Locking Out Channels; Manually Selectinga Channel - Radio Shack Pro-2045 Owner's Manual

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Locking Out Channels

You can increase the effective scan-
ning speed by locking out channels
that have a continuous transmission,
such as a weather channel.
Note: You can manually select the
channels you have locked out.
To lock out a channel, manually select
the channel, then press
L/O appears on the display.
To review the locked-out channels,
manually select the first channel you
want to review. Then repeatedly press
to see the locked-out chan-
REVIEW
nels in sequence.
Note: If you press
REVIEW
is no locked-out channel, the scanner
sounds an error tone.
To remove the lock-out from a chan-
nel, manually select the channel, then
press so L/O
LOCKOUT
from the display.
Follow these steps to unlock all chan-
nels in the selected banks.
1. Select the banks while the scan-
ner is scanning.
2. Press to stop scanning.
MANUAL
3. Press and hold
LOCKOUT
scanner beeps twice.
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MANUALLY SELECTING
A CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a spe-
cific channel without scanning. This is
useful if you hear an emergency
broadcast on a channel and do not
want to miss any details (even though
there might be periods of silence) or if
you want to monitor a specific chan-
nel.
so
LOCKOUT
If your scanner is scanning and stops
at the desired channel, press
one time. Pressing
times causes your scanner to step
through the channels.
To manually select a channel, press
MANUAL
when there
way one click. Then enter the channel
number using either of the following
methods:
• Enter the channel number, then
disappears
• Press
until the
MANUAL
or turn the rotary tuner either
press again.
MANUAL
FREQ/CHAN-LOCK
scanner displays
CHAN
the rotary tuner until the desired
channel number appears.
MANUAL
additional
until the
, then turn