Select Service Types; Set Range; Select Favorites Lists To Monitor; Avoiding Transmissions - Uniden HomePatrol-2 Owner's Manual

Enter Zip Code. Tap Enter Zip Code and follow the prompts to enter a different zip code.
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Enter City. Tap Enter City and follow the prompts to specify a city to use as your locaSon.
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AutoLocate. HomePatrol-2 searches frequency bands for a known radio system. When it finds
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one, you have the opSon of accepSng that locaSon or retrying for another one.
Manual LocaSon Input. If you know your exact coordinates, enter them here.
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Set Up GPS. Tapping this selecSon displays the Set Up GPS screen, where you an see the status
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of a connected GPS receiver or change GPS input se]ngs.
Select Service Types
Service types are categories of transmissions that have similar content. Service type examples include
(but are not limited to) Aircrad, Emergency Ops, Fire-Talk, and Law Dispatch. Select service types
through the Select Service Types menu on the Menu screen. Appendix C provides a list of service types
and their definiSons. By default, only public safety (Law, Fire, EMS, and MulS) dispatch channels and
Custom 1 are selected.
How to Select Service Types
1. Tap the following:
Menu
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Select Service Types
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2. The Select Service Types menu displays. Scroll through the entries, tapping UP or DOWN to
change pages. Tap on the service types you want to listen to. That entry turns orange. Tap it
again to deslect it.
3. When you have tapped on the service types you want, tap Accept.
4. HomePatrol-2 selects channels based on your service type requirements and then begins
monitoring them.
Set Range
Range lets you set how far out from your set locaSon HomePatrol-2 will search for channels to select.
Tapping Range from the Radio Control bar or selecSng Set Range from the Set Your LocaAon menu
displays an indicator bar. Each of the 15 bars equals 2 miles for a total of a 30 mile range.
Tap + or – (or press and release the volume key) to increase or decrease the range in .5 mile increments
or tap and hold + or – (or press hold the volume key) to increase or decrease the range in 1 mile
increments.
Select Favorites Lists to Monitor
SelecSng one or more Favorites Lists to monitor tells HomePatrol-2 that you want to listen to the
transmissions that have been saved to that list. You can use Favorites Lists and the full database at the
same Sme, or select a combinaSon of Favorites lists to monitor. Select the Favorites List you want to
monitor through the Main Menu/Manage Favorites Lists screens. (Refer to BUILDING FAVORITES LISTS
later in this manual for detailed informaSon.)
Avoiding Transmissions
As you monitor transmissions, you will come across transmissions that you don't care to listen to. Tap
Avoid in the submenu pop-up. (Refer to Avoid/Unavoid Transmissions later in this manual for detailed
informaSon.)
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