Radio Shack 20-107, PRO-107 manual Searching, Signal Stalker, NNote Global Attenuation must be

		–Settings– Menu
	Priority Mode	When checked, Priority Mode is enabled. Objects
		that have Priority enabled in the Object Edit Menu
		will be checked more frequently for activity.
	Priority Time	Controls how frequently conventional channel
		priority objects are checked.
	G Atten Mode	When checked, Global Attenuator mode is
		enabled and iSCAN applies attenuation to every
		object and search, ignoring the individual object’s
		attenuation setting.
		nNote: Global Attenuation must be
		activated (next menu item).
	G Atten On	Activates Global Attenuation.
	Key Beeps	Enables or disables key beep sounds.
Operation	Beep Volume	Controls the volume of key beep sounds.
	Alert Volume	Controls the volume of object and low battery
		alert sounds.
	Contrast	Sets the contrast of the LCD display.
Basic	LiteMode	Sets the backlight mode to On, Stealth, Normal,
		Key, or Ignore.
	LiteArea	Controls whether the LCD, keypad, or both should
		be illuminated when the backlight is active.
	LiteTime	Controls how long the backlight stays on.
	Welcome Text 1-5	Sets the text displayed when iSCAN is first turned
		on.
	Blink Time 1-2	For alternating display elements, controls the
		amount of time each item is displayed.
	Show Radio ID	When enabled, displays the Radio ID (if available
		for trunk radio systems that use the Radio ID
		feature).
	PC/IF CCDump	When enabled, trunking control channel data is
		sent to the PC/IF port.
	Low Batt Time	Controls the interval (seconds) between low-
		battery alert sounds.

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iSCAN features three search modes: Signal Stalker II, Service Search, and Limit Search. When you find a frequency, you can store it as an object in a playlist.

Signal Stalker II

Signal Stalker II sweeps rapidly through frequency ranges in 1 MHz blocks, looking for transmissions from nearby strong signal sources.

To use Signal Stalker II:

1.Press MENU to access the Main Menu, scroll to Search, and press  to enter to the Search Menu.

2.Scroll to Signal Stalker and press  to enter the Stalker Menu.

•Select All Bands to perform a Signal Stalker II search on all common land mobile radio bands.

•Select Public Safety to perform a faster Signal Stalker II search on frequency ranges commonly used for public safety communications.

iSCAN will immediately begin to sweep the frequency ranges you have selected.

nNote: Press SKIP to block reception of undesired signals.

To store found objects in playlists:

1.Press MENU when you find a frequency you want to store.

2.Select Store Channel.

3.Press SEL. The new object is added to the first playlist and has the alpha tag “Stalker.”

nNote: To move the new object to another playlist or edit the alpha tag, use the Object Edit Menu (see page 29) or the PC Application (see page 46).

To change the Signal Stalker II options:

Press MENU while Signal Stalker II is active. The following options are available:

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