Motorola BC796D, APCO25 manual Storing Found Frequencies, Automatically Storing Frequencies

To skip over a frequency, press L/O when the scanner is stopped on a frequency you want to skip.

Notes: • You can program up to 200 skip frequencies. The 201st skip frequency entered causes the first skipped frequency to unlock.

•If all frequencies in the search range are set to skip, a beep sounds and it moves to Search Hold mode. To resume searching:

1) Unskip all skipped frequencies

—- OR —-

2) Select a different Search Frequency range.

To unskip all skipped frequencies, press and hold L/O for 2 seconds in Search Hold mode.

Storing Found Frequencies

If you find a frequency you want to save into a channel, simply press TRNFR when the scanner is stopped on that frequency. The scanner displays the lowest-numbered empty channel. Use the scroll bar to select the channel you want to save the frequency into, then press E.

Notes: • If you have already stored this frequency, the scanner displays WARNING DUPLICATE and the channel where the frequency is stored. To store the frequen- cy anyway, press E again.

•After you store the frequency, the scanner resumes searching.

•If all channels are used, the scanner defaults to the last-used channel prior to enter- ing the search mode.

Automatically Storing Frequencies

During searching, you can have the scanner automatically store active frequencies into a bank you choose.

1:SERVICE OPTION → :CHAIN SEARCH → 7:AUTO STORE → 1:ON

1.Press the numbers corresponding to the banks you want the scanner to store found frequencies into.

2.Press SRCH to start the auto-store operation.

3.Press ▲/HOLD to stop auto-store. The scanner exits the auto-store mode.

Note: To ensure that you catch most active frequencies for the band, you should allow the auto-store operation to continue through at least a few complete sweeps of the band. Depending on the types of services, some occasionally active frequencies might not have activity for minutes or hours at a time.

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