Operation Manual

Special Features
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turned on, the scanner checks the
priority channel for activity every 2
seconds.
1. Press PGM,thenpressPRI/
ALERT.
PCH and 000.000
or the previously-stored
frequency appear.
2. Enter the frequency you want
to enter into the priority
channel, then press ENT.The
display flashes twice.
If you listen to a channel or
frequency and you want to move
this frequency to the priority
channel, hold down ENT then
press PRI.
PCH and the frequency
flash twice.
Ô
To turn on the priority feature,
press PRI/ALERT during
scanning.
PRI appears. The
scanner checks the priority
channel every 2 seconds and
stays on the channel if there is
activity.
PCH and the frequency
appear whenever the scanner is
set to the priority channel.
To turn off the priority feature,
press PRI/ALERT.
PRI
disappears. Ô
USING POWER SAVE
If the scanner does not detect a
signal within 5 seconds after you
manually select a channel, the
scanner enters the power-saving
standby mode and
P.–SA
appears. In the standby mode, the
scanner rests for 1 second then
checks for a signal for
1
/2 second,
using only 40 percent of the power
normally consumed. The scanner
Ô NOTE Ô
• You cannot move
a frequency to the
priority channel
while the scanner
is in its
programming
mode.
• Wait until
PCH
and the frequency
stop flashing
before pressing
additional keys.
• If you program a
weather frequency
into the priority
channel and the
scanner detects a
WX alert tone on
that frequency
(see “WX Alert” on
Page 35), the
scanner sounds
the alert tone and
ALErt flashes.
Press any key to
turn off the alarm.