•Tone Lock (out) mode

For either a Memory channel or a Search Range, you can lock a particular subaudible tone by pressing L/O after scrolling to the desired tone. The scanner will stop on any transmission except those which may be using the locked subaudible tone.

To set your scanner, enter into the Menu mode.

1.Press MENU.

2.Select 3:SYSTEM OPTION / 8:SQ MODE by rotating the VFO and pressing E.

3.Rotate the VFO to select one type (1:CSQ, 2:TONE SQ, 3:TONE SEARCH) and press E.

4.To set Tone Lock mode, do the following first, then select 2:TONE SQ in step 3.

1)For Scan mode, select 2:SCAN OPTION / 1:CONVENTIONAL - select the channel number - / 3:TONE DATA / 1:CTCSS or 2:DCS by rotating the VFO and pressing E. With CTCSS or DCS, Tone Lock ON is set by pressing L/O.

2)For Search mode, select 1:SERVICE OPTION / :CHAIN SEARCH /

5:TONE DATA / 1:CTCSS or 2:DCS by rotating the VFO and pressing E. With CTCSS or DCS Tone Lock ON is set by pressing L/O.

☞Remember! You can also use ▲ or ▼ instead of rotating the VFO. Also instead of pressing E, you can press the VFO control.

Note: • To set Tone Lock OFF for either Scan mode or Search mode, press E instead of pressing L/O on step 1) or 2) above.

•CTCSS: Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System.

•DCS: Digital Coded Squelch.

•For example, the scanner shows the following displays. When Search mode and Tone Search are selected, the display shows the frequency and tone data alternately.

•If the delay feature (-2 sec/-5 sec/-10 sec) has been set while in Tone search mode, it resumes scanning according to the delay setting.

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