3.Press E to store the frequency into the channel.
Notes:
•If you made a mistake in Step 2, Error appears and the scanner beeps when you press E. Simply start again from Step 2.
•Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a fre- quency of 151.473, your scan- ner accepts it as 151.475.
•If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another channel, the scanner beeps three times and displays the lowest channel number where the frequency is already stored. If you want to store the fre- quency anyway, press E again.
•Press DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds on this channel after a transmis- sion ends before it proceeds to the next channel (see “Delay” on Page 21). The scanner also
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stores this setting in the chan- nel.
4.If you want to program the next channel in sequence, press MAN- UAL and repeat Steps 2 and 3.
SEARCHING SERVICE BANKS
You can search for public service, po- lice, fire/emergency, aircraft, and weather transmissions even if you do not know the specific frequencies that are used in your area. And, you can store any of the frequencies you find into channels.
Your scanner has the following pre- programmed service banks.
•PUBLIC — contains 140 public service frequencies
•POLICE — contains 2,392 police frequencies
•FIRE/EMG — contains 197 fire and emergency service frequen- cies
•AIR — contains 2,319 aircraft and air service frequencies
•WX — contains 7 weather fre- quencies
To select a service bank, press SVC. A service bank’s name (PUB, PO- LICE, FIRE/EMG, AIR, or WX) and one of the preset public service fre- quencies appear. After a
