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Understanding Your Scanner ............................................................ 6
Understanding the Function Keys ....................................................................6
Understanding the Display ...............................................................................9
Understanding Object Oriented Scanning ...................................................10
Scanner Features .............................................................................................13
Scanner Setup ................................................................................. 16
Installing Your Scanner ....................................................................................16
Setting up a Mobile Base .............................................................................16
Bracket Mounting .........................................................................................16
Dashboard Installation .................................................................................17
Connecting the Antenna ..............................................................................18
Powering Your Scanner ...................................................................................19
Wall Outlet ....................................................................................................19
Vehicle (Power Socket) .................................................................................19
Vehicle (Direct) ..............................................................................................20
Headphones and Speakers ............................................................................20
Listening Safety .............................................................................................20
Transferring Data To or From another Scanner or PC .................................21
Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch ................................................21
Squelch and Attenuator ..................................................................................22
Basic Settings ...................................................................................................23
Delay ..............................................................................................................24
Adjusting the LCD Contrast.........................................................................24
Turning the Key Tone On or Off ..................................................................25
Turning Key and Backlight On or Off ..........................................................25
Creating Scannable Objects ........................................................... 26
Understanding Object Menus ........................................................................26
Conventional Channel Objects ......................................................................28
Essential Parameters ....................................................................................28
Creating a CONV Object .............................................................................29
Changing Text Tags ......................................................................................29
Trunking Talkgroup Objects (TGRP) ...............................................................30
Essential Parameters ....................................................................................30
Trunking System (TSYS) Objects ..................................................................31
Duplicate (DUPE) .............................................................................................34
Scanning .......................................................................................... 35
Basic Scanning Operation ..............................................................................35
Wildcard Scanning ..........................................................................................35
Manual Mode ...................................................................................................36
Organizing Objects ........................................................................ 38
Object Numbering ..........................................................................................38
Grouping Objects with Scan Lists ..................................................................39
Changing Scan List Membership ................................................................40
New Objects .............................................................................................40
Existing Objects. ......................................................................................40
Naming Scan Lists ........................................................................................41
Enabling or Disabling Scan Lists .................................................................41
While Scanning ........................................................................................41
From Global Settings Menu ....................................................................42
NS (Not Scanned) Scan List .........................................................................42
Favorite List ...................................................................................................43
Setting the Default Scan List .......................................................................44
Deleting Objects .............................................................................................44
Searching for Objects using FIND .................................................................45
Filtering by Object Type .................................................................................47
Object Lockout ................................................................................................47
Temporary Lockout .......................................................................................48
Permanent Lockout ......................................................................................48
Change L/OUT Key Function.......................................................................49
Search Lockout .............................................................................................49
Talkgroup Lockout ........................................................................................50
Object Searches .............................................................................. 51
Limit Search Object (LMIT) .............................................................................51
Essential Parameters ....................................................................................51