Locking Out Channels; Clearing A Stored Channel - Radio Shack 2000649 / PRO-649 Owner's Manual

Locking Out Channels

You can increase the scanning or search speed by locking
out channels or frequencies that have a continuous
transmission, such as control channels, weather
channels, or birdie frequencies.
Press L/O when the scanner stops on a channel or frequency
while scanning or searching. The scanner locks out the
channel/frequency and continues scanning/searching.
To manually lock-out a channel, select the channel then
press L/O. appears in the display.
L/0
• Your scanner automatically locks out empty channels.
• You can still manually select locked-out channels.
• You can lock-out a maximum of 50 frequencies during
a search. If you try to lock-out more, L-O Fr-FULL
appears.
Managing Lock-outs
1. Set the scanner to manual by pressing SCAN/MAN
until MAN appears
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2. Hold down L/O L/O RV W for about two seconds.
The scanner pulls up a locked out channel.
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3. Press and hold L/O L/O RV W to show the next
locked out channel. If an error beep sounds, there are
no locked out channels.
4. To remove the lock-out, press L/O
L/0 disappears.
Managing Service Bank Lock-outs
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1. Hold down L/O L/O RV W for about two seconds
during a Service Bank search.
2. Press  or  repeatedly to scroll through the list
of locked-out frequencies. L-r and
display.
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3. Press L/O L/O RV W to remove the lock-out. The list
scrolls to the next locked-out frequency.
• When you reach the highest locked-out frequency, the
scanner beeps twice and rolls to the lowest locked-out
frequency.
• If the Service Bank has no locked-out frequencies,
EMPty appears.
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L/O RV W until
L/0
appear in the
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Unlocking All Service Bank Frequencies
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1. Hold down L/O L/O RV W for about two seconds
during a Service Bank search. L-r appears.
2. While holding down TUNE/CLEAR, press
/
L/O L/O RV W. FLo ALL–CL appears for about two
seconds. Then the display alternates with YES ---
Ent and No --CLEAr.
3. Press ENT. L-r EMPty appears. The scanner clears
lock-outs from all frequencies in the Service Bank.

Clearing a Stored Channel

To remove a frequency stored in a channel.
1. Press SCAN/MAN to stop
scanning.
2. Press the number keys to
enter the channel number
(1–200).
3. Press PGM. PGM appears.
4. Press 0 then ENT. The
frequency number changes
to 000.000 to indicate the
0
channel is cleared.
5. To clear another channel, use the number keys to
enter that channel number then press PGM again.
Or, repeatedly press PGM until the desired channel
number appears. Repeat Step 4.
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