PRO-37 Programmable Scanner
(200-0138) Important Product Information Faxback Doc. # 46274
Understanding Your Scanner
A Look At The Display
The display has several indicators that show the scanners' current
operating mode. A quick look at the display will help you understand your
scanner's operation.
MON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
P BANK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8 8 8 ch 8 8 8 . 8 8 8 8 BATT
MHz
/\\/ SRCH SCAN MAN PGM PRI DLY L/P
The above illustration shows all your scanner's indicators. The following
is a brief explanation of each indicator.
BANK - bars to the right of this indicator show which memory banks are
turned on for the scan mode. See "Understanding Channel Storage
Banks."
SCAN - comes on when you are scanning channels.
DLY - appears when the scanner is set to a channel that you have
programmed with the delay feature. See "Using the Delay Feature."
L/O - appears when the channel you are listening to is locked out of
the scan mode. See "Locking Out Channels."
MAN - comes on when you have manually selected a channel.
ch - digits that precede this indicator show which of the 200 channels
you have tuned the scanner to.
MHz - digits that precede this indicator show which of the 31,000
possible frequencies you have tuned the scanner to.
MON - appears when you are listening to a monitor memory.
PRI - appears when you have turned on the priority channel feature.
PGM - appears when you are programming frequencies into the scanner's
channels.
BATT - flashes every three seconds when the batteries need to be
replaced or recharged.
P - appears when you listen to the priority channel.
SRCH - appears during a limit search(-L- also displayed) or a direct
frequency search (-d- also displayed). /\ and \/ also appear in
the display to indicate the direction of the search.
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 each key's function.
Number Keys - each have a single digit, followed by a range of numbers.
The single digit is the number entered when you enter a
channel number or a frequency. The range of numbers (21-40,
for example) indicates the channels that make up a channel
storage bank. See "Understanding Channel Storage Banks."
SCAN - makes the scanner scan through the programmed channels. This
button is repeated on the top of your scanner.
MANUAL - stops scanning and lets you directly enter a channel number.
This button is repeated on the top of your scanner.
CLEAR - press to clear an incorrect entry.
KEY LOCK - disables the keypad to prevent accidental program changes.
Does not lock out SCAN and MANUAL on top of the scanner.
L/OUT - turns the lockout function on and off for the selected
channel.
DELAY - turns the delay feature on or off for the selected channel.
SPEED - changes the scanning and search speed.
LIGHT - turns on the display light.
MON - used to access the 10 monitor memories. See "Moving a
Frequency from Monitor Memory to a Channel."
PRI - turns the priority feature on and off.
PGM - used when you program frequencies into channels.
ENTER - used to enter the frequencies when you are programming
channels.
LIMIT,/\ \/ - used during frequency searches. See "Searching for Active
Frequencies."
Understanding Channel Storage Banks
You 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. There are 200 available channels and
10 available monitor memories.
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen
to, channels are divided into 10 groups of 20 channels each. Each group
of channels is called a channel storage bank. Perhaps the best way to
explain the use of channel storage banks is through a practical example.
Suppose you want to monitor four different agencies: police, fire,
ambulance, and aircraft. As a rule, each agency uses several different
frequencies for different purposes. The police might have four
frequencies, one for each side of town. To make it easier to quickly
determine which agency you are listening to, you could program the police
frequencies starting with Channel 1 (Bank 1). Then, start the fire
department on Channel 21 (Bank 2), ambulance service on Channel 41
(Bank 3), and aircraft frequencies on Channel 61 (Bank 4).
Now, when you want to listen to only fire calls in Bank 2, you can turn
off all of the other banks. You could also use this feature to group
channels by city or by county.
The scanner also has 10 monitor memories. You use these memories to
temporarily store frequencies while you decide whether to save them in
channels. This is handy for quickly storing an active frequency when you
search through an entire band. You can manually select these memories,
but you cannot scan them. See "Searching for Active Frequencies."
When you are in the monitor mode, the 10 numbers at the top of the display
indicate the 10 monitor memories. The bar indicates the current monitor
memory.
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