User`s guide

scanner’s key tone off or on:

1. Press FUNC, and then press MENU.

2. Repeatedly press or to display Key Tone, then press ENT/PGM.

3. Repeatedly press

or to select OFF or ON, then press ENT/PGM.

4. Press L/O to exit the menu mode, or press CL to back to a previous menu.

turning the battery save function off/on

When the scanner is set to receive (monitor) a manually selected channel and it is not

actively scanning, using the battery save feature conserves energy.

To turn the battery save function off or back on:

1. Press FUNC, and then press MENU.

2. Repeatedly press or to display Battery Save, then press ENT/PGM.

3. Repeatedly press or to select OFF or ON, then press ENT/PGM.

4. Press L/O to exit the menu mode, or press CL to back to a previous menu. When the

battery save feature is active, the scanner repeatedly turns off the internal power for 1

second, and then turns it back on for about 1/2 second to check for a transmission.

setting CTCSS/DCS

Turning this option on lets the scanner search for CTCSS/DCS tones. If the scanner

detects the tone, it displays the tone’s frequency and DCS code. Select your setting, and

then press the scroll control.

To turn on or off CTCSS/DCS feature, press FUNC then CL/CTCSS/DCS. On the

scanner’s displays,”CTCSS/DCS ON” or “CTCSS/DCS OFF” appear for 1 second.

Note: When CTCSS/DCS is ON in Scan Mode or Manual Mode, the scanner works

according to setting of channel. Or when CTCSS/DCS is ON in Chain Search or Fine Tune

or Signal Stalker, the scanner searches CTCSS/DCS code. This feature does not apply to

the AIR band or Weather Service Search.

skipping data signals

To prevent the scanner from stopping on channels that consist of non-modulated or data

signals (such as fax or modem transmissions) during a search or scan, turn on the data

skip feature. When the radio receives a data signal and data skip is selected, the signal is

ignored.

To turn on the data skip feature;

1. Turn off the priority feature if it is on (see “priority”).

2. Press FUNC, and then press MENU.

3. Repeatedly press or to display Data Skip, then press ENT/PGM.

4. Repeatedly press or to select OFF or ON, then press ENT/PGM.

5. Press L/O to exit the menu mode, or press CL to back to a previous menu.

Note: This feature does not apply to the AM band and weather search mode as data

signals are not generally found in these services. If "AM" appear, the scanner has selected

AM band.