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Special Features
To turn on the priority feature, press
PRI
so
,
,
,
,
appears at
the top line while scanning.
,.%FE
,.%FE
,.%FE
,.%FE
(or
,.%NO
,.%NO
,.%NO
,.%NO
if you set the
priority to a weather frequency) appears on the bottom
line. If the scanner detects activity on the priority chan-
nel,
,
,
,
,I@ýá
I@ýá
I@ýá
I@ýá?8EE<C
?8EE<C
?8EE<C
?8EE<C
appears for 3 seconds. Or if the scan-
ner detects a weather alert tone in Priority WX mode,
,
,
,
,I@
I@
I@
I@
á
á
á
á?8EE<C
?8EE<C
?8EE<C
?8EE<C
appears for 3 seconds then changes to
3<8K?<Iýã(!.0
and the scanner sounds an alert tone
(see “Displaying Weather Messages” on Page 38).
Notes:
• Priority WX is only for receiving a weather alert.
• When the scanner detects a 1050 Hz alert tone, pri-
ority WX activates and you receive a weather alert.
• If you program a weather frequency into the priority
channel and the scanner detects a weather alert
tone on that frequency, the scanner sounds the alert
tone.
To turn off the priority feature, press
PRI
.
CHANGING THE RECEIVE MODE
The scanner is preset to the most common AM or FM re-
ceive mode for each frequency range. The preset mode
is correct in most cases. However, some amateur radio
transmissions and trunked systems do not operate in the
preset mode. If you try to listen to a transmission when
the scanner is not set to the correct receive mode, the
transmission might sound weak or distorted.
If you want to listen to trunking transmissions in closed
mode, you might have to change the receive mode.
To change the receive mode, repeatedly press
MODE
.
The receive mode changes as follows:
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— accesses the AM mode
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— accesses the FM mode
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— accesses the FM Mode, Motorola Trunking System
(with a 4- or 5-digit ID code)
