3. Press L/OUT. On the display, “lo” changes
to “LO.”
4. To unlock a locked-out channel, press L/
OUT again.
To review all locked out channels:
1. Press MAN.
2. Repeatedly pressing FUNC and then L/OUT
to view each locked-out channel.
3. To unlock a channel, press L/OUT. “LO”
changes to “lo.”
4. When you nish reviewing locked-out
channels, press MAN.
You can manually select any channel in a
bank, even in turned-off banks.
Priority Scanning
In addition to the 1,000 programmable memory
channels, your scanner has one Priority channel.
When Priority is turned on, the scanner checks
the Priority channel every 2 seconds. This lets
you scan without missing a transmission on the
Priority channel.
Priority scanning does not operate if the
scanner stops on a trunking transmission.
Priority check seems random during peak
hours.
To turn on the priority feature:
1. Press PRI so “pri” changes “PRI” on the
display during scanning.
2. To turn off the priority feature, press PRI
again.
To make an existing channel a Priority channel:
1. Press MAN.
2. Use the number keys to enter the bank and
channel number.
The Priority channel cannot be a trunking
channel (MOT, ED, or LTR).
3. Press MAN.
4. Press FUNC, then hold PRI until the display
blinks.
To modify the Priority channel:
1. Press PGM.
2. Press PRI.
3. Use the number keys to enter the frequency.
4. Press ENT.
If the frequency is incorrect, “Invalid Freq”
appears briey.
Weather Alerts
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
has allocated channels for use by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA). NOAA broadcasts Specic Area
Message Encoding (SAME) alerts that include
digitally encoded data about the severity of the
alert.
Regulatory agencies in other countries
have also allocated channels for use by
their weather reporting authorities.
If you program a weather channel as the Priority
channel, your scanner can detect the 1050 Hz
weather alert tone. All alerts are received (FIPS
settings are ignored), and the scanner stays on
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