User's Manual

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PROGRAM ME THODS
Program Methods
There are two methods to program your scanner. To
get started quickly, you can use “Set Location” . The
set location method stores objects in your area
automatically and puts them in Scanlists 151 and
higher. These Scanlists are already named, “Multi
Dispatch”, “Law Tac”, “Interop”, “Fire Talk”, and so
forth. This method gets you scanning in minutes,
but you cannot monitor a single police or a single fire
department – they will all be together in the same
Scanlist. Also, if you use set location, and wish to add
a new location, be sure to “Clear Channels” to erase
old objects before storing the new location. If you
store more than one ZIP code, the scanner will spend a
great deal of time searching for objects that are out of
range. That will cause the scanner to miss some local
transmissions you want to hear.
Although it takes longer, experienced users will want
to program Scanlists on their own using the “Step by
Step” method. Use “Browse Library” to select your
state and county and look for agencies of interest.
Check the boxes of objects you wish to import, select
the Scanlist you want to put them in and perform the
import (see Manual Programming pg. 35). Once you
save objects to a Scanlist, rename the Scanlist so you
don’t forget what you stored there. Then import more
objects into a different Scanlist and rename that one.
In this way, you can create Scanlists such as Bethel
Police, Hurst Police, Bethel Fire, Shenango EMS, etc.
Individual scanlists allow you to decide exactly what
you want to scan.
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