Setting Favorite Channels; Scan Operation; Starting A Scan - Icom IC-M323 Instruction Manual

Setting Favorite channels

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For more efficient scanning, add desired channels as Favor-
ite channels, or clear the Favorite on unwanted channels.
Channels that are not tagged will be skipped while scanning.
Favorite channels can be independently assigned to each
channel group (INT, USA, ATIS or DSC).
Select the desired channel group. (p. 10)
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Select the desired channel to be set as a Favorite channel.
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Push [ ] to set the displayed channel as a Favorite channel.
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• "" appears on the display.
To cancel the Favorite channel setting, repeat step
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• "" disappears.
Clearing (or setting) all Favorite channels
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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.

Starting a scan

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First, set the scan type (Priority or Normal scan) and scan
resume timer in the Menu screen. (p. 68)
Select the desired channel group. (p. 10)
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Set the Favorite channels, as described to the left.
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Make sure the squelch is closed to start a scan.
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Push [SCAN] to start a Priority or Normal scan.
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• "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
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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.
To stop the scan, push [CLEAR] or repeat step
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Scan starts.
Push
[SCAN]

SCAN OPERATION

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When a signal is received.
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