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.
____
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.
____
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)
Privacy Policy