Radio Shack PRO-2053 Scanner User Manual


 
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Special Features
Notes:
• You cannot turn off all banks. There
must be at least one active bank.
You can manually select any channel in
a bank, even if the bank is turned off.
To turn on banks while scanning, press the
number key until the bank's number appears.
For example to turn bank 1 on again, press
1
.
Deleting Frequencies from Chan-
nels
1. Press
MAN
.
2. Use the number keys to enter the chan-
nel with the frequency you want to
delete.
3. Press
MAN
again.
4. Press
PROG
to enter the program mode.
)
))
)
changes to
,
,,
,
.
5. Press
FUNC
.
6. Press
CLEAR
. The frequency number
changes and
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òôý
appears.
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Special Features
USING THE DELAY FUNCTION
Note:
Delay is automatically set as the de-
fault for each channel when you turn on the
scanner.
Many conversations might have a pause of
several seconds between a query and a re-
ply. To avoid missing a reply, you can pro-
gram a 2-second delay into any of your
scanner's channels. Then, when the scanner
stops on the channel,
appears and the
scanner continues to monitor the channel for
2 seconds after the transmission stops be-
fore it resumes scanning or searching.
To turn delay on or off, press
. /DELAY
.
LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR
FREQUENCIES
You can scan existing channels or search
frequencies faster by locking out channels or
frequencies that have a continuous transmis-
sion, such as a weather channel.
Locking Out Channels
To lock out a channel while scanning, press
L/OUT
when the scanner stops on the chan-
nel. To lock out a channel manually, select
the channel then press
L/OUT
so
(
((
(
appears.
Note:
You can still manually select locked-
out channels.
To remove the lockout from a channel, man-
ually select the channel and press
L/OUT
so
(
((
(
disappears.
Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels
To review all locked-out channels, press
MAN
, then repeatedly alternate between
pressing
FUNC
then
L/OUT
to view each
locked-out channel. When you finish review-
ing locked-out channels, press
MAN
.
Locking Out Frequencies
To lock out a frequency during a search,
press
L/OUT
when the scanner stops on that