Scanning and Saving Channels
Scanning All Channels
When you scan channels, the radio searches for channels that are broadcasting. When a channel is
broadcasting, the radio pauses on that channel until the broadcast stops. After four seconds of inactivity on a
channel, the radio resumes scanning.
NOTE: When you turn on ATIS (
Automatic Transmitter Identification System, page 21
), the radio does not scan
or save channels.
1 Select SCAN > ALL.
2 Select an option:
• To exclude the currently active channel from subsequent passes and resume scanning, select SKIP.
• To scan channel 16 each time another channel is scanned, select +CH16.
For example, the radio scans channel 21, channel 16, channel 22, channel 16, and so on.
+CH16 appears on the device screen.
• To scan channel 16 in its usual order, select -CH16.
For example, the radio scans channel 14, channel 15, channel 16, channel 17, and so on.
• To end the scan, select EXIT.
The radio stops scanning and tunes to the last used, active channel.
Saving a Channel
You can save any channel except the weather (WX) channels. You can save an unlimited number of channels.
1 Select SCAN.
2 Turn the SELECT dial until you find a channel you want to save.
3 Select SAV CH.
appears above a saved channel.
Removing a Saved Channel
1 Select SCAN.
2 Turn the SELECT dial until you find a saved channel.
NOTE: A saved channel has
above it.
3 Select SAV CH.
Scanning Saved Channels
You can scan only the channels you have saved. When a saved channel is broadcasting, the radio pauses on
that channel until the broadcast stops. After four seconds of inactivity on a channel, the radio resumes
scanning.
NOTE: When you turn on ATIS (
Automatic Transmitter Identification System, page 21
), the radio does not scan
or save channels.
1 Select SCAN > SAVED.
2 Select an option:
• To exclude the currently active channel from subsequent passes and resume scanning, select SKIP.
• To scan channel 16 each time another saved channel is scanned, select +CH16.
For example, the radio scans saved channel 21, channel 16, saved channel 25, channel 16, and so on.
+CH16 appears on the device screen.
• To stop scanning channel 16, select -CH16.
For example, the radio scans saved channel 21, saved channel 25, and so on.
• To end the scan, select EXIT.
The radio stops scanning and tunes to the last used active channel.
Basic Operation
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