Searching; Fine Tune; Service Bank Search - Radio Shack 20-136 Owner's Manual

Searching

Searching
Use the search function to find active frequencies.
While doing a fine tune or service bank search, press •/CLR/DELAY to turn
the 2-second delay on or off.

Fine Tune

You can search up or down from the currently displayed frequency using
a fine tune search. Searching stops when a transmission is found and
resumes after the transmission ends (searching resumes after two seconds
if delay is on).
1. When the frequency you want to start from appears, press SRCH.
Or, from search pause mode, enter a frequency using the number keys,
then press SRCH.
Note: If you enter an invalid frequency, the scanner beeps and
displays Error.
2. SRCH, PAUSE, and
3. Press or
to start the fine tune search.
4. Press or
5. Press PSE to pause the search.

Service Bank Search

The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated to Marine,
Police (Fire/Emergency), Aircraft, Ham, and FM radio transmissions.
To search the service banks, press MAR, FD/PD, AIR, HAM, or FM. The
current service symbol appears and the scanner starts searching. To select a
different service bank, press desired MAR, FD/PD, AIR, HAM or FM.
Note: Because there are many different frequencies allocated to
Ham and Aircraft, it can take several minutes to search all the service
frequencies.
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appear.
PAUSE
to move up or down one frequency step. Or press SRCH
to change search direction.
SRCH
DLY
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