Special Features; Using The Keylock; Locking Out Channels - Radio Shack PRO-76 Owner's Manual

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SPECIAL FEATURES

USING THE
KEYLOCK
Once you program your
scanner, you can protect it
from accidental program
changes by turning on the
keylock feature. When the
keypad is locked, the only
controls that operate are
, ,
SCAN MANUAL KEYLOCK
, and
VOLUME SQUELCH
Note: The keylock does not
prevent the scanner from
scanning channels.
To turn the keylock on or off,
turn on the scanner then
hold down
KEYLOCK
about 3 seconds. The scan-
ner beeps and
KEYLOCK
appears or disappears.
LOCKING OUT
CHANNELS
You can increase the effec-
tive scanning speed by lock-
ing out individual channels
that have a continuous
transmission, such as a
weather channel (see "Na-
tional Weather Frequen-
cies" on Page 34) or a birdie
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frequency (see "Birdie Fre-
quencies" on Page 34).
To lock out a channel, man-
ually select the channel then
press
L/OUT
To remove the lockout from
a channel, manually select
the channel then pr ess
.
L/OUT L/O
,
.
To unlock all memory chan-
nels, follow these steps.
1. While scanning, turn on
the memory banks you
want to unlock.
2. Press
MANUAL
for 3. Hold down
least 3 seconds. The
scanner
and unlocks all memory
channels you previously
locked
selected banks).
Notes:
• Your scanner automati-
cally locks out empty
channels.
• You can still manually
select locked-out chan-
nels.
. appears.
L/O
disappears.
.
for at
L/OUT
beeps twice
out (in the