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SPECIAL FEATURES
USING THE DELAY FUNCTION
Note:
The delay function turns on automatically when
you turn on the scanner.
Many conversations might have a pause of several sec-
onds between a query and a reply. To avoid missing a re-
ply, you can program a 2-second delay into any of your
scanner’s channels. Then, when the scanner stops on
the channel,
D
appears on the display and the scanner
continues to monitor the channel for 2 seconds after the
transmission stops before it resumes scanning or search-
ing.
You can program a 2-second delay in any of three ways.
•
If the scanner is scanning and stops on an active
channel, quickly press
FUNC
then press
DELAY
before it starts to scan again
.
•
If the desired channel is not selected, manually
select the channel then press
FUNC
then press
DELAY
.
•
If the scanner is searching and also stopped or
paused, press
FUNC
then press
DELAY
to set a delay
in a search bank
.
LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR
FREQUENCIES
You can scan existing channels or search frequencies
faster by locking out channels or frequencies that have a
continuous transmission, such as a weather channel.
Locking Out Channels
To lock out a channel while scanning, press
L/OUT
when
the scanner stops on the channel. To lock out a channel
manually, select the channel then press
L/OUT
until
L
ap-
pears on the display.
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