Activating the Priority
Feature
Press
while scanning or
PRI
manually parked on a channel.
PRIon
PRIwx
(or
if you set the
priority to a weather frequency)
appears on the bottom line of the
P
display, and
will appear in the
top line while scanning or parked
on a channel in manual mode. If
the scanner detects activity on the
Pri Channel
priority channel,
appears in the scanner’s display. If
the scanner detects the 1050 Hz
weather alert tone in Priority WX
mode, the display will show
Weather ALERT
and the scanner
sounds an alert tone (see “SAME
Standby Mode” on Page 64).
Press
to listen to the weather
WX
Ô
alert message.
Programming channels for
CTCSS and DCS operation
Your PRO-96 scanner features an
advanced, DSP based CTCSS
and DCS decoder. CTCSS and
DCS allow you to program
frequencies into your scanner that
are used by more than one group
in your area and listen only to the
group that is of interest to you by
specifying the group’s specific
CTCSS or DCS code. CTCSS and
DCS can also help reduce
instances where interfering signals
cause your scanner to stop on one
channel.
There are two ways you can
program your scanner to operate
with CTCSS and DCS. If you know
the CTCSS or DCS code that is
used on a particular frequency,
you can manually enter the code
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