PRO-63 Programmable Scanner
(200-0561) Advanced Operation Faxback Doc. # 39383

DELAY

Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a pause of
several seconds between a query and a reply. Your scanner's delay feature
lets it wait for 2 seconds after each transmission on a channel or
frequency while scanning or searching. To program a 2-second delay, press
DELAY while the channel or frequency is selected. DLY appears. When your
scanner stops on the channel or frequency while scanning or searching, it
waits for 2 seconds after each transmission on that channel or frequency
before it resumes scanning or searching.

SKIPPING CHANNELS

You can increase the scanner's effective scanning speed by skipping those
channels that have a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel.
To skip a channel while scanning, press SKIP while the channel is selected. SKIP appears on the display.

To remove the skip from a channel, manually select the channel, then press
SKIP. SKIP disappears from the display.

Notes:

* The scanner automatically skips empty channels.

* You cannot remove the skip from an empty channel.

PRIORITY

You can scan through channels and still not miss an important or
interesting call on a specific channel. Channel 00 (the first channel in
Bank 0) is preset as the priority channel. When the priority feature is
turned on, the scanner checks Channel 00 every 2 seconds, and stays on the
channel if there is activity. If there is no activity, P flashes on the
display every 2 seconds. To turn on the priority feature, press PRI. PRI
appears on the display. To turn off the priority feature, press PRI again.
PRI disappears from the display.

Notes:

* Channel 00 is preset as the priority channel. You cannot change it.

* The scanner automatically skips the priority channel when there is no
transmission on the channel. If there is a transmission on the channel,
you must turn off the priority feature to skip the priority channel.

USING CHANNEL LOCK

When you enter a frequency into a channel, the scanner automatically locks
the channel to prevent it from being overwritten by another frequency. L
appears to the left of the channel number. To unlock a channel, press
LOCK. L disappears from the display.

Follow these steps to unlock all channels.

1. Press MANUAL.

2. While pressing and holding down ENTER, press and hold down LOCK until
the scanner beeps three times. To manually lock a channel, select
the channel, then press LOCK. L appears to the left of the channel
number.

USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT

You can turn on the display's backlight for easy viewing in dimly-lit
areas. Press LIGHT to turn on the display light for 5 seconds. To turn off
the light before it automatically turns off, press LIGHT again.

USING THE ATTENUATOR

To reduce interference or noise caused by strong signals, you can reduce
the scanner's sensitivity to these signals. Press ATT until ATT appears on
the display to reduce the scanner's sensitivity.

Note: If you turn on this feature, the scanner might not receive weak
signals.

To turn off the attenuator, press ATT again. ATT disappears from the
display.

TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF

Each time you press any of the scanner's keys (except Key Button and
LIGHT), the scanner sounds a tone.

Follow these steps to turn the scanner's key tone on or off.

1. If the scanner is on, turn VOLUME OFF/MAX counterclockwise until it
clicks to turn it off.

2. While you press and hold down the 2 and ENTER keys, turn on the
scanner.

3. After a second, release 2 and ENTER.

USING THE KEYLOCK

Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental program
changes by turning on the keylock feature. When the keypad is locked, the
only controls that operate are LIGHT, VOLUME OFF/MAX, and SQUELCH MIN/MAX.
(However, the scanner continues to scan channels).

To turn on the keylock, press and hold down Key Button for about 3 seconds
until the scanner beeps three times and appears on the display. To turn it
off, press and hold down Key Button for about 3 seconds until the scanner
beeps three times and Key Button disappears from the display.

(km-08/26/1997)