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3. To turn on the priority feature, press PRI/ALERT
during scanning or searching. PRI appears. The
scanner checks the priority channel every two
seconds and stays on the channel if there is activity.
To turn off the priority feature, press PRI/ALERT.
PRI disappears.
Monitoring a Channel
You can continuously monitor a specific channel
without scanning.
1. Press SCAN/MAN until MAN appears.
2. Enter the channel number (1–200).
3. Press SCAN/MAN again.
Locking Out Channels
You can increase the scanning or search speed by
locking out channels or frequencies that have a
continuous transmission, such as control channels,
weather channels, or birdie frequencies.
Press L/O when the scanner stops on a channel or
frequency while scanning or searching. The scanner
locks out the channel/frequency then continues
scanning/searching.
To manually lock-out a channel, select the channel
then press L/O.
L/0
appears in the display.
• Yourscannerautomaticallylocksoutempty
channels.
• Youcanstillmanuallyselectlocked-outchannels.
• Youcanlock-outamaximumof50frequencies
during a search. If you try to lock-out more, L- O
Fr-FULL appears.
Managing Lock-outs
1. Set the scanner to Manual by pressing the SCAN/
MAN button until MAN appears.
2. Hold down L/O
/
L/O RV W for about two seconds.
The scanner pulls up a locked out channel.
3. Press and hold L/O
/
L/O RV W to show the next
locked out channel. If an error beep sounds, there
are no locked out channels.
4. To remove the lock-out, press L/O
/
L/O RV W until
L/0
disappears.
MONITORING CHANNEL