• When the radio automatically stops on a channel, press
CHANNEL UP
to leave that
channel and resume scanning.
• To end the scan, press the microphone’s
PUSH TO TALK
,
CALL-MEM
, or
WX-MEM
buttons. The radio remains on the last scanned channel.
Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch
If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks the
most recently-used weather channel every seven seconds, then continues scanning the
next channel in memory.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold
CALL-MENU
while the radio is
idle. Select
Setup
and then
WX-Alert Mode
. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL
DOWN
to choose
WX Alert Mode
setting
On
or
Off
.
Scan mode with Triple and Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks channels 16
and 9 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel; with Dual Watch turned
on, the radio only checks channel 16.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
(on the radio or the microphone) for two seconds to turn
Triple/Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 17.)
Press and hold the
CLR-SCAN
key to turn off Scan mode and set the radio to Triple/
Dual Watch mode.
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