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Programming Search Bank Text Tags
To store text tags for easy identification of search banks:
1. From Manual Mode, press ENT/PGM to put the scanner in Programming
Mode.
2. Press SRCH to go to Programming Search Bank Mode.
3. Press T or S to select the desired bank number.
4. Press PSE/TEXT to go to Programming Search Bank Text Tag Mode.
5. Enter up to 16 letters by repeatedly pressing the number keys. Press
S or T to move the cursor to the right or the left. Press FUNC
/
A/a
to choose the input mode: upper case letters, lower case letters, or
numbers. (See “Appendix A: Inputting Text” on p. 68.)
6. Press ENT/PGM to store the text tag.
7. Press MAN/MENU to exit Programming Mode, or press CL to go back to a
previous menu.
Fine Tune
To search up or down from the currently displayed frequency using fine tune:
1. From Manual Mode, Press FUNC + SRCH/TUNE to go to Fine Tune
Pause Mode.
2. Press PSE to begin searching in Fine Tune Mode.
3. Press T or S to change search direction.
Hz
To start a fine tune search from a specific frequency:
1. From Manual Mode, Press FUNC + SRCH/TUNE to go to Fine Tune
Pause Mode.
2. Enter a frequency using the number keys, and then press ENT/PGM.
3. Press PSE to begin searching in Fine Tune Mode.
4. Press T or S to change search direction.
Note: If you enter an invalid frequency, the scanner displays “Invalid Freq.”
Service Bank Search
The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to Marine,
CB band, FRS/GMRS/MURS, Police (Fire/Emergency, non-trunked UHF and
VHF), Aircraft and Ham band transmissions.
To search the service banks:
1. Press SRCH. The current service bank appears and the scanner starts
searching. To select a different service bank, press SRCH again.
2. Press T or S to begin searching the newly selected service. Or, the
scanner will start searching automatically after two seconds.
SR0
Note: Because there are many different frequencies allocated to
Aircraft and Ham, it can take several minutes to search all the
service frequencies.
To directly access a channel (only for Marine, CB band, and FRS/GMRS/MURS):
1. From Service Search Mode, press PSE to go to Service Search Pause
Mode.
2. Press the number key that corresponds to the desired channel. Press
PSE to select the channel.