Vfo Search; Changing The Direction Of Vfo Search Scanning - Yaesu VR-500 Operating Manual

The VFO Search feature causes the radio to scan the band, looking for active frequencies.
Before initiating a VFO Search, set the Squelch so that background noise is silenced. If
you are hearing background noise, the VFO Search feature will not initiate scanning.
From the VFO mode, press the [3(SCH/SCN)] key while press-
ing the [FUNC] key. The radio will initiate a VFO Search, tuning
toward a higher frequency, and will stop when it receives a signal
strong enough to break through the Squelch threshold. The radio
will then hold on that frequency according to the setup of the "RESUME" mode.
To verify and/or modify the "RESUME" mode, again press the [3(SCH/SCN)] key while
pressing the [FUNC] key. The current "RESUME" mode is indicated at the top of the
Display (except for "Pause," which is the default setting).
The following "RESUME" modes are available:
Pause (Default):
Busy:
Hold:
To stop the VFO search manually, just rotate the DIAL one click.

Changing the Direction of VFO Search Scanning

If you wish to reverse the direction of the scan (i.e. toward a lower frequency, instead of a
higher frequency), rotate the DIAL one click to stop the VFO search, then rotate the DIAL
one click in the counter-clockwise direction. The VFO search direction will be reversed.
Note: If VFO Search has "paused" on a busy channel, it is only necessary to rotate the
DIAL one click in the counter-clockwise direction.
To revert to VFO search toward a higher frequency once more, rotate the DIAL one click,
then rotate it one click clockwise. If paused on a busy channel, just rotate the DIAL one
click clockwise.
Press the [CLR(P.SET)] key to cancel the VFO search.
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Pause è Busy è Hold è Pause è • • •
In this mode, the VFO search will halt on a signal it encounters, and will
hold there for 5 seconds. If you do not take action to disable the VFO
search within that time period, the VFO search will resume even if the
station is still active.
In this mode, the VFO search will halt on a signal it encounters. Two sec-
onds after the carrier has dropped because the other station(s) ceased trans-
mission, the VFO search will resume. In this mode, the "BS" (Busy Search)
icon will appear at the top of the display.
In this mode, the VFO search will halt on a signal it encounters. It will not
restart unless you re-initiate a VFO search. In this mode, the "HS" (Hold
Search) icon will appear at the top of the display.
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