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Searching for Frequencies
During a tune search, the
scanner tunes up or down
starting from a frequency you
specify.
1.
Press
TUNE
. The display
alternates between
PSE
and
–
t
–
.
2.
If you want to change the
starting frequency, enter a
new frequency and press
ENT
.
3.
Press
PSE
to start tune search.
–
t
–
appears on the
display.
4.
To change the tuning direction, press
or
.
Service Bank Search
Your scanner contains groups of preset frequencies
called Service Banks. You can search for marine, fire/
police, aircraft, ham, and weather transmissions even if
you do not know the specific frequencies that are used in
your area.
Then you can store the frequencies you find into the
scanner’s channels (except for weather and marine
banks, which are already stored as channels). To start the
search, press the button for the Service Bank you would
like to search (Marine, Fire/Police, Air, Ham, or Weather).
Storing Found Frequencies
You can save frequencies in channel-storage banks.
1.
Press
ENT
when you find
a frequency. The bank
number and
StorE
appear.
2.
To change banks, enter the
new bank number.
3.
Press
ENT
. The channel and
frequency flash twice. To
cancel the operation, press
TUNE/CLEAR
.
• The frequency is
automatically stored in the
first empty channel of the selected bank.
• If the scanner displays
-dUPL-
, the frequency is already
stored in another channel. Press
ENT
to continue.
Press
TUNE/CLEAR
to cancel.
• If there are no empty channels in the bank,
Ch-FULL
appears. Clear a channel or select another bank (see
“Clearing a Stored Channel”
on page 21).
• If the scanner displays
-dUPL-
or
CH-FULL
, you can
store another channel location by pressing
PGM
. The
channel number flashes and
000.0000
(or previous
frequency) appears. Press the desired channel number
then press
ENT
. Repeat if needed. Press
ENT
again
when an empty channel is found.
Birdie Frequencies
All scanners have birdie frequencies, which are signals
created inside a scanner that can cause interference.
To find the birdies in your scanner:
1.
Disconnect the antenna, and make sure that no
other nearby radio or TV sets are turned on near the
scanner.
2.
Search every frequency range from its lowest
frequency to the highest. Occasionally, the
searching will stop as if it has found a signal, often
without any sound. This is a birdie.
3.
Make a list of all the birdies in your scanner for
future reference.
Search Commands
• Press
PSE
to pause searching. Press
PSE
again to
resume.
• Press
•/Delay
to turn the two-second delay
feature on and off.
• Press
L/O
to lock-out a frequency (except
Weather band).
• To reverse the search direction at any time, press
or
.
• If necessary, you can select search groups using
the number keys.
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