Operation Manual

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OPERATION
TURNING ON THE
SCANNER/
SETTING VOLUME
AND SQUELCH
1. Turn
SQUELCH
fully
counterclockwise.
2. To turn on the scanner,
turn
VOLUME
clockwise
until you hear a hissing
sound.
3. Turn
SQUELCH
clock-
wise, just until the hiss-
ing sound stops.
Notes:
• To listen to a weak or
distant station, turn
SQUELCH
counter-
clockwise. If recep-
tion is poor, turn
SQUELCH
clockwise
to cut out weak trans-
missions.
• If
SQUELCH
is
adjusted so you
always hear a hissing
sound, the scanner
will not scan or search
properly.
4. To turn off the scanner
when you finish, turn
VOLUME
counterclock-
wise to
OFF
.
STORING KNOWN
FREQUENCIES
INTO CHANNELS
Good references for active
frequencies are the Ra-
dioShack
Police Call Guide
including Fire and Emergen-
cy Services
,
Official Aero-
nautical Frequency
Directory
, and
Maritime Fre-
quency Directory
. We up-
date these directories every
year, so be sure to get a cur-
rent copy.
Follow these steps to store
frequencies into channels.
1. Press
MANUAL
then
enter the channel num-
ber (1–200) where you
want to store a fre-
quency.
2. Press
PROG
.
PGM
ap-
pears.
3. Use the number keys
and
•
to enter the fre-
quency (including the
decimal point) you want
to store.
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