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The Service Search feature allows you to toggle through the following ten preprogrammed
services. The frequencies selected for these services are the most commonly used around
the U.S.
• 1: PUBLIC SAFETY • 6: RAILROAD
• 2: NEWS • 7: AIR
• 3: TV BROADCAST • 8: CB RADIO
• 4: HAM RADIO • 9: FRS
• 5: MARINE • 0: SPECIAL (frequencies)
1. Press
SRCH
for 2 seconds. the display indicates
as illustrated.
2. After a 3 second delay, searching begins for the first
preprogrammed service – Public Safety (initial
setting).
3. If you want to skip a frequency, press
SRCH
to start searching immediately.
4. To change the searched service, use ▲, ▼ or VFO after pressing SRCH for
2 seconds.
Note: • You can not change such settings as delay, during a service search.
• The channel number corresponding to certain services will appear when a
frequency within the search is active.
• You can enter one of the Service Search frequencies into Channel Memory by
pressing
E
when holding on one of the frequencies.
• Special Frequencies are low-power, itinerant, FRS, "splinters" and other frequencies
which are commonly used at special events and other locations and may or may
not be licensed.
5. To exit from the service search mode, press
MAN
or
SCAN
.
During the search of one of the preprogrammed services, the lower display line will indicate
the service that you are searching. To stop the search, press
HOLD/
▲.
HOLD
appears in the
display. Press
HOLD/
▲ or
LIMIT/
▼ to move up or down one programmed frequency, or press
SRCH
to resume scanning.
Service Search Skip
You can set the scanner to skip the frequencies unwanted during service search. 100
skipped frequencies are programmable.
1. To skip over a frequency, press
L/O
when stopping at the
frequency you want to skip.
2. To cancel a skip during search, press
HOLD/
▲,
tune in the desired frequency using ▲, ▼ or VFO,
then press
L/O
.
To restore all skipped frequencies, press
L/O
for 2 seconds.
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