GME TX6500S User Manual

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1. Select the required scan group (press

followed by the

key). ‘OS’, ‘GS’ or ‘NETWK’

will be displayed.

2. Briefly press the

key. ‘F’ will be displayed.

3. Press the

keys to step through the channels. Only channels that are stored in the

memory of the selected scan group will be displayed.

4. When finished, press the

key to exit.

OPEN SCAN

Open Scan allows any of the channels to be scanned for activity in an ascending sequence (i.e. from the
lowest channel to the highest). If a busy channel is found, scanning will pause to allow the signal to be
heard. Once the channel has been clear for 5 seconds, scanning will resume automatically.

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8

e.g. Scanning channels 1 – 8 in Open Scan.
Selecting Open Scan

Briefly press the

key then the

key until ‘OPEN’ is displayed.

Programming Scan channels

Your radio has all 80 channels factory-programmed into the Open Scan memory. Any channels not
required can be removed.

To add or remove channels from the Open Scan memory:

1. Check that the radio is not already scanning. If it is, briefly press the

key to stop the scan

function.

2. Select the required channel using the

keys.

• If the channel is currently in the scan memory

will be visible above the channel display. To

remove the channel, hold the

key until a low beep is heard.

will disappear indicating

the channel is no longer in memory.

• If

is not visible above the channel display, the selected channel is not in the scan memory. To

add it, hold the

key for a few seconds until a high beep is heard.

will appear to confirm

the channel is now in memory.

Repeat step 2 to add or remove other channels in the scan memory.

To scan

To start scanning, briefly press the

key. A high beep will be heard and the

icon will animate.

NOTE:

If there is only one channel programmed into the Open Scan memory, a long low beep will be

heard when you press the

key and the command will be ignored.

Operating in the Open Scan mode

• If a busy channel is located, scanning will pause to allow the signal to be heard and will remain

there for as long as the channel remains busy. Once the channel has been clear for 5 seconds,
scanning will resume automatically.

• If your radio has paused on a busy channel;

i. Briefly press the

keys to skip over that channel and resume scanning from the

next channel in the sequence (see Auto Skip for more skip options)
or

ii. Briefly press the

key to exit the Scan mode and remain on the busy channel.

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