Radio Shack Pro-2032 - Understanding Channel-Storage Banks; Channel-Storage Banks Explained; Monitor Memories Usage

UNDERSTANDING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS
You can store up to 210 frequencies
into your scanner's memory. You
store each frequency into either a
permanent memory, called a channel,
or a temporary memory, called a
monitor memory. There are 200 chan¬
nel memories and 10 monitor memo¬
ries.
CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS
To make it easier to identify and se¬
lect the channels you want to listen
to, channels are divided into 10 chan¬
nel-storage banks of 20 channels
each. Use each channel-storage
bank to group frequencies, such as
the fire department, ambulance serv¬
ices, or aircraft (see “A Guide to the
Action Bands").
For example, the fire department
might use four frequencies, one for
each side of town. You could pro¬
gram the fire frequencies starting with
Channel 1 (Bank 1) and program the
ambulance services starting with
Channel 21 (Bank 2). When you
want to listen to only fire calls, you
can turn off the other banks.
MONITOR MEMORIES
The scanner also has 10 monitor
memories. You can use these memo¬
ries to temporarily store frequencies
while you decide whether or not to
save them in channels. This is handy
for quickly storing an active frequency
when you search through an entire
band. You can manually select these
memories, but you cannot scan them.
See “Searching for and Temporarily
Storing Active Frequencies.”
When you are in the monitor mode,
the 10 numbers at the top of the dis¬
play indicate the 10 monitor memo¬
ries. MONITOR appears on the display
when you are using monitor memo¬
ries and the bar indicates the cur¬
rently active monitor memory.
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