User Guide

15
Program Methods
There are two methods to program your scanner.
To get started quickly, you can use “Set Location.”
The set location method stores objects in your area
automatically and puts them in Scanlists 151 and higher.
These Scanlists are already named, “Multi Dispatch,”
“Law Tac,” “Interop” “Fire Talk,” and so forth. This
method gets you scanning in minutes, but you cannot
monitor a single police or a single fire department –
they will all be together in the same Scanlist. Also, if
you use set location, and wish to add a new location, be
sure to “Clear Channels” to erase old objects before
storing the new location. If you store more than one
ZIP code, the scanner will spend a great deal of time
searching for objects that are out of range. That will
cause the scanner to miss some local transmissions you
want to hear.
Although it takes longer, experienced users will want to
program Scanlists on their own using the “Preferred”
method. Use “Browse Library” to select your state
and county and look for agencies of interest. Check the
boxes of objects you wish to import, select the Scanlist
you want to put them in and perform the import (see
Preferred Programming). Once you save objects to a
Scanlist, rename the Scanlist so you don’t forget what
you stored there. Then import more objects into a
different Scanlist and rename that one. In this way, you
can create Scanlists such as Bethel Police, Hurst Police,
Bethel Fire, Shenango EMS, etc. Individual scanlists
allow you to decide exactly what you want to scan.