Setting Tag Channels; Starting A Scan - Icom IC-M23 Instruction Manual

■ Setting TAG channels

For more efficient scanning, add the desired channels as
TAG channels, or clear the TAG on unwanted channels.
Channels that are not tagged will be skipped while scan.
TAG channels can be independently assigned to each USA,
International, Canada and ATIS channel group.
q Hold down [CH] for 1 second one or more times to select
the desired channel group.
w Select the desired channel to be set as a TAG channel.
e Hold down [TAG] (FAV) for 1 second to set the displayed
channel as a TAG channel.
• " " appears on the display.
r To cancel a TAG channel setting, hold down [TAG] (FAV) for
1 second.
• " " disappears.
✔ Clearing (or setting) all tagged channels
While holding down [TAG] (FAV), turn ON the power to clear
all TAG channels in the selected channel group.
• Repeat above procedure to set all channels as TAG channels
(when no TAG channel has been set.)
[Example]: Starting a normal scan.
Scanning starts
Push

■ Starting a scan

Set the Priority Scan function, Scan Resume Timer and Auto
Scan function in advance, in the Set mode. (p. 18)
q Hold down [CH] for 1 second one or more times to select
a desired channel group.
w Push [SCAN] to start a priority or normal scan.
• "SCAN" blinks while scanning.
• "16" appears on the sub channel readout during a priority scan.
• When a signal is received, the scan pauses until the signal
disappears, or resumes after pausing 5 seconds, depending on
the Set mode setting.
• Push [Y] or [Z] to sequentially select TAG channels, change
the scanning direction or manually resume the scan.
e To stop the scan, push [SCAN] again.
• "SCAN" disappears.
• Pushing [PTT], [16], [CH] or [FAV] also stops the scan.
When a signal is received
Blinks
Appears
SCAN OPERATION
Blinks
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