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USING THE
RESTART
SWITCH
The
scanner's
display might lock
up the first
time
you plug
in
and turn
on
your
scanner,
or
if the
battery
is left
out for
an e)$ended
period
of time. lf
the
display
locks,
use a
pointed
object, like
a
paper
clip,
to
press
and
release
the
restart
switch
while
power
is
on.
To
clear
all
the
memories,
be sure the
scanner
is turned
on
and:
1. Pressand
hold
[CLEAR].
2. Using
a
pointed
object,
press
and release
the
restart
switch.
3.
After
confirming that
the
display
goes
blank, release
tcLEARl.
SETTING THE
VOLUME
AND
SQUELCH
Turn VOLUME
clockwise
and
SQUELCH
counterclockwise
until
you
hear
a
hissing
sound.
Then,
slowly turn
SQUELCH
clockwise
until
the
noise
stops. Leave
VOLUME
set
to
a comfoftable listening
level.
lf
the
scanner
picks
up unwanted
weak
transmissions,
turn
SQUELCH clockwise to
decrease
the
scanner's
sensitivitv
to
these
signals.
USING
THE
SOUND
SQUELCH
SWITCH
lf
the
scanner stops
at a
transmission
during
scan,
search,
or
priority
modes, the
[SOUND
SOUELCH]
switch tets
the
scanner start
scanning again if the
transmission
contains
no
sound
(carrier
only without
modulated
signals).
lf
your
scanner
stops
at a
frequency
that
has
no
sound,
press
[SOUND
SQUELCH]. The
indicator
tights.
tf
the
scanner
detects no
sound within
0.5 seconds, it
goes
to
the
neld transmission.
When the
scanner
receives
a
frequency
that
contains
sound, it halts
at
the frequency.
lf the
sound
ceases, the
scanner stays
on
the
frequency
for
5 seconds,
and
resumes
scanning.
lf the
carrier
stops, the
scanner
begins
to
scan
immediately
if
the
delay function
is
off, or after 2
seconds if the
delay
function
is
on.
To
cancel
sound squelch,
press
[SOUND
SQUELCH]
again.
The indicator
goes
off.
Note:
lf
a
frequency
contains
a transmission
with
low
modulation,
the
sound
squelch
circuit might
not work
properly.
SCANNING THE
CHANNELS
To
begin scanning
channels,
just
press
[SCAN].
Your
scanner
scans
through
all
the
channels that
you
have
not
locked
out of
the
banks that
are turned
on.
You
must
set
SQUELCH
so that
you
do not hear
the hissing
sound
be-
tween transmissions.
Be
sure to read
the following
sections
to
get
the full
benefit from the
special features
of
your
scanner.