Standard Horizon HX460S, Owner'S Manual

HX460S

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6. Adjust the 

SQUELCH CONTROL

 knob until background noise is elimi-

nated.

7. To start scanning, press the 

SCAN

 key. The scan proceeds from the

lowest to the highest programmed channel number and stops on chan-
nels when a transmission is received. Scanning will resume when the
squelch closes after the incoming signal disappears at the end of the
transmission.

8. To stop the scan, press the 

SCAN

 key.

4.8 PRIORITY SCAN

The priority scanning feature allows the radio to scan while also keeping
watch on a particularly important “priority channel.” The following channels
can be set as the priority channel: 16, 09, and Preset Channels A through E
(Preset Channels are described in section 4.14).

1. To set the priority channel, hold down the 

16/9

 key and press the 

MEM

key. The channel will change from 16 to 09 to Preset A to Preset B to
Preset C to Preset D to Preset E with each press of the 

MEM

 key. The

displayed channel will be set as the priority channel.

2. For priority scanning, hold down the 

SCAN

 key during normal scanning.

Scanning will proceed between the memorized channels and the priority
channel. The priority channel will be scanned after each programmed
channel. A “P” is shown on the left side of the channel number during
priority scanning.

3. As an example of priority scanning, let us say that channels 06, 07, and

08 are memorized in the transceiver’s scan memory. Priority scanning
will proceed in the following sequence:

[

CH06

]

à

[

Priority Channel

]

à

[

CH07

]

à

[

Priority Channel

]

à

    [

CH08

]

à

[

Priority Channel

]

à

[

CH06

]

à

[

Priority Channel

] ……

4. Even when the transceiver stops and listens to the signal of a programmed

channel, the transceiver will shift to a “dual watch” mode between this
channel and the priority channel. Therefore, your priority watching of the
designated channel is not compromised when the scanner has paused
on an active channel.