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Locking Out Channels
You can increase the effective scan-
ning speed by locking out channels
that have a continuous transmission,
such as a weather channel.
Note: You can manually select the
channels you have locked out.
To lock out a channel, manually select
the channel, then press
LOCKOUT
so
L/O
appears on the display.
To review the locked-out channels,
manually select the first channel you
want to review. Then repeatedly press
REVIEW
to see the locked-out chan-
nels in sequence.
Note: If you press
REVIEW
when there
is no locked-out channel, the scanner
sounds an error tone.
To remove the lock-out from a chan-
nel, manually select the channel, then
press
LOCKOUT
so
L/O
disappears
from the display.
Follow these steps to unlock all chan-
nels in the selected banks.
1. Select the banks while the scan-
ner is scanning.
2. Press
MANUAL
to stop scanning.
3. Press and hold
LOCKOUT
until the
scanner beeps twice.
MANUALLY SELECTING
A CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a spe-
cific channel without scanning. This is
useful if you hear an emergency
broadcast on a channel and do not
want to miss any details (even though
there might be periods of silence) or if
you want to monitor a specific chan-
nel.
If your scanner is scanning and stops
at the desired channel, press
MANUAL
one time. Pressing
MANUAL
additional
times causes your scanner to step
through the channels.
To manually select a channel, press
MANUAL
or turn the rotary tuner either
way one click. Then enter the channel
number using either of the following
methods:
• Enter the channel number, then
press
MANUAL
again.
• Press
FREQ/CHAN-LOCK
until the
scanner displays
CHAN
, then turn
the rotary tuner until the desired
channel number appears.
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