Beyond the Basics

key so the bank’s number disappears. For example, to turn off bank 1, press 1. The scanner does not scan any of the channels within the banks you turned off.

To turn on banks while scanning, press the number key until the bank’s number appears. For example to turn bank 1 on again, press 1.

Notes

You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one active bank.

You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is turned off.

monitoring a single channel/power save circuit

You can monitor a single channel with your scanner by navigating to that channel while in manual mode. The scanner will receive traffic on the selected frequency.

Your scanner features a power save circuit that is automatically activated any time you manually select a channel. The power save mode works by allowing the receiver to “sleep” briefly while waiting for a call on the selected channel. The power save circuit is disabled when the scanner is tuned to a channel in program mode.

using CTCSS and DCS

Your scanner’s advanced, DSP-based CTCSS and DCS decoder allows you to listen only to the group that is of interest to you by specifying the group’s specific CTCSS or DCS code for a certain frequency. CTCSS and DCS can also help reduce instances where interfering signals cause your

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Radio Shack PRO-97 manual Using Ctcss and DCS, Monitoring a single channel/power save circuit