Contents
The FCC Wants You To Know ............................................................1
Scanning Legally .................................................................................2
Introduction ..........................................................................................3
Using this Manual ............................................................................5
Understanding Scanning .....................................................................6
Conventional Scanning ....................................................................6
Simplex Operation .......................................................................6
Repeater Operation .....................................................................6
Trunked Scanning ............................................................................7
Motorola Trunking ........................................................................7
EDACS Trunking .........................................................................8
LTR Trunking .............................................................................10
Understanding Banks and Channels .............................................10
Getting More Information ...................................................................11
A Quick Look at Your Scanner ..........................................................12
Buttons and Controls ......................................................................12
Display Icons .................................................................................13
Included With Your Scanner ..............................................................14
Setting Up Your Scanner ...................................................................15
Installing the Battery Pack .............................................................15
Charging the Battery Pack .............................................................15
Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery Disposal ..........................................16
Installing the Antenna ....................................................................16
Installing the Belt Clip ....................................................................16
Using Headphones or an External Speaker ..................................16
Listening Safely .............................................................................17
Basic Operation .................................................................................18
Turning On the Scanner ................................................................18
Setting the Squelch .......................................................................18
Using the Menu .............................................................................19
Manually Selecting a Channel .......................................................19
Scanning Programmed Channels ..................................................20
Locking/Unlocking Banks ...............................................................20
Locking/Unlocking Channels .........................................................20
Restoring All Locked Out Channels ..............................................20
Priority Scanning ............................................................................21
Priority Plus Scanning ...................................................................21
Listening to the Input Channel .......................................................21
Using the Backlight ........................................................................22
Dimmer Light Setting .................................................................22
Dimmer Time Setting .................................................................22
Controlling How Much Information Appears ..................................22
Turning the Key Beep On/Off ........................................................23
Locking the ENTER key ................................................................23
Locking the Keypad .......................................................................23
Disabling the APCO25 Card ..........................................................23
Turning Battery Save On/Off .........................................................24
Muting All Audio .............................................................................24
Setting Squelch Mode ...................................................................24
Trunk Scanning Options ................................................................25
Searching for Active Talkgroups (ID Search) ............................25
Scanning Only Stored Talkgroups (ID Scan) ............................25
Monitoring Talkgroup ID’s ..........................................................25
Selecting Talkgroup Lists to Scan .............................................25
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