User's Manual

20-527 Owner’s Manual Draft
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Using the Delay Function
Many conversations might have a pause of several seconds between a query and a reply. To avoid
missing a reply, you can program a 2-second delay into any of your scanner's channels. Then, when the
scanner stops on the channel, DLY appears and the scanner continues to monitor the channel for 2
seconds after the transmission stops before it resumes scanning or searching.
Note: Delay is automatically set as the default for each channel when you turn on the scanner.
To turn delay on or off, press ./DELAY. DLY (delay on) or dly (delay off) appears on the display
Locking Out Channels or Frequencies
You can scan existing channels or search frequencies faster by locking out channels or frequencies that
have a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel.
Locking Out Channels
To lock out a channel while scanning, press L/OUT when the scanner stops on the channel. To lock out a
channel manually, select the channel then press L/OUT so lo change LO on the display.
Note: You can still manually select locked-out channels.
To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel and press L/OUT so LO changes to
lo.
Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels
To review all locked out channels, press MANUAL. Then repeatedly alternate between pressing FUNC
and then L/OUT to view each locked-out channel. When you finish reviewing locked-out channels, press
MANUAL.
Locking Out Frequencies
To lock out a frequency during a search, press L/OUT when the scanner stops on that frequency. The
scanner locks out the frequency, then continues searching.
Notes:
• The scanner does not store locked out frequencies during a search.
• You can lock out as many as 50 frequencies in each bank. If you try to lock out more, Memory Full!
appears.
• If you lock out all frequencies in one search bank and only this search bank is activated, All ranges