Introduction
1 VOLUME Control — lets you raise or lower the level of the sound.
2 SQUELCH
Control — lets you set the signal level required to receive a
transmission. If you open the squelch all the way, you will hear hissing between
transmissions. This lets you hear weak signals, but prevents scanning. As you
close squelch, a stronger signal is required to stop scanning and open audio.
You normally set the control to a point just where hissing on all channels stops
between transmissions.
3 SCAN
— press to begin scanning the channels or to resume scanning.
4 ALARM
Select — Set to Off to disable alarm; Set to Radio to enable the radio
alarm; Set to Tone to enable the tone alarm.
5 SNOOZE
/Backlight — Backlight: Tap to turn the LCD backlight on for 15
seconds. Press and hold to permanently turn on the backlight. Press and hold
again to turn off the backlight.
Snooze: Press while the alarm sounds to silence the alarm for 5 minutes.
6 TIME
Set — Use to select your desired operation: Alarm Set; Clock Set;
Clock.
7
HOLD/BAND — Press HOLD/BAND to go to scan hold mode, limit search
hold mode, air band search hold mode, radio direct hold mode.Press HOLD/
BAND to resume scanning/searching in each hold mode. HOLD/BAND key is
used also for direct channel access. Press HOLD/BAND to change the band in
select step menu.
8 E/PGM
— Press to enter the Program Mode. In Program Mode, enter the
desired frequency using the numeric keys. Then press E/PGM to store that
frequency into the memory.
In
Limit Search Mode, after entering the frequency, press E/PGM to program
the upper and lower limit frequency.
Note: Press and hold
E/PGM, it goes to programming mode for limit frequency.
9 0 to 9
— use the numeric keys in four basic operations:
• press a numeric key to enter a frequency.
• press a numeric key to change a channel using the Direct Channel Access
feature.
• press a numeric key while scanning to enable or disable the associated
scanning bank memory bands.
10 POWER
— Press to turn power on and off. The time displays when power is off
(standby mode).
11 ./CLR
— this key has three functions:
• press to input a decimal point when you enter a frequency.
• press to cancel a numeric key input
− 0 to 9.
• press to clear an error display.