UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER
A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY
The display has several indicators that show the scanner's current operating mode. A quick look at the
display will help you understand how to operate your scanner.
• MON - appears when you listen to a monitor memory.
• BANK - appears with numbers (1-8) to the right to show which channel storage banks are
turned on for the scan mode. See UNDERSTANDING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS.
• SCAN - appears when you scan channels.
• MANUAL - appears when you manually select a channel.
• PROGRAM - appears while you program frequencies into the scanner's channels.
• P - appears when you listen to the priority channel.
• CH - digits that precede this indicator show which channel the scanner is currently tuned to.
• MHz - digits that precede this indicator show which of the 32,000 possible frequencies the
scanner is tuned to.
• Error - appears when you make an incorrect entry.
• PRIORITY - appears when you turn on the priority channel feature.
• LOCKOUT - appears when you manually select a locked channel.
• DELAY - appears when you program a channel for a two second delay before scanning or
when you listen to a channel programmed with the delay feature.
• WX - appears when the scanner is in the weather band mode.
• SEARCH - appears during a limit search (when L - also appears) or a direct frequency search
(when d - also appears).
• /\ and \/ - indicates the search direction.