Radio Shack PRO-2050 - Manual (Page 24)

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PRIORITY
The priority feature lets you scan
through channels and still not miss im-
portant or interesting calls on specific
channels. You can program one
stored channel in each bank as a pri-
ority channel (for up to a total of 10
stored channels). As the scanner
scans the bank, if the priority feature is
turned on, the scanner checks the pri-
ority channel for activity every 2 sec-
onds.
The scanner automatically desig-
nates each bank's first channel as its
priority channel. Follow these steps to
select a different channel as the priori-
ty channel for a bank.
1. Press MANUAL .
2. Enter the channel number you
want to select as the priority chan-
nel, then press
MANUAL again.
3. Hold down PRIORITY until the
scanner beeps twice. appears
to the right of the channel number.
4. Repeat Steps 2–3 for the channel
in each bank you want to program
as a priority channel.
To turn on the priority feature, press
PRIORITY during scanning. PRI ap-
pears. As you scan the bank, the
scanner checks the bank’s priority
channel every 2 seconds in each bank
that is turned on, starting from the low-
est to the highest-numbered priority
channel.
To turn off the priority feature, press
PRIORITY . PRI disappears.
Notes:
• The priority feature must be
turned off to use the data skip fea-
ture (see “Skipping Data Signals”
on Page 23).
• You can lock out priority channels.
If you lock out all priority channels,
CH Loc Out appears when
you turn on the priority feature.
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• Your scanner cannot track trans-
missions on non-Motorola trunking
systems.
• Your scanner tracks an 800 MHz
trunked system or scans frequen-
cies in conventional mode, but it
cannot do both at the same time.
• The frequencies for many of the
800 MHz public safety systems are
listed in the separate “National
Public Safety Trunked System Fre-
quency Guide” included with your
PRO-2050.
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