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WARNING!
Never connect any part of the headphone jack to the antenna jack or connect the radio
to an installation where the antenna and audio connection are grounded. This might also
damage the scanner.
OPERATION BASICS
TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING THE SQUELCH
Note: this applies to a fresh scanner right out of the box or one that has been reset with the
preprogrammed systems reloaded.
Rotate
VOL
clockwise to turn on the scanner and set the volume to around 6-8. The scanner
should start scanning after the welcome screen disappears or will display Nothing to Scan if
nothing has been programmed into the scanner, yet—in that event tune to a local weather channel
to set the volume. Press
HOLD
. Find a comfortable volume level. Rotate the
SQ
knob counter-
clockwise all the way then clockwise until the noise stops, then one notch more. Press
HOLD
to
resume scanning.
Right away you may want to check these settings in the ‘Settings’ menu. Set
Backlight/Dimmer,
Adjust Key Beep, Adjust Contrast
, and
Set Serial Port
(if you plan to upload/download).
Right out of the box you can do a service search, custom search, weather scan, auto search and
store, close call search, or close call auto store. To listen to local systems, you first must program
them into the scanner.
NAVIGATING THE MENU
The scanner’s menu lets you select options that let you set up and use the scanner using the
MENU
key. To select a menu item, rotate the scroll control clockwise or counterclockwise. The
currently selected menu item is highlighted with a bar on the display. When the menu item you
want to select is highlighted, press
E/Yes
or (the scroll control) to select it.
To back up a level, press
MENU
. To exit all menus press
L/O
or
SCAN
.