Realistic PRO-2001 - Search Mode Operation

SEARCH
MODE
You
can
locate the
frequency for any unknown station
in the VHFI
UHF bands by using the
Search
Function
of
your
PRO-2001.
1. Press SCANNER
key to select
a
channel.
(Momentarily
press
the
Scanning
Switch to
MANUAL
to
advance to a desired channel
as
indicated by the
Channel
LED.)
2.
Set SOUELCH
control
to
point
where
annoying
background noise
just
stops.
3. Press
PROGRAM key.
(The
Program
LED will
come on.)
4.
Press LO key;
then
press
the
numbers for
the
lower
frequency
limit
you
desire.
5.
Press
UP key; then
press
the
numbers
for
the
upper
frequency
limit
you
desire.
NOTE:
You
can
set
upper and
lower Search limits in
different bands
if
you
like.
For
example,
you
can
set
the lower
limit
to
40
MHz
(in
VHF Lo
band) and upper limit
to
470
MHz
(in
the
UHF band). In such
a case, those
frequencies
outside of
the
specif ied tuning
range will
just
be skipped.
6.
Then,
press
FS
(Fast
Search)
or
SS
(Slow
Search) key to start
Search.
You
can
change searching speed
any time
by
pressing
either
the FS
or
SS
key.
7.
When a signal
comes in
on
a
frequency
between
the
upper
and
lower frequencies
you
have
set,
Search
stops
and
the
frequency
will
be
held
until its signal
ends.
(lf
DELAY is
"on",
frequency
will
be
held
for
two seconds
after
signal
ends.)
8.
To continue monitoring
a
frequency
you
have
"discovered",
press
MONITOR.
This
halts
the
search, stores the frequency in
the
in the Monitor Memory,
and
lets
you "listen
in"
for a
while.
9.
To
enter
this
frequency
into the channel
you
selected
in
Step'1,
press
ENTer.
(You
may skip
this step
if
you
just
wish to monitor
temporarily.
)
10.
To
resume
search
where
you
left
off,
press
FS
or
SS.
To start
search
over at lower frequency
limit,
press
UP
and
LO
keys and
then
FS
or
SS.
NOTE:You
can return to
a channel
stored in
the
Monitor Memory
by
pressing
CLear and then
MON
ITOR.
1
1. When
another active
f requency is encountered in
the
search, the
Scanner
will
hold
on
this frequency
as
described
in Step 7. lf
you
want to stay tuned to
this
frequency,
press
MONITOR.
The
new
frequency will now
replace
the contents of
the
Monitor Memory.
12.To
enter this new
frequency
into a channel
other
than
the one
selected in Step
1,
press
SCANNER key and
use
MANUAL
selector to advance to desired channel.
Press PROGRAM
to return
to
programming
mode.
Press
MONITOR
to
recall
the frequency
stored there. Now
press
ENTer key to
put
that
frequency into
the
channel memory.
Continue
the
process
until
you've
identified the frequencies
that
interest
you
in
that
search
range.
To
change
the upper
and
lower
limits,
just
enter
ne\t/
ones as described in
Steps
4
and 5. The
last-
entered
search limits are retained
in memory, even
when
the
set is
unplugged.
NOTE:To halt
a search at
any
time,
press
MONITOR key.
This
will
also
place
displayed frequency
into
Monitor
Memory.
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