Radio Shack 20-423 - Manual (Page 16)

16 Operation
frequency flash for about 3 seconds.
If you want to store the frequency
anyway, press
ENTER again. You can
delete the frequency later.
4. To store the displayed frequency in the
selected channel, press PGM , press the
channel number you want to enter the
channel and press
PGM again, then
press ENTER . The channel and
frequency flash twice, and the scanner
stores the displayed frequency. The
scanner continues to search for
frequencies.
5. To store the displayed frequency in the
monitor memory, press MON/CL . The
monitor memory number, M , and the
frequency flash twice.
6. To search for another active frequency
in the selected band, hold down
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
until the radio begins searching.
7. To select a different band and search for
another active frequency, begin again
from Step 2.
Using Direct Search
During a direct search, the scanner searches
up or down, starting from a frequency you
specify. Follow these steps to use direct
search.
Note: You can use the scanner's delay
feature while using direct search.
1. Press MANUAL or PGM , then enter the
frequency (including the decimal point)
you want to use as a starting point for
the search.
Note: To start from a frequency already
stored in one of your scanner's
channels, press
MANUAL or PGM , enter
the desired channel number, then press
MANUAL or PGM again.
2. Hold down
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
for a few seconds
to search up or down. -d- , SRCH , and
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
appear on the display.
Notes:
• To reverse the search direction at any
time, hold down
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
for a few
seconds.
• To search up or down in the selected
band in small increments (in steps of
5 or 12.5 kHz), press and release
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
.
• To pause the search, press and
release
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
. To begin searching
again, hold down
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
.
• To quickly move up or down through
the frequencies, press and hold down
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
. The scanner tunes through
the frequencies until you release
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
.
3. When the scanner finds an active
frequency, it stops searching and
displays the frequency. To store the
displayed frequency in the lowest
available channel, press
PGM then press
ENTER . The channel and frequency
flash twice, and the scanner stores the
frequency. The scanner continues to
search for frequencies.
Notes:
• If there is no empty channel, Ch-
FULL appears. To store more
frequencies, you must clear some
channels. “Clearing a Stored
Channel” on Page 18. To continue
searching after
Ch-FULL appears,
press and hold down
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
.