Radio Shack REALISTIC PRO-2042 - Scanning the Channels; Turning Channel-Storage Banks off and on

3. Press DIRECT. SEARCH, -d-, and
the starting frequency appear on
the display.
4. Press ^ or ^ to search up or
down from the selected frequency.
When the scanner finds an active
frequency, it stops searching. To
save the frequency into a monitor
memory, press MONITOR. MON
and the current monitor channel
number appear on the display.
Press A or V again to continue
searching for more active frequen¬
cies.
Notes:
• As the scanner automatically
searches, you can also use the
TUNING knob to search through fre¬
quencies manually by pressing
TUNE, then turning the TUNING
knob. Press TUNE again to continue
the direct search.
• During direct search, you can ma¬
nually change the frequency step or
band mode. See “Changing/Reset¬
ting the Band Mode” or “Changing/
Resetting the Frequency Step” on
Page 35.
SCANNING THE
CHANNELS
To begin scanning channels or to start
scanning again after monitoring a spe¬
cific channel, press SCAN.
Notes:
• You must store frequencies into
channels before the scanner can
scan them (see “Searching For
and Storing Active Frequencies”
on Page 19).
• The scanner does not scan empty
channels.
The scanner scans through ail chan¬
nels (except those you have locked
out) in the active banks (see “Locking
Out Channels and Frequencies” on
Page 32 and ‘Turning Channel-Sto¬
rage Banks Off and On” below).
To change the scanning direction, ei¬
ther press A or ^ , or rotate TUNING
counterclockwise to scan down or
clockwise to scan up.
TURNING CHANNEL-
STORAGE BANKS OFF
AND ON
To turn off banks while scanning, press
the bank’s number key until the bar un¬
der the bank’s number disappears.
The scanner does not scan any of the
channels within the banks you have
turned off.
Notes:
• You cannot turn off all banks. There
must be at least one active bank.
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