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ner receives transmissions only when
a preset ID code is also transmitted,
and the ID code appears. In closed
mode, the scanner does not receive
transmissions if they do not have an
ID code or if the ID code does not
match the preset ID code.
Note: You can set AM and FM fre-
quencies within banks to open or
closed mode.
Follow these steps to select a bank
and change it to open or closed mode.
1. Press
MAN
.
2. Press
FUNC
then repeatedly press
▲
or
▼
to select the bank you
want to change.
3. Press
FUNC
then
2
.
Bank
OPEN
or
Bank
CLOSED
appears. Then
the tenth digit from the left at the
top line of the display changes
from
+
to
–
or vice versa.
CHANGING THE
RECEIVE MODE
The scanner is preset to the most
common AM or FM receive mode for
each frequency range.
The preset mode is correct in most
cases. However, some amateur radio
transmitters and trunked systems do
not operate in the preset mode. If you
try to listen to a transmission when the
scanner is not set to the correct re-
ceive mode, the transmission might
sound weak or distorted.
If you want to listen to private line or
trunking transmissions in closed
mode, you might have to change the
receive mode.
To change the receive mode, repeat-
edly press
MODE
. The receive mode
changes as follows:
CHANGING THE
FREQUENCY STEP
The scanner searches at a preset fre-
quency step for each frequency range.
These are the frequency steps your
scanner uses for each frequency
range.
Display
Description
AM
AM Mode
FM
FM Mode
PL
FM Mode, Private Line (with
67.0–254.1 Hz PL code)
DL
FM Mode, Digital Private
Line (with 3-digit DPL code)
LT
FM Mode, LTR Trunking
System (with 6-digit ID
code)
MO
FM Mode, Motorola Trunk-
ing System (with a 4- or 5-
digit ID code)
ED
FM Mode, EDACS Trunking
System (with 4-digit ID
code)
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