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TROUBLESHOOTING
If you have problems, here are some
suggestions that might help. If none of
these suggestions help, take your
scanner to your local RadioShack
store for assistance.
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
REMEDY
Scanner is totally inop-
erative.
No power.
Make sure you plugged
the scanner into a work-
ing AC or DC outlet.
Scanner is on but will
not scan.
•
SQUELCH
is not cor-
rectly adjusted.
• A channel has been
manually selected.
• Adjust
SQUELCH
clockwise.
• Press
SCAN
.
While scanning, the
scanner locks on fre-
quencies that have an
unclear transmission.
“Birdies.”
Avoid programming fre-
quencies listed under
“Birdie Frequencies” on
Page 33 or only listen to
them manually.
Rotary tuner does not
work.
Rotary lock is turned on.
Press
LOCK
until
FREQ
or
CHAN
appears on the
display.
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