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Introduction
1 Volume Control — Lets you raise or lower the level of the sound.
2 Squelch Control — Lets you set the signal level required to receive a
transmission. If you open the squelch all the way, you will hear hissing
between transmissions. This lets you hear weak signals, but prevents
scanning. As you close squelch, a stronger signal is required to stop
scanning and open audio. You normally set the control to a point just
where hissing on all channels stops between transmissions.
3 SCAN — Press to begin scanning the channels or to resume
scanning.
4 ALARM Select — Set to Off to disable alarm; Set to Radio to enable
the radio alarm; Set to Tone to enable the tone alarm.
5 SNOOZE/Backlight Key —
Backlight: Tap to turn the LCD backlight on for 15 seconds. Press and
hold to permanently turn on the backlight. Press and hold again to turn
off the backlight.
Snooze: Press while the alarm sounds to silence the alarm for
5 minutes.
6 TIME Set — Use to select your desired operation: Alarm Set; Clock
Set; Clock.
7 HOLD — Press to temporarily stop scanning, limit searching, or
weather scanning and remain on the channel. The scanner displays
the channel on hold. Press again to resume searching or scanning.
8 E/PGM — Press to enter the Program Mode. In Program Mode, enter
the desired frequency using the number buttons. Then press E/PGM
to store that frequency into the memory.
In Limit Search Mode, after entering the frequency, press E/PGM to
program the upper and lower limit frequency.
9 0 to 9 — Use the number buttons in four basic operations:
• press a number button to enter a frequency.
• press a number button to change a channel using the Direct
Channel Access feature.
• press a number button while scanning to enable or disable the
associated scanning bank memory bands.
10 POWER — Press to turn power on and off. The time and date display
when power is off (standby mode).
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