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and then press the ‘Ent’ key. To enable bank scanning, use the ‘Dial’ knob to scroll to menu
option 17 ‘Bank Scan’ and then turn ‘Dial’ whilst holding ‘FUNC’ to set it to ‘ON’.
While in Memory Scanning (MS) mode and while the ‘Bank Scan’ option is on, the VR-500
will only scan the bank numbers specified in menu option 18.
Press the ‘CLR’ button to stop scanning.
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To use Preferential Memory Scanning it is first necessary to mark each desired channel as a
preferential channel. To do this, make sure you are in Memory Recall mode (as described
above) and that the VR-500 is not scanning (press ‘CLR’ if it is). Go to the desired channel by
entering it’s 3-digit number and then press button ‘5’ (S.SCH/PMS) whilst holding the ‘FUNC’
button . A ‘P’ will be indicated on the screen for that channel. Repeat for all desired
channels. Note that preferential channels can also be defined in a .csv file.
To start preferential scanning, press button ‘3’ whilst holding ‘FUNC’ to start scanning and
then press button ‘5’ whilst holding ‘FUNC’. ‘PMS’ (Preferential Memory Scanning) will now
be displayed on the screen. The resume mode (Pause, Busy, or Hold) in Memory Scanning,
Bank Scanning and Preferential Scanning can be set here using the same method as
described above for VFO searching. As before, ‘Busy’ (BS) is the best mode to use.
Press button 5 whilst holding ‘FUNC’ to revert back to ordinary Memory Scanning, or press
the ‘CLR’ button to stop scanning altogether. Another press of the ‘CLR’ button will revert
the VR-500 back into VFO mode.
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To lock the VR-500 keypad, hold the ‘FUNC’ button and then press the ‘MONI’ button (just
below it).
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To preserve battery power it is best to have the keypad/screen lamp in ‘Toggle’ mode. This
enables the lamp to be turned on and off as desired by pressing button ‘9’ (LAMP) whilst
pressing the ‘FUNC’ button. The lamp mode can be set to ‘Toggle’ in the main settings menu
mentioned earlier.
6.2.
Useful Links
Strong Signals review
VR-500 Operating Manual
VR-500 Brochure
VR-500 switch replacement
