Scanning; Locking Out Channels; Priority Scanning - Radio Shack 20-163 User Manual

Scanning

Scanning
Scanning sequentially checks all saved channels for activity. You
must save frequencies into channels to scan. The scanner does not
scan empty channels or unsaved frequencies.
You can increase the scanning speed by locking out channels with
continuous transmissions, such as a weather channel, or turning off
entire banks. Turning off a bank prevents the scanner from scanning
any channels within the bank. You cannot turn off all banks. There
must be at least one active bank to scan.
To scan:
1. Press SCAN. The scanner checks all unlocked channels in the
active banks. To change the scan direction, press
2. To stop on a channel, press PAUSE.
3. To lock out a channel, when the scanner stops on the channel,
press L/OUT.
4. To turn off a bank, press the bank's number so the bank's
number disappears. To turn on a bank, press the number key so
the bank's number appears.

Locking Out Channels

You can increase the scanning speed by locking out channels with
continuous transmissions.
To lock out a channel:
1. Press MAN.
2. Enter the bank and channel number or use
the channel.
3. Press L/OUT. "lo" changes to
4. To unlock a locked-out channel, press L/OUT again.
or .
or to select
"LO."
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To review all locked out channels:
1. Press MAN.
2. Repeatedly pressing FUNC and then L/OUT to view each
locked-out channel.
3. To unlock a channel, press L/OUT.
4. When you finish reviewing locked-out channels, press MAN.
Note: You can manually select any channel in a bank, even
in turned-off banks.

Priority Scanning

In addition to the 1,000 programmable memory channels, your
scanner has one Priority channel. When Priority is turned on, the
scanner checks the Priority channel every 2 seconds. This lets you
scan without missing a transmission on the Priority channel.
Note: Priority scanning does not operate for trunking
transmissions. Priority check can seem random during peak
hours.
To turn on the priority feature:
1. Press PRI so "pri" changes
scanning.
2. To turn off Priority, press PRI again.
To make an existing channel a Priority channel:
1. Press MAN.
2. Use the number keys to enter the bank and channel number.
Note: The Priority channel cannot be a trunking channel
(MOT, ED, or LTR).
Scanning
"LO" "lo."
changes to
"PRI" on the display during
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