Radio Shack 20-136 PRO-136 quick start Setting Priority, Using the Display Backlight

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Settings

To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel, then press L/O. L/O disappears.

To unlock all channels in the selected banks, press SCAN/MAN to stop scanning, then hold down L/O until the scanner beeps twice.

Setting Priority

The priority feature lets you scan through the channels and still not miss important or interesting calls on specific channels. You can program one stored channel in each bank as a priority channel. The scanner checks the designated priority channel every two seconds in each bank.

Press PRI during scanning to turn the priority feature on and off. Pri ON appears for several seconds when priority is turned on. And Pri OFF appears for several seconds when priority is turned off.

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Note: If you have locked out all priority channels, All Loc appears when you activate the priority feature.

The scanner automatically designates each bank’s first channel (Channel 00) as its priority channel. To select a different channel as the priority channel:

1.From Scan or Manual mode, press ENT/PROGRAM.

2.Press T or S to select the channel you want to set as priority, then press and hold PRI/WX ALERT until the scanner beeps twice.

Or, enter the bank and channel number you want to set as priority and then press PRI.

P appears to the left of the selected channel number.

3.Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the channel in each bank that you want to program as a priority channel.

Using the Display Backlight

To turn the display backlight on and off, press and hold until the scanner beeps twice.

To turn on the display backlight for only 15 seconds, press briefly.

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