PRO-71 VHF/UHF/Air Handheld Scanner
(200-0311A)                Special Features           Faxback Doc. # 60714

Using The Keylock

Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental program 
changes by turning on the keylock feature. In this mode, the only controls 
that operate are SCAN, MANUAL, KEYLOCK, VOLUME and SQUELCH.

Note:  Turning on the keylock does not prevent the scanner from scanning
       channels.

To turn the keylock on or off, turn on the scanner then hold down KEYLOCK 
until the scanner beeps and KEYLOCK appears or disappears.

Locking Out Channels

You can increase the effective scanning speed by locking out individual
channels that have a continuous transmission, such as the weather channel.
To lock out a channel, manually select the channel then press LOCKOUT/S/S.
L/O appears.

To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel and then 
press LOCKOUT.  L/O disappears.

Note: You can manually select locked-out channels.

To remove the lockout from ALL channels, follow these steps:

1.  While scanning, turn on the memory banks you want to unlock.

2.  Press MANUAL.

3.  Hold down LOCKOUT for at least 3 seconds.  The scanner beeps twice and
    all locked out memory channels in the selected banks are unlocked.

Turning Channel Storage Banks ON or OFF

You can turn each channel-storage bank on and off.  When you turn off a 
bank, the scanner does not scan any of the 10 channels in that bank.

While scanning, press the number key corresponding to the bank you wish to 
turn on or off.  (Press 0 to select bank 10). If the memory bank indicator 
is on, the bank is turned on and the scanner scans all channels within 
that bank that are not locked out.  If the indicator is off, the scanner 
does no scan any of the channels within that bank.

Notes: You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is
       turned off.

       You cannot turn off all banks.  One bank is always active.

Search Skip Memory

You can skip specified frequencies during a limit or direct search.  This 
lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or ones you have already stored in a 
channel. You can program up to 20 frequencies to be skipped into the 
scanner's memory.

To skip a frequency, press S/S (LOCKOUT) when the scanner stops on the 
frequency during a limit or direct search.  L/O appears the next time you 
display that frequency.

To clear a single frequency from search skip memory so the scanner can 
stop on it during a limit or direct search, press LIMIT to hold the 
search, press \/ or /\ to select the frequency (where L/O appears) then 
press S/S.  L/O disappears.

To clear all the skip frequencies from search skip memory at once while                                                                                              
searching, hold down LOCKOUT/S/S until the scanner beeps twice.

Notes: If you program more than 20 skip frequencies, each new frequency
       replaces one you stored earlier, starting from the first stored
       frequency.

       You can select a skipped frequency by using \/ or /\ when the
       Scanner is holding.  L/O appears when you select a skipped
       frequency.

Priority

You can scan through channels and still not miss an important call on a
specific channel.  When a channel is selected as the priority channel and 
priority is turned on, the scanner checks that channel every 2 seconds, 
and stays on the channel if there is activity until the activity stops.  
PRI appears whenever the scanner is set to use priority.

The scanner is preset the select Channel 1 as the priority channel.  To 
program a different channel as the priority channel, press PROGRAM, the 
desired channel number, then PRIORITY.  [P] appears beside the channel 
number.

To turn on the priority feature, press PRIORITY while MAN or SCAN appear.  
To turn off the priority feature, press PRIORITY.  PRI disappears.

Notes: You can select only one channel at a time as the priority channel.

       You cannot select a monitor memory when priority is turned on.

Using the Display Backlight

You can turn on the display's backlight for easy viewing in the dark.
Press (backlight symbol) to turn on the display light for 15 seconds. To 
turn off the light before 15 seconds elapses, press (backlight symbol)
again.

Note: The scanner locks the keypad (see "Using the Keylock" above) if you
      hold down (backlight symbol).  If this happens, hold down (backlight
      symbol) until the scanner beeps and KEYLOCK disappears.

Listening To The Weather Band

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11 channels for 
use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We have 
preprogrammed your scanner with seven frequencies most commonly used by 
NOAA.

To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, simply press 
WX (E).  Your scanner begins scanning through the weather band, and WX 
appears.

If there is a weather broadcast in your area, your scanner stops within a 
few seconds and you hear the local weather broadcast. If the broadcast is 
weak, you can press WX again to scan through the rest of the weather band.

(GLW EB 8/3/00)

Privacy Policy