User's Manual

Creating Scannable Objects

• If you press the q key on the bottom of the 5-way pushbutton

pad, you can scroll down and see all of the parameters that can

be speciﬁed for the object.

• Pressing FUNC p or FUNC q will jump to the top or bottom of

a menu, respectively.

• As you scroll the object menu, you will see a line that states: 

EXPERT BELOW . This line is found in the object menus and the

Global Conﬁguration menu. It delineates between basic settings

and expert settings for advanced users. For more information

about the Basic and Expert settings, refer to “Appendix B: Detailed

Menu Reference” on page 96.

• When entering data into a numerical ﬁeld, you can start typing as

soon as you have scrolled to the desired ﬁeld, which will replace

any previous contents with your new entry. Alternatively, you can

press the u key, which will preserve the original contents of the

ﬁeld so you can make small changes without retyping all of the

data.

Conventional Channel Objects

A Conventional Channel Object (CONV) is a record that stores

the parameters for a regular, non-trunked conventional AM or FM

channel. When you create a CONV object, you are creating an object

that will allow you to scan and monitor a “plain old radio channel,”

that is, a single frequency and the associated parameters that are

necessary for you to receive trafﬁc on that frequency.

Essential Parameters

CONV objects are the simplest objects supported by the radio.

However, there are a few essential parameters in the CONV object

ﬁelds that must be set correctly. The frequency must be set to match

the frequency of the transmitter you want to scan or monitor, and the

Modulation (MODE) should be set to Auto (au), AM, FM, or NFM.