Beep Alert
The scanner can alert you with three rapid beeps at the beginning of a transmission on an assigned frequency.
Assigning the beep alert to a channel
This alert can be set on/off to every channel (or to every ID memory for Trunking mode).
1.Press MENU.
2.Press ▲ or ▼ to select CH DATA and then press E.
3.Select the channel number to be tagged using ▲ or ▼ and then press E. (You can also enter the channel number in using the keypad or VFO control and then press E.)
4.Press ▲ or ▼ to select BEEP ALERT and then press E.
5.Press ▲ or ▼ to select ON or OFF and then pressing E.
Note: If NOT REGISTER appears, make sure a frequency is stored in the channel.
Programming Tips
•Do not program a weather frequency into one of the channels, since weather channels transmit continuously. Use the Weather Search feature to select the weather information band.
•Group similar services into a bank. For example, program police frequencies in channels 1 through 10 and fire/emergency into channels 51 through 60, and so on.
•Put the frequency that you listen to the most or the most important frequency into a Priority channel.
•To quickly program a series of channels, start with the lowest number channel.
For example, when you are programming five new frequencies into Channels 4 through 8, start with Channel 4. After you finish programming a channel, press MAN or HOLD/▲ to go to the next higher channel.
•Write down your programmed channels and frequencies and put in a convenient place in case of accidental reprogramming.
•If you want to download frequencies using the SmartScan feature, go to page 59 in this manual.
•Frequencies are rounded off according to the step of each channel.
•When you are overwriting a tagged channel with a new frequency, the previous alpha tag will be deleted. You must
•When programming frequencies, a 2 second delay is set automatically but can be changed in the Channel Data menu.
Deleting a Stored Frequency
To delete a stored frequency:
a.Select a channel.
b.Press 0.
c.Then press E.
Note: Channels with no frequencies are automatically locked out.
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