Radio Shack PRO-95 Changing the Receive Mode, To turn off the priority feature, press PRI

Models: PRO-95

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2.Select the weather channel you want to program as the priority channel.

3.Press FUNC then PRI. Pri Channel flashes on the bottom line two times.

To turn on the priority feature, press PRI so P appears on the top line while scanning. PRIon (or PRIwx if you set the priority to a weather frequency) appears on the bottom line. If the scanner detects activity on the priority channel, Pri Channel appears. Or if the scanner detects a weather alert tone in Priority WX mode, Pri Channel appears for 3 seconds then changes to Weather ALERT and the scanner sounds an alert tone (see “Displaying Weather Messages” on Page 40).

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To turn off the priority feature, press PRI.

CHANGING THE RECEIVE MODE

The scanner is preset to the most common AM or FM receive mode for each frequency range. The preset mode is correct in most cases. However, some amateur radio transmissions and trunked systems do not operate in the preset mode. If you try to listen to a transmission when the scanner is not set to the correct receive mode, the transmission might sound weak or distorted.

If you want to listen to trunking transmissions in closed mode, you

Special Features

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Priority WX is only for receiving a weather alert.

When the scanner detects a 1050 Hz alert tone, priority WX activates and you receive a weather alert.

If you program a weather frequency into the priority channel and the scanner detects a weather alert tone on that frequency, the scanner sounds the alert tone.

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Radio Shack PRO-95 owner manual Changing the Receive Mode, To turn off the priority feature, press PRI