PRO-39 (200-0303) Programming The Scanner Faxback Doc. # 8993 Follow these steps to store frequencies in channels. 1. Select a channel to program by pressing MANUAL, entering the channel number you want to program, and pressing PGM. PGM appears on the display to indicate that the scanner is in the programming mode. 2. Enter a frequency. Good references for active frequencies are Radio Shack's Police Call frequency Directory. We update these directories every year, so be sure to get a current copy. 3. Press ENTER to store the frequency. If you made a mistake in Step 2, ERROR appears on the display. Press CLEAR and repeat Step 2. 4. If you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds after each transmission before scanning to the next channel, press DELAY until DLY appears on the display. 5. Repeat Steps 1-4 to program more channels. If you want to program the next channel in sequence, press PGM and repeat Steps 2-4. SEARCHING FOR ACTIVE FREQUENCIES Use these procedures to search for a transmission. This is helpful if You do not have a reference to frequencies in your area. Note: Press DLY to make the scanner pause 2 seconds after a transmission before proceeding to the next frequency. LIMIT SEARCH This procedure lets you search within a range of frequencies, -L- appears on the display during a limit search. 1. Press PGM. Then press LIMIT. 2 Enter the lower limit of the frequency range. 3. Press ENTER. Then press LIMIT. 4. Enter the upper limit of the frequency range. 5. Press ENTER. 6. Press down arrow to search down from the upper limit. Or, press up arrow to search up from the lower limit. 7. When the scanner stops on a transmission, press MON to store the frequency in the current monitor memory. The bar under the memory number stops flashing. Or, press up arrow or down arrow to continue the search. DIRECT SEARCH When you are listening to a channel, you can search up or down from the current displayed frequency, -d- appears in the display during a direct search. 1. Press MANUAL and the channel number to select a channel in which you have programmed a frequency. Then press MANUAL or PGM. 2. Press up arrow to search up from the channel's frequency or press down arrow to search down. 3. When the scanner stops on a transmission, you can store that frequency in the current monitor memory by pressing MON. As you store frequency in monitor memories, the bar under the memory number indicates the current monitor memory. You can listen to monitor memories by pressing MANUAL, MON, and then the number for the monitor memory you want to listen to. MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL To move a frequency from a monitor memory to a channel memory, follow these steps. 1. Press MANUAL. Enter the channel number you want to store the monitor frequency in, and then press PGM. 2. Press MON and enter the monitor frequency in, and then press PGM. 2. Press MON and enter the monitor number that has the frequency you want to store. 3. Press ENTER. The scanner stories the monitor frequency in the channel. If you want to return to a limit search after this procedure, press LIMIT, and either up arrow or down arrow to continue. (RLR-02-22-94)