Changing The Receive Mode - Radio Shack PRO-2055 User Manual

Beyond the Basics
PRI
on the display while scanning. If the scanner
detects activity on the priority channel,
appears. Or if the scanner detects a weather alert
tone in Priority WX mode,
for 3 seconds then changes to
scanner sounds an alert tone.
Priority WX is only for receiving a weather alert.
Note Note
When the scanner detects a 1050 Hz alert tone,
priority WX activates and you receive a weather
alert.
If you program a weather frequency into the
priority channel and the scanner detects a weather
alert tone on that frequency, the scanner sounds
the alert tone.
To turn off the priority feature, press

changing the receive mode

The scanner is preset to the most common AM or
FM receive mode for each frequency range. The
preset mode is correct in most cases. However, some
amateur radio transmissions and trunked systems do
not operate in the preset mode. If you try to listen to a
transmission when the scanner is not set to the correct
receive mode, the transmission might sound weak or
distorted.
If you want to listen to trunking transmissions in closed
mode, you might have to change the receive mode.
To change the receive mode, repeatedly press MODE.
The receive mode changes as follows:
AM – accesses the AM mode
FM – accesses the FM mode
CT – accesses the FM mode, CTCSS System
Priority Channel
Priority Channel!
Weather ALERT
PRI
.
65
appears
and the