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CONTENTS
Preparation ........................................................................................................... 8
Connecting an Antenna ................................................................................... 8
Mounting an Antenna ...................................................................................... 8
Mounting the Scanner In Your Vehicle ............................................................. 8
Powering the Scanner ..................................................................................... 9
Using the Scanner as a Base Station ............................................................ 10
Connecting an Extension Speaker ................................................................ 11
Connecting an Earphone/Headphones ......................................................... 12
Connecting the Clone Cable .......................................................................... 12
Understanding Your Scanner ............................................................................ 13
A Look at the Keypad .................................................................................... 13
A Look at the Display ..................................................................................... 16
Understanding Banks .................................................................................... 18
Understanding CTCSS/DCS ......................................................................... 18
Understanding Your Scanner’s Modes ........................................................... 19
Operation ............................................................................................................ 22
Turning On the Scanner and Setting Squelch ............................................... 22
Storing Known Frequencies into Channels .................................................... 22
Storing Text Tags ........................................................................................... 23
Finding and Storing Active Frequencies ........................................................ 25
Scanning the Channels ................................................................................. 27
Manually Tuning a Frequency ........................................................................ 28
Deleting Frequencies from Channels ............................................................ 28
Listening To the Weather Band ...................................................................... 28
Special Features ................................................................................................ 30
Using Delay ................................................................................................... 30
Locking Out Channels, Frequencies, and Trunking IDs ................................. 30
Priority ........................................................................................................... 31
Changing the Open/Closed Mode ................................................................. 32
Changing the Receive Mode ......................................................................... 33
Changing the Frequency Step ....................................................................... 33
Using the Attenuator ...................................................................................... 34
Turning the Key Tone On and Off ................................................................... 34
Changing the Display Contrast ...................................................................... 35
Cloning Programmed Data from Scanner to Scanner ................................... 35
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