Pausing On An Active Talk Group Id; Manually Entering A Talk Group Id; Locking Out Talk Group Ids - Radio Shack 20-162 User Manual

ID. You can confirm the ID code while the scanner
shows the text when the received signal is a voice
channel.
1. Press FUNC + PSE/TEXT while the scanner
is receiving the voice channel and indicating
the text name. The ID code appears as MT ID:
XXXXXX, etc.
2. Press FUNC + PSE/TEXT again to cancel.

Pausing on an Active Talk Group ID

To stop scanning and keep the scanner tuned to a
desired ID:
1. Press PSE. PAUSE appears and the scanner
stays on the current ID.
2. Press PSE to resume scanning or searching.

Manually Entering a Talk Group ID

You can listen to a specific talk group ID (even if
it's not stored in memory by manually entering the
ID.
1. Press PSE to enter Pause Mode.
2. Enter the ID number and press PSE.
3. "ID Hold" appears.

Locking Out Talk Group IDs

Many municipal and commercial services use
trunk systems to transmit signals from such
devices as water meter transmitters, door alarms,
and traffic signals. Some signals are encrypted
and most are not voice signals. Since all these are
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