User's Manual

20-527 Owner’s Manual Draft
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With the priority feature, you can scan through programmed channels and still not miss an important or
interesting transmission on a specific channel. When priority is turned on, the scanner checks that channel
every 2 seconds, and stays on the channel if there is activity until the activity stops.
Notes:
• The priority feature does not operate while the scanner receives a trunking voice channel or during
trunking delay time. Therefore, the priority check seems random during peak hours.
• If you program a weather channel as the priority channel, the scanner stays in the priority channel only
when the scanner detects the weather alert tone.
• This scanner cannot set a channel as the priority channel if the channel’s receive mode is MOT, ED, or
LTR.
To program a frequency in the priority channel:
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the channel number which contains the frequency you want to program
as the priority channel. Then press MANUAL again.
3. Press FUNC then PRI. Priority Channel blinks.
To program the priority channel directly:
1. Press PGM.
2. Press PRI.
3. Enter the frequency you want to enter into the priority channel, then press ENTER.
To program a weather channel as the priority channel:
1. Press WX.
2. Select the weather channel you want to program as the priority channel.
3. Press FUNC then PRI. Priority Channel flashes two times.
To turn on the priority feature, press PRI so pri changes PRI on the display while scanning. If the scanner
detects activity on the priority channel, Priority Channel appears. Or if the scanner detects a weather
alert tone in Priority WX mode, Priority Channel! appears for 3 seconds then changes to Weather ALERT
and the scanner sounds an alert tone (see “Displaying Weather Messages” on Page XX).