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2. Select the weather channel
you want to program as the
priority channel.
3. Press
FUNC then PRI. Pri
Channel
flashes on the bottom
line two times.
To turn on the priority feature,
press
PRI so P appears on the top
line while scanning.
PRIon (or PRIwx
if you set the priority to a weather
frequency) appears on the bottom
line. If the scanner detects activity
on the priority channel,
Pri Channel
appears. Or if the scanner detects
a weather alert tone in Priority WX
mode,
Pri Channel appears for 3
seconds then changes to
Weather
ALERT
and the scanner sounds an
alert tone (see “Displaying
Weather Messages” on Page 40).
Ô
To turn off the priority feature,
press
PRI.
CHANGING THE RECEIVE
M
ODE
The scanner is preset to the most
common AM or FM receive mode
for each frequency range. The
preset mode is correct in most
cases. However, some amateur
radio transmissions and trunked
systems do not operate in the
preset mode. If you try to listen to
atransmissionwhenthescanner
is not set to the correct receive
mode, the transmission might
sound weak or distorted.
If you want to listen to trunking
transmissions in closed mode, you
Ô NOTE Ô
• PriorityWXisonly
for receiving a
weather alert.
• When the scanner
detects a 1050 Hz
alert tone, priority
WX activates and
you receive a
weather alert.
• If you program a
weatherfrequency
into the priority
channel and the
scanner detects a
weather alert tone
on that frequency,
the scanner
sounds the alert
tone.