Tone Scanning - Baofeng UV-5R Documentation

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To resume scanning you must press and hold the

Tone Scanning

In frequency mode you can scan for CTCSS tones and DCS codes on active frequencies.
To scan for CTCSS or DCS on active channels, follow these steps:
Procedure 5.2. Tone scanning
1.
Press the
2. Enter one of the following on the numeric keypad:
a.
b.
3.
Press the
4.
Press the
the radio starts scanning. Once it finds a tone or code in use, it will beep and stop
flashing, indicating that a tone or code has been found.
5.
Press the
6.
Press the
If you wish to communicate with a party after finding out what CTCSS or DCS settings
they're transmitting with, configure your transmit CTCSS or DCS according with what
the scanner set for your receive CTCSS or DCS. For details see Chapter 8, Selective
calling.
22
This featue has been removed from radios
containing the N5R firmware series.
key to enter the menu.
to scan for DCS codes, or
to scan for CTCSS sub-tones.
key to select.
key momentarily, CT or DCS will start flashing in the display as
key to confirm.
key to exit the menu system
key again.
Scanning