Setting Favorite Channels; Starting A Scan - Icom IC-M506GE Instruction Manual

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SCAN OPERATION

■ Setting Favorite channels

For more efficient scanning, add desired channels as Favor-
ite channels, or clear the Favorite on unwanted channels.
Channels that are not tagged as Favorites will be skipped
while scanning. Favorite channels can be independently as-
signed to each channel group (INT, USA, CAN or ATIS).
q Select the desired channel group. (p. 10)
w Select the desired channel to be set as a Favorite channel.
e Push [] to set the displayed channel as a Favorite channel.
• The "" icon appears on the display.
r To cancel the Favorite channel setting, repeat step e.
• The "" icon disappears.
✓ Clearing (or setting) all Favorite channels
Hold down [] for 3 seconds (until a long beep changes to
2 short beeps) to clear all Favorite channel settings in the
selected channel group.
• Repeat above procedure to set all channels as Favorite channels.
[Example]: Starting a Normal scan.
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■ Starting a scan

First, set the scan type (Priority or Normal scan) and scan
resume timer in the Menu screen. (p. 90)
q Select the desired channel group. (p. 10)
w Set the Favorite channels, as described to the left.
e Make sure the squelch is closed to start a scan.
r Push [SCAN] to start a Priority or Normal scan.
• " SCAN 16" appears during a Priority scan; "SCAN" appears dur-
ing a Normal scan.
• When a signal is detected, the scan pauses until the signal dis-
appears, or resumes after pausing 5 seconds, depending on the
setting. (Channel 16 is still monitored during a Priority scan.)
• Push [Y]/[Z] on either transceiver or microphone, to check the
scanning Favorite channels, change the scanning direction or
manually resume the scan.
• A beep tone sounds and "16" blinks when a signal is received on
Channel 16 during a Priority scan.
t To stop the scan, push [CLEAR] or repeat step r.
Scan starts.
Push
[SCAN]
When a signal is received.