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Locking Out Channels
You can increase the scanning or search speed by locking
out channels or frequencies that have a continuous
transmission, such as control channels, weather
channels, or birdie frequencies.
Press
L/O
when the scanner stops on a channel or
frequency while scanning or searching. The scanner
locks out the channel/frequency then continues
scanning/searching.
To manually lock-out a channel, select the channel then
press
L/O
.
L/0
appears in the display.
• Your scanner automatically locks out empty channels.
• You can still manually select locked-out channels.
• You can lock-out a maximum of 50 frequencies during
a search. If you try to lock-out more,
L-O Fr-FULL
appears.
Managing Lock-outs
1.
Set the scanner to Manual by pressing the
SCAN/
MAN
button until MAN appears.
2.
Hold down
L/O
/
L/O RV W
for about two seconds.
The scanner pulls up a locked out channel.
3.
Press and hold
L/O
/
L/O RV W
to show the next
locked out channel. If an error beep sounds, there are
no locked out channels.
4.
To remove the lock-out, press
L/O
/
L/O RV W
until
L/0
disappears.
Managing Service Bank Lock-outs
1.
Hold down
L/O
/
L/O RV W
for about two seconds
during a Service Bank search.
2.
Press
or
repeatedly to scroll through the list
of locked-out frequencies.
L-r
and
L/0
appear in the
display.
3.
Press
L/O
/
L/O RV W
to remove the lock-out. The list
scrolls to the next locked-out frequency.
• When you reach the highest locked-out frequency, the
scanner beeps twice and rolls to the lowest locked-out
frequency.
• If the Service Bank has no locked-out frequencies,
EMPty
appears.
Unlocking All Service Bank Frequencies
1.
Hold down
L/O
/
L/O RV W
for about two seconds
during a Service Bank search.
L-r
appears.
2.
While holding down
TUNE/CLEAR,
press
L/O
/
L/O RV W
.
FLo ALL
–
CL
appears for about two
seconds. Then the display alternates with
YES
---
Ent
and
No
--
CLEAr
.
3.
Press
ENT
.
L-r EMPty
appears. The scanner clears
lock-outs from all frequencies in the Service Bank.
Clearing a Stored Channel
To remove a frequency stored in a channel.
1.
Press
SCAN/MAN
to stop scanning.
2.
Press the number keys to enter the channel number
(1–200).
3.
Press
PGM.
PGM
appears.
4.
Press
0
then
ENT
. The frequency number changes to
000.000
0
to indicate the channel is cleared.
5.
To clear another channel, use the number keys to
enter that channel number then press
PGM
again.
Or, repeatedly press
PGM
until the desired channel
number appears. Repeat Step 4.
