SPECIAL FEATURES
USING PRIORITY
CHANNELS
The priority feature lets you scan through channels and still not miss important or interesting calls on spe- cific channels. You can program one stored channel in each bank as a pri- ority channel (up to 10 stored chan- nels in total). As the scanner scans the bank, if the priority feature is turned on, the scanner checks the priority channels every 2 seconds for activity.
The scanner automatically desig- nates each bank’s first channel as its priority channel. Follow these steps to select a different channel as the priority channel for a bank.
1.Press PGM.
2.Enter the channel number you want to select as the priority channel, then press PRI/HYPER SEARCH. P appears to the left of the channel number.
3.Repeat Steps
Note: If the scanner cannot find a pri-
ority channel, P CH LOCOUt ap- pears when you turn on the priority feature.
To confirm all priority channel num- bers, press PGM, then repeatedly press PRI/HYPER SEARCH to see the priority channels.
To turn on the priority feature, press PRI/HYPER SEARCH during scan- ning. PRIORITY appears and every 2 seconds the scanner checks the priority channel in each bank that is turned on, starting from the lowest- numbered to the
The scanner does not check the channel if it is in a bank which is turned off or if the priority channel is locked out.
To turn off the priority feature, press
PRI/HYPER SEARCH. PRIORITY
disappears.
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