GME GA9800 Instruction Manual page 187

to program a frequency
into a listening channel
1 . rotate the channel knob to select the required listening
channel to edit (41-99) .
2 . Press and hold the mEnu key until a beep is
heard . the current frequency assigned to the listening
channel will be displayed, or 'oFF' if the channel is
currently inactive .
3 . rotate the channel knob to select the desired
frequency .
4 . A quick press on the channel knob will toggle the
frequency step between 12 .5 khz/25 khz and 1 mhz .
the corresponding digit will be flashing, indicating the
current frequency step .
5 . once you have the correct frequency displayed, press
and hold the mEnu button to store the frequency
and exit the menu, or alternatively, press and hold the
channel knob to store the frequency, but stay in the
frequency edit menu for further editing of the same
listening channel . Please note however the menu will
time out after 20 seconds of inactivity .
notes:
• The display only indicates to 10 kHz resolution. The 'kHz'
digit is not displayed,
e .g . 468 .425 mhz will display as:
4 6 8
• While you are selecting the frequency, the receiver is live
and will receive signals on the frequency being displayed .
you can use this feature to manually identify active
frequencies and store them .
• to delete a currently active listening channel, edit the
frequency as described above, but rotate the channel
knob left until the display shows 'oFF' . once the channel
data is saved and the menu exited (by pressing and
holding the mEnu key) the deleted listening channel
will only be visible again if the 'All Visible' mode is
selected, as described in the initial Programming
section on page 13 .
to program additional listening frequencies
repeat steps 1-5 above .
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10 khz
100 khz
1 mhz
10 mhz
100 mhz
i n s t r u c t i o n m A n u A l
once finished editing all the desired listening channels, they
are immediately available for usage . rotating the channel
knob the edited listening channels can immediately be
selected for monitoring . if the radio is in the 'All Visible'
mode, the currently inactive channels can also be selected,
but on these channels there will be no reception (as the
channels are 'oFF') .
assigning alPha laBEls
to listEning channEls
your listening channels can be tagged with a five
digit alpha label . to program the alpha label for the
listening channel:
1 . Ensure the radio is in AlPhA mode by pressing F and
alPha until the display shows 'AlPhA' .
2 . rotate the channel knob to select the required listening
channel for which you wish to edit the alpha tag .
3 . Press and hold the mEnu button until a beep is heard .
the current alpha tag for the selected listening channel
will be displayed with the first character will be flashing .
4 . rotate the channel knob to select the required letter
for the first digit .
5 . Briefly press the channel knob to select the next digit
to edit .
6 . repeat steps 4-5 until the display shows the desired
alpha tag .
7 . once the correct alpha tag is displayed, press and hold
the mEnu button to store the alpha tag and exit the
menu . Alternatively, press and hold the channel knob
to store the alpha tag but stay in the listening channel
Edit menu for further editing, for example to edit the
channel frequency too .
SEEK mOdE
during programming of a listening channel, the actual
frequency to program may not be known in advance . seek
mode is a unique feature that allows you to continuously
scan a band of frequencies for activity, and assign the
frequency of interest to the current listening channel .
using sEEK moDE
Before using Seek mode you should
1 . select your preferred frequency step (12 .5 khz or
25 khz) .
2 . Enable the listening channel numbers in which you wish
to store active frequencies . you cannot use seek mode
unless at least one channel is enabled .
3 . select numEric mode so that the frequency can be
displayed (rather than the alpha label) .
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