To release the hold and continue searching, press HOLD. Or, if you did not press HOLD, simply press
FUNC + 
or FUNC + 
to continue searching.
Note: Because there are many different frequencies allocated to fire and police departments, it can take several minutes to search all the service frequencies.
Storing Frequencies into Channels During Service Search
You can store frequencies you found during service search or service search hold mode into channels.
Press FUNC + PGM during service search or service search hold mode. The frequency and the lowest blank channel alternately appear.
Press E to store the frequency into the blank channel. If you want to select another channel,
press FUNC + 
or 
before you press E. To enter the frequency, press FUNC.
disappears. Then press E. You can also use the
If you entered a frequency that has already been entered elsewhere, the scanner sounds an error tone and displays the channel that was duplicated. If you entered the frequency by mistake, press ./CLR then enter the correct frequency. To enter the frequency anyway, press E to accept.
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