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LISTENING SAFELY
To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use an earphone or headphones.
. Set the volume to the lowest setting before you begin listening. After you begin listening, adjust the volume
to a comfortable level.
. Do not listen at extremely high volume levels. Extended high-volume listening can lead to permanent
hearing loss.
. Once you set the volume, do not increase it. Over time, your ears adapt to the volume level, so a volume
level that does not cause discomfort might still damage your hearing.
TRAFFIC SAFETY
. Do not use an earphone or headphones with your scanner when operating a motor vehicle or riding a
bicycle in or near traffic. Doing so can create a traffic hazard and could be illegal in some areas.
. If you use an earphone or headphones with your scanner while riding a bicycle, be very careful. Do not listen
to a continuous transmission. Even though some earphones or headphones let you hear some outside
sounds when listening at normal volume levels, they still can present a traffic hazard.
CONNECTING AN EXTENTION SPEAKER
In a noisy area, an amplified extension speaker (available at your local RadioShack store) might provide more
comfortable listening. Plug the speaker cable's 1/8-inch (3.5 mm) plug into your scanner's (headphone
symbol) jack
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Note: Connecting an external speaker disconnects the scanner's internal speaker.
UNDERSTANDING THE SCANNER
Once you understand a few simple terms used in this manual and familiarize yourself with your scanner's
features, you can put the scanner to work for you. You simply determine the type of communications you want
to receive, then set the scanner to scan them.
A frequency is the tuning location of a station (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find active frequencies, you can
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