanner.
Preprogrammed Search Banks — allow you to listen to
frequencies and decide which frequencies you want to
store when you are ready to program the scanner. See
“Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency Range” on
Page 30.
Manual Tuning — allows you to manually scan through
the entire range of available frequencies without pro-
gramming. (See “Specifications” on Page 81 for a list of
the available frequency ranges.) Also, see “Deleting Fre-
quencies from Channels” on Page 41.
Weather Radio — allows you to listen to NOAA weather
broadcasts without programming. See “Listening to the
Weather Band” on Page 37.
UNDERSTANDING BANKS
Channel Storage Banks
A bank is a storage area for a group of channels. Chan-
nels are storage areas for frequencies. Whereas a chan-
nel can only contain one frequency, a bank can hold
numerous channels.
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you
want to listen to, your scanner divides the channels into