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CONTENTS

 

Preparation

8

Connecting an Antenna

8

Connecting the Supplied Antenna

8

Connecting an Outdoor Antenna

8

Connecting Power

9

Using AC Power

9

Using Your Vehicle’s Battery Power

10

Connecting an Extension Speaker

10

Connecting an Earphone/Headphones

11

Listening Safely

11

Understanding Your Scanner

12

A Look at the Front Panel

12

A Look at the Display

14

Understanding Banks

16

Channel Storage Banks

16

Service Banks

16

Understanding Trunking

16

Operation

17

Turning On the Scanner and Setting Squelch

17

Storing Known Frequencies into Channels

17

Searching Service Banks

18

Limit Search

19

Scanning the Stored Channels

20

Manually Selecting a Channel

20

Clearing a Frequency from a Channel

21

Special Features

22

Delay

22

Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off

22

Locking Out Channels and Frequencies

23

Locking Out Channels

23

Locking Out Frequencies

23

Priority

24

Turning the Key Tone On/Off

25

Changing Search Speeds

25

Skipping Data Signals

25

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