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The Basics
basic scanning
Press SCAN to begin scanning channels. The scanner scans
through all channels in the active channel storage bank. See
“About Channel Storage Banks”.
• You must store frequencies into channels before you can
scan them. The scanner does not scan through empty
channels.
• To change the scanning direction, press
e or d while
scanning.
about channel-storage banks
• To turn on a channel storage bank, press the number
key corresponding to the desired bank until the bank’s
number appears on the display.
• To turn off a channel storage bank, press the number
key corresponding to the desired bank until the bank’s
number disappears from the display.
• The scanner does not scan channels within a bank you
have turned off; however, you can manually select any
channel in a storage bank, even if the bank is turned off.
• You cannot turn off all channel storage banks. There must
always be at least one active channel storage bank.
monitoring a single channel
You can monitor a single channel by manually navigating to
that channel. The scanner will receive transmissions only on
that frequency.