Contents

 

The FCC Wants You To Know

1

Scanning Legally

2

Introduction

3

Using this Manual

5

Understanding Scanning

6

Conventional Scanning

6

Simplex Operation

6

Repeater Operation

6

Trunked Scanning

7

Motorola Trunking

7

EDACS Trunking

8

LTR Trunking

10

Understanding Banks and Channels

10

Getting More Information

11

A Quick Look at Your Scanner

12

Buttons and Controls

12

Display Icons

13

Included With Your Scanner

14

Setting Up Your Scanner

15

Installing the Battery Pack

15

Charging the Battery Pack

15

Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery Disposal

16

Installing the Antenna

16

Installing the Belt Clip

16

Using Headphones or an External Speaker

16

Listening Safely

17

Basic Operation

18

Turning On the Scanner

18

Setting the Squelch

18

Using the Menu

19

Manually Selecting a Channel

19

Scanning Programmed Channels

20

Locking/Unlocking Banks

20

Locking/Unlocking Channels

20

Restoring All Locked Out Channels

20

Priority Scanning

21

Priority Plus Scanning

21

Listening to the Input Channel

21

Using the Backlight

22

Dimmer Light Setting

22

Dimmer Time Setting

22

Controlling How Much Information Appears

22

Turning the Key Beep On/Off

23

Locking the ENTER key

23

Locking the Keypad

23

Disabling the APCO25 Card

23

Turning Battery Save On/Off

24

Muting All Audio

24

Setting Squelch Mode

24

Trunk Scanning Options

25

Searching for Active Talkgroups (ID Search)

25

Scanning Only Stored Talkgroups (ID Scan)

25

Monitoring Talkgroup ID’s

25

Selecting Talkgroup Lists to Scan

25

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