SCANNING

MEMORY SCANNING

MEMORY BANK SCAN

When the Memory Bank feature is engaged, the scanner sweeps only memory channels in the current Memory Bank. However, if the Memory Bank Link Scan feature is enabled, you may sweep the memory channels in several Memory Banks which you have selected.

To enable the Memory Bank Link Scan feature:

1.Set the radio to the Memory Recall (“MR”) mode by pressing the key, if neces- sary.

2.Press the key to activate the “Memory Bank” mode.

 

The “MR” indicator will be replaced by one of the Memory

 

Bank numbers (“B 1” through “B24”).

 

3.

Press the

key followed by the

key. The Memory

 

Bank number will begin to blink.

 

4.

Rotate the DIAL knob to select the first Memory Bank

 

(“BANK 1” ~ “BANK24”) you wish to sweep using Memory

 

Bank Link Scan.

 

 

5.

Press the

key briefly. A “B-LINK ON” notation will ap-

 

pear for two seconds on the display, indicating this Memory

 

Bank will now be swept during Memory Bank Scan.

6.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 above, to append the “B-LINK ON”

 

notation to any other Memory Banks you wish to sweep.

7.

Press the

key.

 

 

8.

Now, press and hold in the

key for one second to ini-

 

tiate the Memory Bank Link Scan.

 

9.To remove a Memory Bank from the Memory Bank Link Scan, repeat steps 1 - 5 above, to change the “B-LINK ON” notation into “B-LINK OFF”.

1) When the Memory Bank is enabled for Memory

Bank scan, the Memory Bank number (“B x”) indication turns into “bx” (capital “B” turns into small

“b”).

2) You may enable/disable the Memory Bank scan via Set Mode MEMORY BANK SCAN “ENABLED” Item 7: BANK LINK.

MEMORY BANK SCAN “DISABLED”

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