PRO-46  (200-0305)           Special Features          Faxback Doc. # 3596

DELAY

Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a pause of
several seconds between a query and a reply.  To program a delay to keep
from missing a reply on a specific channel, select the channel and press
DELAY so DLY appears on the display.  The scanner pauses for two seconds
on a channel programmed with DELAY.

LOCKING OUT CHANNELS

You can increase the scanning speed by locking out channels that you have
not yet programmed.  Manually select the empty channel and press L/OUT so
L/O appears on the display.  This is also handy for locking out channels
that have a continuous transmission, such  as a weather channel.  You can
manually select locked-out channels.

To remove the lock-out from a channel, manually select the channel and
press L/OUT so L/O disappears from the display.

NOTE:  There must be at least one active channel in each bank.  You cannot
       lock out all channels.

TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS ON AND OFF

You can turn each channel-storage bank on and off.  When you turn off a
bank, the scanner does not scan any of the 10 channels in the bank.

While scanning, press the number key corresponding to the bank you want to
turn on or off.  If the memory bank indicator is on, the bank is turned of
and the scanner scans all channels within that bank that are not locked
out.  If the indicator is off, the scanner does not scan any of the
channels within that bank.

You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is turned
off.

NOTE:  You cannot turn off all banks.  One bank is always active.

PRIORITY

You can scan through the programmed channels and still not miss an
important or interesting call on a specific channel.  To program a stored
channel as the priority channel, press PROG, the desired channel number
and then PRIORITY.  You can only select one channel as the priority
channel.

To turn on the priority feature, press PRIORITY during scanning.  The
scanner now checks the priority channel every two seconds, and stays on
the channel if there is activity.  PRI appears on the display whenever the
scanner is set to the priority channel.

To turn off the priority feature, press PRIORITY until PRI disappears from
the display.

MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL

You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scanning.  This is
useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and do not want to
miss any details - even though there might be periods of silence - or if
you want to monitor a specific channel.

To manually select a channel, press MANUAL.  Enter the channel number, and
press MANUAL again.  Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the
desired channel, press MANUAL one time.  Pressing MANUAL additional times
causes your scanner to step through the channels.

LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated seven channels
for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  We
have preprogrammed your scanner with all of the frequencies available to
NOAA.  To hear your local forecast and regional weather information,
simply press WX.  Your scanner begins scanning through the weather band,
and WX appears on the display.

Your scanner should stop within a few seconds, and you hear the local
weather broadcast.  If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX again to
scan through the rest of the weather band.

(ALL-12/13/94)