Basic Settings - Radio Shack 20-106 User Manual

Scanner Setup
To set the attenuator mode in the Global Menu:
1. Press PGM for Program Mode.
2. Press GLOB softkey to access GLOB menu.
3. Press or to scroll to
4. Press or to select
5. When attenuator is set to Global, you can set
Global attenuator on or off. Press
scroll to
Global Atten.
6. Press or to select on or off.
7. Press softkey to save the new setting.
SAVE
To set the attenuator mode using the ATT key:
When the scanner is in Manual Mode, or Program
Mode, Search Mode, or Signal Stalker Mode, or
when it the scan stops:
• Press ATT to toggle on and off the attenuator
setting.
• Press FUNC ATT to toggle on and off the
global attenuator setting.

Basic Settings

The Global menu stores all of the radio-wide
settings used by the scanner. The Global menu
allows you to "tweak" these settings to your
liking. The default settings will work fine for most
users, but you may want to use the Global menu
to personalize the radio to suit your individual
tastes. The most common settings are described
in the following sections. Refer to "Appendix B:
Detailed Menu Reference: GLOB Menu" on page 102
for a description of all the settings.
• The active parameter is always the middle
parameter and is indicated by a flashing colon (:).
.
Atten Mode
or .
Global Normal
or
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• Some Global parameter changes do not take
effect until the Global menu is saved.
• Help is available for every menu parameter.
Press FUNC SEL to view help for the selected
parameter. Press SEL to exit help.
• The
Undo
numerical values can be set, allowing you to
exit a parameter field without saving changes.
to
A note will appear: "
" Press
Back?
continue editing. Press
and return to the previous menu.
• Each menu parameter features a
that can be used to restore the value to the
factory defaults. This can be very useful if you
make a change to a parameter but do not like
the result.
• You can restore all Global settings to their
defaults without affecting your programmed
objects or V-Scanners. Power cycle the radio,
then press 0, then 2 during the welcome
message display. Press ENT to confirm the
Global parameter reset.
To access GLOB menu:
1. Press PGM for Program Mode.
2. Press
GLOB
3. Press
Note: Press FUNC
top or bottom of the menu.
4. Press
field.
5. Press
SAVE
radio configuration memory.
Scanner Setup
softkey appears in fields where
Unsaved Changes! Go
to go back to the field and
YES
to discard changes
NO
softkey to access Global menu.
or to scroll to the desired parameter.
or FUNC to jump to the
or to select options for selected
softkey to save new settings to
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softkey
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