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UNDERSTANDING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS
You can store up to 90 frequencies into your scanner's memory. You store each frequency into either a
permanent memory, called a channel, or a temporary memory, called a monitor. There are 80 available
channels and 10 available monitor memories.
CHANNEL STORAGE BANKS
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen to, channels are divided into 8
channel-storage banks of 10 channels each. Use each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such
as the police department, fire department, ambulance services, or aircraft.
For example, the police might use four frequencies, one for each side of town. You can program the
police frequencies starting with Channel 1 (Bank 1) and program the fire department on Channel 11
(Bank 2). When you want to listen to only police calls, you can turn off the other banks.
MONITOR MEMORIES
The scanner also has 10 monitor memories. You use these memories to temporarily store frequencies
while you decide whether to save them in channels. This is handy for quickly storing an active
frequency when you search through an entire band. You can manually select these memories, but you
cannot scan them. See UNDERSTANDING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS.
When you are in the monitor mode, one of the memory numbers (1-10) appears to the right of the
MON indicator. The number indicates the current monitor memory.
OPERATION
SETTING THE VOLUME AND SQUELCH
Follow these steps to set VOLUME and SQUELCH.
1. Set VOLUME to about 2 and SQUELCH to 10.
2. Slowly turn SQUELCH counterclockwise until you hear a hissing sound.
3. Adjust VOLUME to a comfortable sound level.
4. Slowly rotate SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing stops.
Note: If the scanner picks up unwanted, partial, or very weak transmissions, rotate SQUELCH
clockwise to decrease the scanner's sensitivity to these signals.
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