PRO-2048 200-Channel Programmable Home Scanner
(200-0417)                 Special Features           Faxback Doc. # 47905

USING PRIORITY CHANNELS

The priority feature lets you scan through channels and still not miss
important or interesting calls on specific channels.  You can program one
stored channel in each bank as a priority channel (up to 10 stored
channels in total).  As the scanner scans the bank, if the priority
feature is turned on, the scanner checks the priority channels every 2
seconds for activity.

The scanner automatically designates each bank's first channel as its
priority channel.  Follow these steps to select a different channel as the
priority channel for a bank.

1.  Press PGM.

2.  Enter the channel number you want to select as the priority channel,
    then press PRI/HYPER SEARCH.  P appears to the left of the channel
    number.

3.  Repeat Steps 1-2 for the channel in each bank you want to program as a
    priority channel.

Note:  If the scanner cannot find a priority channel, P CH LOCOUt appears
       when you turn on the priority feature.

To confirm all priority channel numbers, press PGM, then repeatedly press
PRI/HYPER SEARCH to see the priority channels.

To turn on the priority feature, press PRI/HYPER SEARCH during scanning.
PRIORITY appears and every 2 seconds the scanner checks the priority
channel in each bank that is turned on, starting from the lowest-numbered
to the highest-numbered priority channel.  If there is a transmission on
the priority channel, the scanner tunes the transmission until it stops.

The scanner does not check the channel if it is in a bank which is turned
off or if the priority channel is locked out.

To turn off the priority feature, press PRI/HYPER SEARCH.  PRIORITY
disappears.

USING THE 2-SECOND DELAY

Many agencies use a two-way radio system that might have a pause of
several seconds between a query and a reply.  To avoid missing a reply,
you can program a 2-second delay into any of your scanner's channels or
frequencies.  Then, when the scanner stops on the channel or frequency,
DELAY appears and the scanner continues to monitor the channel/frequency
for 2 seconds after the transmission stops before it resumes scanning or
searching.

You can program a 2-second delay in any of these ways:

  If the scanner is scanning and stops on an active channel, quickly press
  DELAY before it starts to scan again.  DELAY appears.

  If the desired channel is not selected, manually select the channel then
  press DELAY.  DELAY appears.

  If the scanner is searching, press DELAY during the search.  DELAY
  appears and the scanner automatically adds a 2-second delay to every
  transmission it stops on.

To turn off delay, press DELAY when DELAY is displayed.

LOCKING OUT CHANNELS

You can set your scanner to scan more efficiently by locking out channels
you do not want to monitor.  This is handy for locking out channels where
you stored a frequency with a continuous transmission, such as a weather
channel.

To lock out a channel, press MANUAL, enter the desired channel number,
press MANUAL or PGM to select the channel, then press L/O/SEARCH SKIP so
LOCKOUT appears.

Note:  You can still manually select locked out channels.

To unlock a channel manually select the channel, then press L/O/SEARCH
SKIP so LOCKOUT disappears.

To unlock all channels, while the scanner is scanning, select the banks
containing the locked channels you want to unlock, press MANUAL, then hold
down L/O/SEARCH SKIP until the scanner beeps twice.

CHANGING SCANNING AND SEARCH SPEEDS

The PRO-2048 has two scan and three search speeds.

Type                                                                 Speed

Normal Scan ........................................... 12 channels/second

HyperScan ............................................. 50 channels/second

Normal Search ............................................ 50 steps/second

High Speed Search ....................................... 100 steps/second

HyperSearch .......................... 300 steps/second (5 kHz steps only)

To change the scanning speed, during scanning, press SPEED to switch
between normal and HyperScan speeds.  SCAN flashes during HyperScan speed.

To change the search speed, during a limit, direct, or weather search,
press SPEED to switch between the normal and high speed search speeds.
/\ or \/ flashes during high speed search.

To select the HyperSearch speed, during a limit or direct search, press
PRI/HYPER SEARCH.  SEARCH flashes during HyperSearch speed.

Note:  You can use HyperSearch speed only in 5 kHz-step bands.

SKIPPING DATA SIGNALS

You can set the scanner to skip non-modulated or data signals (such as
control signals for pagers or trunked systems) when searching or scanning.

Note:  This feature does not work and DATA does not appear in the AM mode.
       Also, the scanner might not skip data signals that have varied
       patterns of pauses and frequencies.

To skip data signals, press DATA.  DATA appears.

To turn off data skip, press DATA so DATA disappears.

TURNING THE KEY TONE ON OR OFF

Your scanner beeps each time you press a key.  Follow these steps to turn
off the key tone beep.

1.  Turn off the scanner.

2.  Hold down L/O/SEARCH SKIP, then turn on the scanner.  OFF bEEP
    appears.

To turn on the beep, repeat these steps, on bEEP appears.

(BR/eb 5/27/98)