Radio Shack PRO-79 User Manual

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• To pause the search while receiving a signal, press 

▲

 or

▼

. To resume searching, hold down 

▲

 or 

▼

.

• To quickly move up or down through the frequencies, hold

down 

▲

 or 

▼

. The scanner tunes through the frequencies

until you release 

▲

 or 

▼

.

• If necessary, you can select search groups using the

number keys.

3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops

searching and displays the frequency’s number. To store the
displayed frequency in the lowest available channel, press

 then 

. The channel and frequency flash twice, and

the scanner stores the displayed frequency. The scanner
then continues to search for frequencies.

• If there is no empty channel, 

 appears after you

press 

. To store more frequencies, you must clear

some channels. See “Clearing a Stored Channel” on
Page 34. To continue searching after 

 appears,

hold down 

▲

 or 

▼

.

• If you entered a frequency that is already stored in

another channel, 

 (duplicate) and the lowest-

numbered channel containing the duplicate frequency
flash for about 3 seconds. If you want to store the fre-
quency anyway, press 

 again. You can then delete

the frequency later. See “Clearing a Stored Channel” on
Page 34.

4. To store the displayed frequency in a monitor memory,

press 

. The monitor memory number, 

, and the fre-

quency flash twice.

5. To search for another active frequency in the selected band,

hold down 

▲

 or 

▼

 for about 1 second. To select a different

band and search for another active frequency, repeat Steps
2–4.

During a direct search, the scanner searches up or down, start-
ing from a frequency you specify. Follow these steps to use di-
rect search.

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