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Limit Search
A limit search lets you search for active frequencies between upper and
lower limits that you set. 
-L-
 appears on the display during a limit
search.
1. Press 
PROGRAM
, then 
LIMIT
. Lo
 appears on the display.
2. Enter the lower limit of the frequency range you want to search.
3. Press 
WX/E
, then 
LIMIT
. Hi
 appears on the display.
Note:
 If the frequency you entered is not a valid frequency,
Error
 appears. To enter a different frequency, start again from
Step 2.
4. Enter the upper limit of the frequency range.
5. Press 
WX/E
, then 
LIMIT. 
Lo
 and the lower limit frequency appear
on the display.
6. Press 
t
 to search from the upper to the lower limit, or 
s
 to search
from the lower to the upper limit. The current monitor memory
number starts flashing at the top of the display.
7. When the scanner stops on a transmission you want to save,
press 
MONITOR
 to store the frequency in the current monitor mem-
ory. The monitor number then stops flashing.
8. Press either 
t
 or 
s
 to continue the search. If you saved a frequency
in a monitor memory, then the monitor memory number on the dis-
play advances by one and starts flashing again. (If the last monitor
memory was 6, the scanner returns to monitor memory 1.)
9. To hold the frequency, press
 LIMIT
. 
-H-
 appears on the display.
To exit the hold mode and resume the limit search, press 
LIMIT
again. 
Notes:
• You can press 
t
 or 
s 
during the hold mode to step through the
frequencies toward the upper or lower limits.
• If you tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows 
L/O
(see “Search Skip Memory”).
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