PRO-51 200-Channel Direct Entry Programmable Scanner
(200-0308A)                Understanding Scanner      Faxback Doc. # 39014

A Look at The Display

The display has several indicators that show the scanner's current operating
mode.  A quick look at the display will help you understand how to operate
your scanner.

NOM - appears during search modes or when you listen to a monitor memory.
The number to the right of this indicator shows the current monitor number.
See "Listening to Monitor Memories" on Faxback Doc. # 32494.

BANK - shows which channel-storage banks are turned on for the scan mode.
See "Channel-Storage Banks" below.

KEYLOCK - appears when you lock the keypad.

BATT. Lo - appears when the battery is low.

CH - digits that precede this indicator show which of the 200 channels the
scanner is tuned to.

P - appears when you listen to the priority channel.

MHz - digits that precede this indicator show which frequency the scanner
is tuned to.

SCAN - appears when you scan channels.

MAN - appears when you manually select a channel.

PGM - appears while you program frequencies into the scanner's channels.

PRI - appears when you program a selected channel for priority.

L/O - appears when you manually select a locked channel.

DLY - appears when you program a channel for a two-second delay before
scanning or when you listen to a channel that has been programmed with
the delay feature.

B - (1 - 4) - appears during band search to show the corresponding service
bands.

WX - appears when the scanner is in the weather band mode.

\/ and /\ - indicate the search direction.

SRCH - appears during a limit search (-L- also appears) or a direct fre-
quency search (-d- also appears).

A Look at The Keyboard

Your scanner's keys might seem confusing at first, but a quick glance at
this page should help you understand the key's functions.

SCAN - scans through the programmed channels.

MANUAL - stops scanning and lets you directly enter a channel number.

PRI - sets and turns on and off priority for a particular channel.

L/OUT - lets you lock out a selected channel.

K/L - locks/unlocks the keypad to prevent accidental entries.

BAND - selects air, fire, marine, and weather bands when used with the
corresponding number key.

PROG - programs frequencies into channels.

MONI - accesses the 10 monitor memories.  See "Moving a Frequency from a
Monitor Memory to a Channel" on Faxback Doc. # 32494.

CLEAR - clears an incorrect entry.

LIGHT - turns on and off the display light.

./DELAY - inputs a decimal point when you set a frequency or programs a two-
second delay for the selected channel.

LIMIT - turns on the limit search mode and sets the frequency range.  See
"Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies" on Faxback Doc.
# 32494.

/\ and \/ - select the search direction.

NUMBER KEYS - each key has a single digit, followed by a range of numbers
printed above it.  The single digits refer to the number of a channel or
frequency entered.  The range of numbers (21 - 40, for example) indicates
the channels that make up a memory bank. See "Searching For and Temporarily
Storing Active Frequencies" on Faxback Doc. # 32494. Also, number keys 1 to
4 are used as AIR, FIRE, MARINE, and WX  band keys.  See "Using the Band
Search Keys" on Faxback Doc. # 32494.

ENTER - enters the frequency when you program channels.

Understanding Channel-Storage Banks

Your scanner can store up to 210 frequencies into your scanner's memory.
You store each frequency into either a permanent memory, called a channel,
or a temporary memory, called a monitor.  This scanner has 200 channel
memories and 10 monitor memories.

Channel-Storage Banks

To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen to,
channels are divided into 10 channel-storage banks or 20 channels each.  Use
each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as the police depart-
ment, fire department, ambulance services or aircraft (see "A Guide to the
Action Bands" on Faxback Doc. # 17653).

Monitor Memories

The scanner also has 10 monitor memories.  You can use these memories to
temporarily store frequencies while you decide whether to save them into
channels.  This is handy for quickly storing an active frequency when you
search through an entire band.  See "Searching For and Temporarily Storing
Active Frequencies" on Faxback Doc. # 32494.

When you are in the monitor mode, the 10 numbers at the top of the display
indicate the 10 monitor memories.  MON appears and the number indicates the
currently active monitor memory.

When you turn off the scanner, the frequencies stored in the monitor mem-
ories are lost.


(EB 4/18/97)

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