User's Manual

20-527 Owner’s Manual Draft
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4. Press ENTER to set the frequency. The cursor moves to H. If the entered frequency is incorrect,
Invalid Freq. briefly appears.
5. Enter your desired higher-end frequency and press ENTER.
6. Rotate SQUELCH clockwise and leave it set to a point just after the hissing sound stops.
7. Press SEARCH to start searching. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops searching.
Notes:
• You can copy and save a frequency into a specified bank, channel, or priority channel when the
scanner finds an active frequency. See “Using Frequency Copy” on Page XX to save the frequency. The
frequency copy works only in search banks 3, 4, 5, and 6.
• While the scanner is searching, you can use the seek search by pressing FUNC then 7. Seek Search
ON. appears on the bottom line. The scanner stops at an active frequency for five seconds and restarts
searching automatically. The scanner repeats this operation.
You can set Zeromatic on or off by pressing FUNC then 0. Press FUNC the 0 again to reverse the
Zeromatic setting. Whenever this feature is turned on, Zeromatic ON. briefly appears then ZM appears at
the right of the second line and the scanner stops at the correct frequency. When you turn this feature off,
ZM changes small caps (zm) and the scanner stops when it detects an active signal. Zeromatic functions
only in search banks 3, 4, 5 and 6.
There are several group banks in SR3 Police/Fire and SR5 Amateur bands. You can turn off or on the
groups by pressing the group numbers. For example to turn off 0, press 0.
In the Air and Limit search bands, press FUNC then press ^ to start searching up from the lowest
frequency or press v to start searching down from the highest frequency.
Note: If you press PAUSE while tuning, the scanner stops tuning and ***PAUSED*** appears. Press
PAUSE again, and the scanner resumes tuning.
Manually Tuning a Frequency
You can manually set the scanner to move through all receivable frequencies, or select a specific
frequency as a starting point.
1. Press TUNE. Fine Tune Mode and the current frequency appears. The scanner automatically begins
tuning up or down.
2. Use the number keys to enter the frequency where you want the scanner to start.