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Note: You can use the scanner’s delay feature while using di-
rect search.

1. Press

MAN

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

MAN

and enter the desired

channel number, then press

MAN

again.

2. Hold down

or

for about 1 second to search up or down.

–d–

,

SRCH

, and

or

appear.

Notes:

• To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down

or

for about 1 second.

• To search up or down the selected band in small incre-

ments (5, 12.5, or 25 kHz steps), repeatedly press

or

.

• To pause the search, press

or

. To resume search-

ing, hold down

or

.

• To quickly move up or down through the frequencies, hold

down

or

. The scanner tunes through the frequencies

until you release

or

.

3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops

searching and displays the frequency’s number. To store the
displayed frequency in the lowest available channel, press

PGM

then

ENT

. The channel and frequency flash twice, and

the scanner stores the displayed 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. See
“Clearing a Stored Channel” on Page 34. To continue
searching after

Ch-FULL

appears, press and hold down

or

.

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