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CH—digits that precede this indicator show which of the 200 channels
the scanner is tuned to.
p—appears when you listen to the priority channel.
MHz—digits that precede this indicator show whir* frequency the
scanner is tuned to.
SCAN—appears when you scan channels.
MAN—appears when you manually select a channel.
ATT—appears when you use the attenuator function to adjust the
scanner's sensitivity.
POM—appears while you program frequencies into the scanner’s
channels.
PRX—appears when you set the scanner to scan the selected priority
channel every 2 seconds.
L/O—appears when you manually select a locked channel.
DLTf—appears when you program a channel for a 2- or 4-second de¬
lay or when you listen to a channel that has been programmed with the
delay feature.
wx—appears when the scanner is in the weather band mode. (The
weather band is received in Canada only.)
A and ▼ —indicate the scan and search direction.
SKARCH—appears during a limit search (-L- also appears), a direct
frequency search (-a- also appears), a hold direct search (-h- also
appears), and a hold limit search (-H- also appears).
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UNDERSTANDING CHANNEL-STORAGE
BANKS
You can store up to 210 frequencies into your scanner’s memory. You
store each frequency into either a memory, called a channel, or a tem¬
porary memory, called a monitor. This scanner has 200 channel mem¬
ories and 10 monitor memories.
Channel-Storage Banks
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen
to, channels are divided into 10 channel-storage banks of 20 channels
each. Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as
the police department, fire department, ambulance services, or aircraft.
For example, the police department might use four frequencies, one
for each side of town. You could program the police frequencies start¬
ing with Channel 1 (the first channel in Bank 1) and program the fire
department starting with Channel 21 (the first channel in Bank 2).
Monitor Memories
The scanner also has 10 monitor memories. You can use these mem¬
ories to temporarily store frequencies while you decide whether to
save them into channels. This is handy for quickly storing an active fre¬
quency when you search through an entire band. See “Searching For
and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies" on Page 22.
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