User's Manual

CONVENTIONAL FEATURES

1. Press the SCAN option switch to enable scanning and Scan List 1. This

is indicated when “SCAN LIST 1” is momentarily displayed.

2. To select Scan List 2 (if available), press the

SCAN option switch again

and “SCAN LIST 2” is momentarily displayed. Repeat to display Scan

List 3 if available.

3. To disable scanning, press the

SCAN switch again. Scanning is

disabled when scan indicator is no longer displayed.

Transmitting in Scan Mode

When the transmitter is keyed with scanning enabled, the transceiver

can be programmed so that the transmission always occurs on one of the

following channels:

• Priority channel (see following)

• Selected channel

• Channel of a call if the response is made before scanning resumes

Priority Channel Sampling

General

The priority channel sampling feature ensures that messages on the

priority channel are not missed while listening to a message on some

other channel. Your transceiver can be programmed so that the priority

channel is a fixed channel associated with the current scan list, the

currently selected channel, or not used.

Priority channel sampling occurs only with Standard conventional

scanning. It does not occur with Radio Wide scanning, when listening to

any type of SMARTNET/SmartZone call, or when transmitting. A series

of “ticks” may be heard when the priority channel is sampled while

listening to a message on some other channel. When the selected channel

is a priority channel, “P” is indicated in the left status display next to the

zone number as follows: