Radio Shack PRO-79 owner manual Understanding Banks, Channel Storage Banks

on tonE Appears when you turn the key tone on.

PAppears when the scanner is tuned to the priority channel.

PGM	Appears when you program frequencies into the
	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.
StArt	Appears when the scanner starts wired program-
	ming.
WirEd	Appears when you set the scanner to its wired
	programming mode to program frequencies into
	it.
WX	Indicates that the scanner is searching the
	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).

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).

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