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VR-120D O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
VFO S
EARCH
The VFO Search feature causes the radio to scan the band, looking for active frequencies.
Before initiating a VFO Search, set the Squelch so that background noise is silenced. If
you are hearing background noise, the VFO Search feature will not initiate scanning.
From the VFO mode, press the [
SCAN
] key. The radio will initiate a VFO Search, tuning
toward a higher frequency, and will stop when it receives a signal strong enough to break
through the Squelch threshold. The radio will then hold on that frequency according to the
setup of the "RESUME" mode.
To verify and/or modify the "RESUME" mode, again press the [
SCAN
] key. The current
"RESUME" mode is indicated at the top of the Display (except for "Pause," which is the
default setting).
The following "RESUME" modes are available:
Pause
ß
Busy
ß
Hold
ß
Pause
ß
. . .
Pause
(Default): In this mode, the VFO search will halt on a signal it encounters, and will hold there for 5
seconds. If you do not take action to disable the VFO search within that time period, the
VFO search will resume even if the station is still active.
Busy
:
In this mode, the VFO search will halt on a signal it encoun-
ters. Two seconds after the carrier has dropped because the
other station(s) ceased transmission, the VFO search will re-
sume. In this mode, the "
B
" icon will appear (not blinking)
at the top of the display.
Hold
:
In this mode, the VFO search will halt on a signal it encoun-
ters. It will not restart unless you re-initiate a VFO search. In
this mode, the
"
B
"
icon will blink at the top of the display.
To stop the VFO search manually, just rotate the
DIAL
one click.
Changing the Direction of VFO Search Scanning
If you wish to reverse the direction of the scan (i.e. toward a lower frequency, instead of a
higher frequency), rotate the
DIAL
one click to stop the VFO search, then rotate the
DIAL
one click in the counter-clockwise direction. The VFO search direction will be reversed.
Note:
If VFO Search has "paused" on a busy channel, it is only necessary to rotate the
DIAL
one click in the counter-clockwise direction.
To revert to VFO search toward a higher frequency once more, rotate the
DIAL
one click, then
rotate it one click clockwise. If paused on a busy channel, just rotate the
DIAL
one click clockwise.
Press the [
V/M
] key to cancel the VFO search.
Basic Operation
