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Searching for CTCSS/DCS Tones

You can use the CTCSS/DCS tone search mode to determine if the frequencies in your area are transmitted with associated tones. If the scanner finds a CTCSS or DCS tone, the type of tone and the frequency flash on the display. Then, if you store that frequency into a channel, the tone is also stored in the channel.

Notes:

You can search for CTCSS/DCS tones in scan mode, manual mode, or chain search mode. You cannot search for CTCSS/DCS tones while the scanner is scanning a priority channel.

You might find frequencies that do not have a tone associated with them. This might be because CTCSS or DCS tones are not being transmitted.

1.If necessary, press PRI to turn off priority scan.

2.Hold down CTCSS/DCS until you hear two short beeps. CTCSS and DCS appear and begin to flash. If there is a break before a tone is identified, your scanner searches where it left off when the transmission begins again. If a CTCSS or DCS tone is found, the type of tone (CTCSS or DCS) and the frequency flash.

To exit tone search, press CTCSS/DCS.

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