Radio Shack PRO-2050 - Manual (Page 20)

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quency into the channel. The
scanner stores the frequency.
• s or t to stop searching so you
can listen to the transmission.
HOLD appears.
To release hold and continue
searching, press
SEARCH .
Notes:
• To step through the frequencies
while HOLD appears, press s or t.
• If you tune to a search skip fre-
quency, L/O appears. See “Lock-
ing Out Channels and Fre-
quencies” on Page 23.
• To skip data signals (such as
modem signals), press DATA . See
“Skipping Data Signals” on
Page 23.
SCANNING THE STORED
CHANNELS
To begin scanning channels, press
SCAN . The scanner scans through all
non-locked channels in all banks that
are turned on, then stops on the first
transmission it finds. When the trans-
mission ends, the scanner resumes
scanning.
Notes:
• Channels with no frequencies are
automatically locked out during
scanning.
• To scan in the trunk tracking
mode, see “Scanning a Trunked
Bank” on Page 27.
MANUALLY SELECTING
A CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a single
channel without scanning. This is use-
ful if you hear an emergency broad-
cast on a channel and do not want to
miss any details — even though there
might be periods of silence — or if you
want to monitor a specific channel.
Follow these steps to manually select
a channel.
1. Press MANUAL .
2. Enter the channel number.
3. Press MANUAL again.
Or, if your scanner is scanning and
stops at the desired channel, press
MANUAL one time. (Pressing MANUAL
additional times causes your scanner
to step through the channels.)
To resume scanning, press SCAN .
CLEARING A
FREQUENCY FROM A
CHANNEL
1. Press MANUAL .
2. Use the number keys to enter the
channel number containing the
frequency you want to delete.
Then press
MANUAL again.
3. Press 0 , then press E . The fre-
quency is deleted.
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