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Locking Out Channels
You can increase the scanning or search speed by locking
out channels or frequencies that have a continuous
transmission,suchascontrolchannels,weather
channels,orbirdiefrequencies.
Press L/O when the scanner stops on a channel or frequency
while scanning or searching. The scanner locks out the
channel/frequencyandcontinuesscanning/searching.
Tomanuallylock-outachannel,selectthechannelthen
press L/O.
L/0
appears in the display.
• Your scanner automatically locks out empty channels.
• You can still manually select locked-out channels.
• You can lock-out a maximum of 50 frequencies during
a search. If you try to lock-out more, L- O Fr - FU L L
appears.
Managing Lock-outs
1. Set the scanner to manual by pressing SCAN/MAN
untilMANappears
2. Hold down L/O
/
L/O RV W for about two seconds.
The scanner pulls up a locked out channel.
3. Press and hold L/O
/
L/O RV W to show the next
lockedoutchannel.Ifanerrorbeepsounds,thereare
no locked out channels.
4. Toremovethelock-out,pressL/O
/
L/O RV W until
L/0
disappears.
Managing Service Bank Lock-outs
1. Hold down L/O
/
L/O RV W for about two seconds
during a Service Bank search.
2. Press or repeatedly to scroll through the list
of locked-out frequencies. L- r and
L/0
appear in the
display.
3. Press L/O
/
L/O RV W to remove the lock-out. The list
scrolls to the next locked-out frequency.
• When you reach the highest locked-out frequency, the
scanner beeps twice and rolls to the lowest locked-out
frequency.
• If the Service Bank has no locked-out frequencies,
EMPty appears.
Unlocking All Service Bank Frequencies
1. Hold down L/O
/
L/O RV W for about two seconds
during a Service Bank search. L- r appears.
2. While holding down TUNE/CLEAR, press
L/O
/
L/O RV W. FLo ALL–CL appears for about two
seconds. Then the display alternates with YES ---
Ent and No --CLEAr.
3. Press ENT. L- r EM P t y appears. The scanner clears
lock-outs from all frequencies in the Service Bank.
Clearing a Stored Channel
To remove a frequency stored in a channel.
1. Press SCAN/MAN to stop
scanning.
2. Press the number keys to
enter the channel number
(1–200).
3. Press PGM. PGM appears.
4. Press 0 then ENT. The
frequency number changes
to 000.000
0 to indicate the
channel is cleared.
5. Toclearanotherchannel,usethenumberkeysto
enter that channel number then press PGM again.
Or,repeatedlypressPGM until the desired channel
number appears. Repeat Step 4.
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