Radio Shack Race Scanner - Manual (Page 35)

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SPECIAL FEATURES
TURNING MEMORY BANKS ON AND OFF
You can turn each memory bank on and off. When you turn off a bank,
the scanner does not scan any of the 10 channels in that bank.
While scanning, press the number key that corresponds to the bank
you want to turn on or off. When
BANK appears, the scanner scans all
the channels within the displayed banks that are not locked out (see
“Locking Out Channels”).
Notes:
• You can manually select any channel within a bank, even if that
bank is turned off.
• You cannot turn off all banks. One bank must always be active.
LOCKING OUT CHANNELS
You can increase the scanning speed by locking out channels that
have a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel. To lock
out a channel, manually select the channel, then press
L-OUT so L/O
appears. You can still manually select locked out channels.
To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel
and press
L-OUT so L/O disappears from the display. Or, to unlock all
channels or frequencies in the banks that are turned on, press MAN to
stop scanning, then hold down L-OUT until the scanner beeps twice.
Note: If you select a weather frequency by pressing WX and then lock
out that frequency, the scanner stores the frequency in its search skip
memory. Follow the steps under “Search Skip Memory” on Page 27 to
remove the lockout from the weather frequency.
PRIORITY
The priority feature lets you scan through channels and still not miss
important or interesting calls on specific channels. You can program
one channel in each bank as a priority channel (for up to a total of 10
priority channels). If the priority feature is turned on, as the scanner
scans a bank, the scanner checks that bank’s priority channel every 2
seconds for activity.
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