Priority Operation - AOR AR8200 Manual

The LCD will initially display the legend "M-BANK" , the currently
selected memory bank 'pair' (i.e. D/d or A/a or C/c etc) and the
current size allocation for the bank displayed i.e. A:50 a:50 for
memory bank "A/a" with the allocation of 50 channels for "A" and
50 channels for "a", this split of 50/50 being the default. Use the
main dial, keys or numeric keypad to select the required
bank for resizing.
"BANK TEXT" menu where a text comment may be added
(optionally) to ease identification of each bank (use the
to move between upper and lower bank identifiers).
the key to move on to the resizing menu. The LCD will display the upper and lower case
identifiers on the same line with the current default allocation of 50/50 channels per bank. Use the main
dial or keys to reallocate the channels in increments of 10 channels (60/40, 70/30, 80/20, 90/10, or
10/90, 20/80, 30/70, 40/60).
Note: If you resize a memory which currently contains 50 channels to a new size of 10
channels, the last 40 channels will be deleted and data will be lost! Potentially when you resize
memory banks, programmed data may be lost so it is suggested that you carefully organise
your memory data before resizing memory channels . Individual memory channel protect will be
ignored but if a whole memory bank is protected, resizing will be inhibited.
After selecting the resizing value
"MEM SORTING" will be displayed, the following lines confirm the current and proposed memory bank
sizes.
"MEM SORTING !!" with the exclamation marks flashing to indicate that the sorting process is in
operation... this can take several minutes depending upon the amount of data held in memory.
After sorting, the display returns to its previous condition (before the SCAN BANK menu was accessed).
Important note: Memory sorting can take several minutes, do not switch the AR8200 off,
disconnect power, remove batteries or allow the batteries to fail during memory sorting or data
corruption may occur.

(6) Priority operation

The PRIORITY feature enables you to carry on scanning, searching or monitoring while the AR8200
checks a frequency taken from one of the 1,000 memory channels (A00 default) every 5 seconds
(default) for activity.
The priority checking is accomplished by momentarily moving to the priority frequency to see if it is
'active'. If activity is found, the receiver remains on the frequency until the signal disappears. If no
activity is detected, the receiver returns to the VFO frequency, scan channel or search bank from where it
originated. The priority facility has a large number of applications and is particularly useful for keeping an
eye on a distress frequency while scanning or searching another frequency band.
Note: Depending upon the frequency and mode stored as priority, an audible
'click' may be heard when the priority facility is in operation. This is quite normal and
is caused by the internal switching of circuitry necessary to accomplish the frequency
change as two frequencies cannot simultaneously be monitored by the receiver.
the key to move to the
to display the memory sorting menu, the legend
to initiate the resizing process. The LCD will clear except for the words
keys
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