5.6 SCANNING
1.Adjust the SQUELCH CONTROL until the background noise disappears.
2.Select the desired channel to be scanned using the UP or DN key.
3.Hold down the SCAN key until “MEM” is displayed.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the channels to be scanned.
5.To start scanning, press the SCAN key. Scanning proceeds from the lowest to the highest programmed channel number and stops on a channel where a transmission is received.
6.To stop scanning, press the 16/9, WX, SCAN key, or PTT switch.
7.To DELETE a channel from the transceiver’s memory, hold down the SCAN key while the memorized channel is displayed. “MEM” is deleted.
5.7 PRIORITY SCANNING
Emergency channel 16 can be set as the priority channel for scanning by performing the following:
1.Turn off the transceiver power.
2.Press and hold the SCAN key and turn the power back on. A “p” will be shown to the left of “16” on the display to indicate that priority scan is enabled.
NOTE
To scan or priority scan, 2 or more channels must be memorized in scan memory. See section 5.6 in the Owner’s Manual.
3.To start scanning, press the SCAN key. Scanning will proceed between the memorized channels and priority channel 16.
4.For example, channels 06, 07, and 08 are memorized in the transceiver’s memory, priority scanning will proceed in the following sequence:
Priority
CH06 
Channel
16
Priority
CH07 
Channel
16
Priority
CH08 
Channel
16
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