Understanding The Scanner's Memory; Channel-Storage Banks; Monitor Memories - Radio Shack PRO-2048 Owner's Manual

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UNDERSTANDING THE
SCANNER'S MEMORY
You can store up to 210 frequencies
into your scanner's memory. This
scanner has 200 channel memories
and 10 monitor memories.

Channel-Storage Banks

To make it easier to identify and se-
lect the channels you want to listen
to, channels are divided into 10 chan-
nel-storage banks of 20 channels
each. Use each storage bank to
group frequencies, such as the po-
lice department, fire department, am-
bulance services, or aircraft (see
"Guide to the Action Bands" on
Page 31).
For example, the police department
might use four frequencies, one for
each side of town. You could pro-
gram the police frequencies starting
with Channel 1 (the first channel in
Bank 1) and program the fire depart-
ment starting with Channel 21 (the
first channel in Bank 2).

Monitor Memories

The scanner has 10 monitor memo-
ries. You can use these memories to
temporarily store frequencies while
you decide whether or not to store
them into 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 "Searching For and Tem-
porarily Storing Active Frequencies"
on Page 20.
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