Using Direct Search - Radio Shack Desktop Scanner Owner's Manual

frequency flash for about 3 seconds.
If you want to store the frequency
anyway, press
ENTER
delete the frequency later.
4. To store the displayed frequency in the
selected channel, press
channel number you want to enter the
channel and press PGM
press . The channel and
ENTER
frequency flash twice, and the scanner
stores the displayed frequency. The
scanner continues to search for
frequencies.
5. To store the displayed frequency in the
monitor memory, press
monitor memory number,
frequency flash twice.
6. To search for another active frequency
in the selected band, hold down
9 9 9 9
until the radio begins searching.
7. To select a different band and search for
another active frequency, begin again
from Step 2.

Using Direct Search

During a direct search, the scanner searches
up or down, starting from a frequency you
specify. Follow these steps to use direct
search.
Note: You can use the scanner's delay
feature while using direct search.
1. Press or
MANUAL PGM
frequency (including the decimal point)
you want to use as a starting point for
the search.
Note: To start from a frequency already
stored in one of your scanner's
channels, press
MANUAL
the desired channel number, then press
or again.
MANUAL PGM
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2. Hold down
again. You can
, press the
PGM
again, then
MON/CL . The
M , and the
8 8 8 8
or
3. When the scanner finds an active
, then enter the
or , enter
PGM
Operation
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
or for a few seconds
to search up or down. -d-
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
or appear on the display.
Notes:
• To reverse the search direction at any
8 8 8 8
time, hold down or
seconds.
• To search up or down in the selected
band in small increments (in steps of
5 or 12.5 kHz), press and release
9 9 9 9
or .
• To pause the search, press and
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
release or . To begin searching
8 8 8 8
again, hold down or
• To quickly move up or down through
the frequencies, press and hold down
8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
or . The scanner tunes through
the frequencies until you release
9 9 9 9
or .
frequency, it stops searching and
displays the frequency. To store the
displayed frequency in the lowest
available channel, press
PGM
. The channel and frequency
ENTER
flash twice, and the scanner stores the
frequency. The scanner continues to
search for frequencies.
Notes:
• If there is no empty channel,
FULL appears. To store more
frequencies, you must clear some
channels. "Clearing a Stored
Channel" on Page 18. To continue
searching after Ch-FULL
8 8 8 8
press and hold down
, SRCH , and
9 9 9 9
for a few
8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9
.
8 8 8 8
then press
Ch-
appears,
9 9 9 9
or .