Service Bank Search; Weather Search; Search Skip Memory - Radio Shack PRO-162 User Manual

input chart").
6. Press ENT/PGM to store the search bank text tag.
fine tune
You can search up or down from the currently displayed frequency using fine tune. TUNE
appears during searching.
Press FUNC, and then press SRCH when the frequency you want to start from appears. Or,
enter the frequency you want to start from using the number keys in search pause mode,
then press FUNC, and then SRCH.
Note: If you enter an invalid frequency, the scanner displays Error. Press CL.

service bank search

You can search for ham, marine, aircraft, or police (fire/emergency) transmissions without
knowing the specific frequencies used in your area. The scanner is preprogrammed with all
the frequencies allocated to these services. To select the service search bank, press SRCH.
The current service symbol appears and the scanner starts searching. To select a different
service bank, press SRCH.
The newly selected service symbol appears. To search, Press or . Or automatically
start searching after two seconds.
Note: Because there are many different frequencies allocated to fire and police
departments, it can take several minutes to search all the service frequencies.

weather search

You can also search for weather transmissions. To start weather search:
1. Press WX/ . WX appears. You can change the search direction by using or .
2. If you want to stop the search, press PSE. PAUSE appears.

search skip memory

You can skip up to 200 specified frequencies during a chain, fine tune and service search
and Signal Stalker I. This lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or those already stored in a
channel.
Note: You cannot skip frequencies during WX service search.
To skip a frequency, press L/O when the scanner stops on the frequency during a chain,
fine tune and service search and Signal Stalker I. The scanner stores the frequency in
memory and automatically resumes the search.
To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner stops on it during a chain, fine
tune and service search and Signal Stalker I:
1. Press PSE to stop the search.
2. Press or to select the frequency. L/O appears.
3. Press L/O. L/O disappears.
To clear all the skip frequencies at once while searching, press PSE, and then hold down
L/O until the scanner beeps twice.
Notes:
• If you selected all frequencies to be skipped within the search range, the scanner beeps 3
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