Radio Shack PRO-2050 owner manual Scanning the Stored Channels, Manually Selecting a Channel

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quency into the channel. The scanner stores the frequency.

•s or t to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission. HOLD appears.

To release hold and continue searching, press SEARCH.

Notes:

•To step through the frequencies while HOLD appears, press s or t.

•If you tune to a search skip fre- quency, L/O appears. See “Lock- ing Out Channels and Fre- quencies” on Page 23.

•To skip data signals (such as modem signals), press DATA. See “Skipping Data Signals” on Page 23.

SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS

To begin scanning channels, press SCAN. The scanner scans through all non-locked channels in all banks that are turned on, then stops on the first transmission it finds. When the trans- mission ends, the scanner resumes scanning.

Notes:

•Channels with no frequencies are automatically locked out during scanning.

•To scan in the trunk tracking mode, see “Scanning a Trunked Bank” on Page 27.

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MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL

You can continuously monitor a single channel without scanning. This is use- ful if you hear an emergency broad- cast on a channel and do not want to miss any details — even though there might be periods of silence — or if you want to monitor a specific channel.

Follow these steps to manually select

achannel.

1.Press MANUAL.

2.Enter the channel number.

3.Press MANUAL again.

Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press MANUAL one time. (Pressing MANUAL additional times causes your scanner to step through the channels.)

To resume scanning, press SCAN.

CLEARING A FREQUENCY FROM A CHANNEL

1.Press MANUAL.

2.Use the number keys to enter the channel number containing the frequency you want to delete. Then press MANUAL again.

3.Press 0, then press E. The fre- quency is deleted.