User's Manual

20-496 Owner’s Manual Draft Page 52/78
LCD illustration (same as 20-526)
In addition to the two options indicated on the display, you can browse the V-Scanner contents on both
radios simultaneously by pressing SRCH on the source radio, or press CLEAR to exit.
4. To send a V-Scanner folder from the local radio to the remote radio, press ^. Use the 0-9 and . keys to
select the source V-Scanner folder on the local radio that you wish to send. The name of the source folder
will be indicated in the display. You may browse the V-Scanner contents by pressing the 0-9 and . keys in
succession until the desired folder is located. Press ^ or v to move between the source and destination
folder fields. Use the 0-9 and . keys to select the destination V-Scanner folder on the remote radio where
you wish to store the sent data. Again, you may browse the V-Scanner contents on the remote scanner by
pressing the 0-9 and . keys until the desired folder is located. Once you have selected the desired source
and destination folders, press ENT to execute the send operation. The scanner gives you one more
opportunity to abort before beginning the send operation. You may abort the send operation by pressing
CLEAR.
5. To receive a V-Scanner folder from the remote radio into the local radio, press the v key. Use the 0-9 and .
keys to select the destination V-Scanner folder on the local radio where you wish to store the received data.
The name of the destination folder will be indicated in the display. You may browse the local V-Scanner
contents by pressing the 0-9 and . keys in succession until the desired folder is located. Press ^ or v to
move between the destination and source folder fields. Use the 0-9 and . keys to select the source
V-Scanner folder on the remote radio where you wish to store the sent data. Again, you may browse the
V-Scanner contents on the remote scanner by pressing the 0-9 and . keys until the desired folder is located.
Once you have selected the desired source and destination folders, press ENT to execute the receive
operation. The scanner gives you one more opportunity to abort before beginning the receive operation.
You may abort the send operation by pressing CLEAR.
6. After data transfer is complete, you will be prompted to press ENT. This will return you to the main
V-Scanner menu. To perform additional V-Scanner selective clone operations, press SRCH again. When
finished, press CLEAR to exit the V-Scanner menu and unplug the cloning cable from both radios.
TRUNKING SPECIAL FEATURES
TRUNKING OPERATION
Your scanner tracks transmissions from Motorola Type I, II and IIi analog trunked systems, Motorola digital
trunked systems, and APCO 25 digital trunked systems. Your scanner also follows transmissions on
GE/Ericsson/M/A-COM (EDACS) type systems.
Trunking systems allocate a few frequencies to many different users, and use a control channel to send
system activity data to all of the mobile units operating on the system. When a mobile unit wishes to place a
call, it sends a call request signal to the trunking system. The system chooses one frequency from