3
The Basics
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your scanner’s keypad 7
your scanner’s rear view 9
your scanner’s display 10
step 1: install your scanner 11
mounting your scanner in your dashboard 11
mobile mounting in your vehicle 11
using your scanner as a base station 12
step 2: power your scanner 13
from a wall outlet 13
through your vehicle’s ignition 13
from your vehicle’s cigarrette lighter 14
step 3: connect your scanner 15
connect the supplied antenna 15
connect an external antenna 15
connect an external speaker or headphones 16
step 4: set up your scanner 17
squelch 17
storing conventional frequencies 17
deleting frequencies from channels 18
searching and tuning 19
basic scanning 20
about channel-storage banks 20
monitoring a single channel 20
using CTCSS and DCS 21
searching a preprogrammed frequency range 21
search bank charts 22