PRO-2044 Programmable 80-Channel Home Scanner
(200-0416)                 Controls/Display           Faxback Doc. # 38284

Understanding Your Scanner

NOTE:  Some of the scanner's keys perform more than one function and are
       marked with more than one label.  The steps in your owner's manual
       show only the label on the key appropriate to the action being per-
       formed.

A Look at the Front Panel

A quick glance at this section should help you understand each control's
function.

             VOLUME - Turns the scanner on or off and adjusts the volume.

            SQUELCH - Adjusts the scanner's squelch.  See "Turning On the
                      Scanner/Setting Volume and Squelch" on Faxback Doc.
                      # 38286.

            \/ - /\ - Enters the direction the scanner will search.

               HOLD - Holds/resumes a direct or band search.

            MONITOR - Stores frequencies into and accesses the 10 monitor
                      memories.  See "Monitor Memories" on Faxback Doc.
                      # 38285.

        LOCKOUT/S/S - Locks out selected channels during scanning, or skips
   (lockout/search/   a specified frequency during a band or direct search.
              skip)

            PROGRAM - Programs frequencies into channels.

               BAND - Searches a band you select.  See "Frequency Bands" on
                      Faxback Doc. # 38285.
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               DATA - Turns the scanner's data detection feature on or off.

              DELAY - Programs a 2-second delay for the selected channel.

       PRIORITY/H/S - Sets and turns on or off priority for a particular
   (priority/hyper-  channel, or selects the hypersearch speed.
            search)

               SCAN - Scans through the channels.

             MANUAL - Stops scanning to let you listen to a monitor memory
                      or directly enter a channel number.

        NUMBER KEYS - Each key has a single-digit label and a range of
                      numbers.  Use the digits on the keys to enter the
                      numbers for a channel or a frequency.  Use the range
                      of numbers above the key (57-64, for example) to
                      select the channels in a channel-storage band.  See
                      "Channel-Storage Banks" on Faxback Doc. # 38285.

            CLEAR/. - Clears an incorrect entry, or enters the decimal point
                      when you enter a frequency.

WX/E                - Stores frequencies into channels, or scans the preset
(weather/enter)       weather frequencies.

A look at the Display

The display has indicators that show the scanner's current operating mode.
A good look at the display will help you understand your scanner.

MON        Appears with a number (1-10) to the right to show which monitor
           memory you are listening to.

BANK       Appears with a number (1-10) to the right to show which channel-
           storage banks are turned on for scanning. See "Understanding 
           Banks and Bands" on Faxback Doc. # 38285.

[P]        Appears when you tune to a priority channel.

CH         Appears with a number (1-80) to the left to show which of the
           scanner's 80 channels it is tuned to.

MHz        Appears with digits to the left to show which frequency your
           scanner is currently tuned to.

SCAN       Appears when you scan channels.

MAN        Appears when you manually select a channel.

PGM        Appears when you program the scanner.

L/O        Appears when you skip a channel or frequency, when you manually
(lockout)  select a channel or frequency that is locked out or skipped. Or
           when a frequency is stored in search skip memory during a direct
           search or band search hold.

PRI        Appears when the priority feature is turned on.

DLY        Appears when scanning stops at a channel you have programmed for
           a 2-second delay.
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DATA       Appears when the data detection feature is turned on.

WX         Appears when the scanner is searching the weather band.
(weather)

SRCH       Appears during band or direct search, or while scanning the
           weather band.  Also blinks in hypersearch mode.

/\ - \/    Indicates the search direction during a search.

-b-        Appears instead of the channel number during a band search.

-d-        Appears instead of the channel number during a direct search.

-H-        Appears during a band search hold.

-h-        Appears during a direct search hold.


(EB 3/7/97)

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