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tonE
Appears when you turn the key tone on.
P
Appears when the scanner is tuned to the priority
channel.
channel.
PGM
Appears when you program frequencies into the
scanner’s channels.
scanner’s channels.
PRI
Appears when the priority feature is turned on.
SCAN
Appears when the scanner scans channels.
SRCH
Appears during service bank and direct frequen-
cy searches.
cy searches.
StArt
Appears when the scanner starts wired program-
ming.
ming.
WirEd
Appears when you set the scanner to its wired
programming mode to program frequencies into
it.
programming mode to program frequencies into
it.
WX
Indicates that the scanner is searching the
weather channels.
weather channels.
UNDERSTANDING BANKS
Channel Storage Banks
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to
listen to, channels are divided into 10 banks of 20 channels
each. Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies,
such as those used by the police department, fire department,
ambulance services, or aircraft (see “Guide to the Action Bands”
on Page 42).
listen to, channels are divided into 10 banks of 20 channels
each. Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies,
such as those used by the police department, fire department,
ambulance services, or aircraft (see “Guide to the Action Bands”
on Page 42).
For example, the police department might use four frequencies,
one for each side of town. You could program the police fre-
quencies starting with Channel 1 (the first channel in bank 1)
and program the fire department frequencies starting with Chan-
nel 21 (the first channel in bank 2).
one for each side of town. You could program the police fre-
quencies starting with Channel 1 (the first channel in bank 1)
and program the fire department frequencies starting with Chan-
nel 21 (the first channel in bank 2).
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