PRO-71 VHF/UHF/Air Handheld Scanner
(200-0311A)                Understanding Scanners     Faxback Doc. # 60712

A Look At The Keypad

Your scanner's keys might seem confusing at first, but this information
should help you understand each key's function.

              SCAN - scans through the programmed channels.

            MANUAL - Stops scanning and lets you directly enter a channel
                     number.

       LOCKOUT/S/S - lets you lock out a selected channel.  Skips a
                     specified frequency during limit or direct search.

          PRIORITY - Sets and turns on and off priority for a particular
                     channel.

         MON/CLR/. - Accesses the ten monitor memories, clears an
                     Incorrect entry or enters the decimal point necessary
                     When programming frequencies.

       WX/E(enter) - Scans through the preprogrammed weather channels or
                     enters frequencies into channels.

          KEYLOCK/ - Lock/unlocks the keypad to prevent accidental entries
(backlight symbol)   or turns on the display light for 15 seconds.
 
           PROGRAM - Programs frequencies into channels.

 \/, LIMIT, and /\ - Searches for active frequencies.

       Number Keys - Each key has a single digit label, and keys 0-9 have
                     a range of numbers printed above them.  The single
                     digits refer to the number of a channel or frequency
                     entered.  The number range (21-30 for example) shows
                     the channels that make up a memory bank. In addition,
                     the keypad has different functions in manual mode,
                     scan mode, and program mode. See "Banks and Memories"
                     below.

A Look At The Display

The display has several indicators that show the scanner's current
operating mode.  A quick look at the display will help you understand how 
to operate your scanner.

     MON - Appears when you listen to a monitor memory.  A number (1-10)
           appears to the right of MON indicating which monitor memory you
           are listening to.

    BANK - Shows which channel-storage banks are turned on for the scan
           mode.

 KEYLOCK - Appears when you lock the keypad.

BATT. Lo - Appears when the batteries are low.

      CH - Digits that precede this indicator show which frequency the
           scanner is tuned to.

     [P] - Appears when you listen to the priority channel.

     MHz - Digits that precede this indicator show which frequency the
           scanner is tuned to.

    SCAN - Appears when you scan channels.

     MAN - Appears when you manually select a channel.

     PGM - Appears while you program frequencies into the scanner's
           channels.

     PRI - Appears when you select the priority feature.

     L/O - Appears when you manually select a locked-out channel, or
           during a search hold when the frequency is stored in search
           skip memory.

      WX - Appears when you scan the preprogrammed weather channels.

 /\ & \/ - Indicate the search direction.

    SRCH - Appears during a limit search, a direct search, and a weather
           band search.

     -L- - Appears instead of the channel number during a limit search.
 
     -d- - Appears instead of the channel number during a direct search.
 
      Hi - Appears with a frequency to show the upper limit of the
           frequency range to search.

      Lo - Appears with a frequency to show the lower limit of the
           frequency range to search.

     -H- - Appears during a limit search hold.

     -h- - Appears during a direct search hold.

   Error - Appears when you make an entry error.

Banks and Memories

Your scanner can store up to 110 frequencies.  You store each frequency in 
either a memory called a channel, or a temporary memory called a monitor 
memory.  This scanner has 100 channels and ten monitor memories.

Channel Storage Banks

To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen 
to, channels are divided into ten channel storage banks of 10 channels 
each.  Use each channel storage bank to group frequencies, such as the 
police department, fire department, ambulance service, or aircraft band 
(see "Guide to the Action Bands" in Faxback Doc. # 60715).

For example, the police might use four frequencies, one for each area of 
town.  You could program the police frequencies starting with Channel 1 
(Bank 1) and then program the fire department frequencies starting with 
Channel 11 (the first channel in Bank 2).

Monitor Memories

The scanner also has ten monitor memories.  Use these memories to 
temporarily store frequencies while you decide whether or not to save them 
into channels.  This is handy for quickly storing an active frequency when 
you are searching through an entire band.

Note: To store frequencies into a monitor memory, you must first perform a
      limit or direct search.  See "Searching For and Temporarily Storing
      Active Frequencies" in Faxback Doc. # 60713.

(GLW EB 8/4/00)

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