PRO-63 Programmable Scanner
(200-0561)          Understanding Your Scanner        Faxback Doc. # 39381


A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD

A quick look at the scanner's keys will help you understand the scanner's
functions.

Number Keys - each key has a single digit on it and a range of numbers
              printed above it. The single digits refer to the number of a
              channel or a frequency. The range of numbers (80-89, for
              example) shows the channels that make up a channel storage
              bank. In addition, the keypad has different functions in the
              manual and scan modes.

M.SCAN - scans through the channels you have stored.

M.BANK - scans a channel storage bank you select.

BAND/ú - selects a preprogrammed search band or enters the decimal point
         when programming frequencies.

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

DELAY - turns the delay function on or off.

PRI - turns the priority channel function on or off.

WX - scans through the 10 preprogrammed weather channels.

LIGHT - a quick press turns on the display's backlight for 5 seconds, or
        turns off the backlight if it is on.

SEARCH </^ - starts searching for active frequencies so you can find ones
             you want to store, or selects the search direction when you
             scan channels or manually step through them.

SKIP - selects channels to skip during scanning.

ATT - turns attenuation on to reduce the scanner's sensitivity, or turns
      it off to increase it.

Key Button - locks/unlocks the keypad (except LIGHT) to prevent accidental
             entries.

LOCK - locks the stored channels to prevent accidental changes.

ENTER - enters frequencies into channels.

A LOOK AT THE DISPLAY

A quick look at the display should help you understand what the scanner
can do.

Key Button - appears when you lock the keypad.

M.BANK - appears with numbers (0-9) to show when the scanner scans through
         selected channel storage bank. A bar under the number shows that
         the bank is selected.

M.SCAN - appears with numbers (0-9) to show which channel- storage banks
         are turned on for scanning. A bar under the number shows that the
         channel-storage bank is selected. 

BATT - flashes when the batteries are low.

CH - appears with a number (00-99) to show which of the 100 channels the
     scanner is tuned to.

P - appears when the scanner is tuned to the priority channel.

888.8888 - digits in the middle of the display show which frequency the
           scanner is tuned to.

WX - appears when you scan or search the 10 preprogrammed weather
     channels.

< and ^ - indicate the search or scan direction.

SRCH - appears during a frequency search.

SKIP - appears when you manually select a channel you skipped while
       scanning.

MAN - appears when you manually select a channel.

PRI - appears when the priority feature is selected.

DLY - appears when you turn on the scanner's 2-second delay feature.

ATT - appears when you turn on the scanner's attenuate feature.

L - appears beside the channel number when you lock the channel.

BANDS AND BANKS 

SEARCH BANDS

Your scanner can tune over 24,000 different frequencies. Each of these
frequencies is contained within a group of frequencies called a band. The
scanner uses permanent memory locations called search bands (0-9) to group
these bands. You can search these bands to quickly find active frequencies
you might want to store into the scanner's channels.

The scanner has the following search bands.

Search Band               Search Range (MHz)
0                         29-50
1                         50-54
2                         108-137
3                         137-144
4                         144-148
5                         148-174
6                         380-420
7                         420-450
8                         450-470
9                         470-512

For example, if you wanted to search for transmissions between pilots and
the control tower at an air show, you could search only the search bands
where you are most likely to hear the transmissions (2, 3, and 6).

Notes: 

* The frequencies in the scanner's search bands are preset. You cannot
  change them.

* Although the scanner displays 108-137 when you select search band 2, it
  receives frequencies of 108 to 136.975 MHz in the search band.

CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS

You can store up to 100 frequencies into memory locations within the
scanner called channels. You can store one frequency in each of the 100
channels.

To make it easier to identify and select the frequencies you want to
listen to, the scanner's channels are divided into 10 channel-storage
banks (0-9). Each channel-storage bank contains ten channels.

You can use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies of the same
type, such as those used by racing teams, aircraft and the control tower,
the police department, and ambulance services 

For example, you might want to listen to communications between the driver
of Car 26 and his pit crew at a stock car race. Additionally, there might
be other broadcasters at the race you want to listen to, such as the
medical center, pace car, and crowd security. To make it easier to
remember where you stored the driver's frequency, you could program the
frequency into Channel 26 (the same number as his car), then program
frequencies for the other broadcasters in the same bank (starting with
Channel 20).

(km-08/26/1997)