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Note:
If you program a weather frequency into the priority chan-
nel and the scanner detects a WX alert tone on that frequency
(see “WX Alert” on Page 35), the scanner sounds the alert tone
and
ALErt
flashes. Press any key to turn off the alarm.
USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT
You can turn on the display’s backlight for easy viewing in the
dark. Press
LIGHT
to turn on the light for 5 seconds. To turn off
the light sooner, press
LIGHT
again.
TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF
The scanner is preset to sound a tone each time you press one
of its keys (except
LIGHT
). You can turn the key tone off or back
on.
1. If the scanner is on, turn
VOLUME
counterclockwise until it
clicks to turn the scanner off.
2. While you hold down
2
and
ENT
, turn on the scanner.
3. When
oFF
tonE
or
on
tonE
appear, release
2
and
ENT
.
USING THE KEY LOCK
Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from acci-
dental program changes by turning on the keylock feature.
When the keypad is locked, the only controls that operate are
SCAN
,
MANUAL
,
LIGHT
,
VOLUME
, and
SQUELCH
.
Note
: The keylock does not prevent the scanner from scanning
channels or monitoring a single channel, whichever feature you
last selected.
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