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Radio Shack HTX-242 User Manual

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7.

Press

. The HTX-242 displays

rC

and the current receive

subaudible tone.

8.

Rotate

TUNE

, or press

UP

or

DOWN

on the microphone, to

change the receive subaudible tone.

9.

Press

. The HTX-242 displays

tC

and the current transmit

subaudible tone.

10.

Rotate

TUNE

, or press

UP

or

DOWN

on the microphone, to

change the transmit subaudible tone.

11.

For the calling-frequency memory, press

CALL

to save all

settings.

For a standard memory, press

. The HTX-242 displays

Sn

. Rotate

TUNE

, or press

UP

or

DOWN

on the microphone, to

select whether the memory is included in a memory scan
(

On

) or locked out of a memory scan (

Off

). Then press

MR

to

save all settings.

Using Auto Memory Store (AMS)

Follow these steps to have the HTX-242 scan through a selected
range and store active frequencies in memory.

1.

Set the upper and lower scan limits (see “Setting the Scan-
ning Range” on Page 21).

2.

Set the scanning step (see “Setting the Frequency Step” on
Page 19).

3.

Set the squelch (see “Setting Volume and Squelch” on
Page 17).

4.

Hold

F

for at least 1 second. Then press

MHz

.

The HTX-242 scans between the lower and upper scan lim-
its. When it detects a transmission, it checks all memories to
see if that frequency is already stored. If the frequency is not
in a memory, the HTX-242 stores the frequency in the lowest
unused memory, then resumes scanning. The HTX-242 con-
tinues auto store until all memories are used.

5.

To stop auto store before all memories are used, press

VFO

,

DUP

,

MR

,

CALL

, or

MHz

.

Notes:

The HTX-242 turns off tone squelch during auto store.

Auto store does not work if all memories are used.

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