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Automatically Storing Frequencies, Setting Subaudible Tones for Searching, Searching for Subaudible

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Automatically Storing Frequencies During searching, you can have the scanner automatically store active frequencies into a bank you choose. 1:SERVICE OPTION → :CHAIN SEARCH → 6:AUTO STORE → 1:ON 1. Press the numbers corresponding to the banks you want the scanner to store found frequencies into. 2. Press SEARCH to start the auto-store operation. 3. Press HOLD/MAN to stop auto-store. The scanner exits the auto-store mode. Note: To ensure that you catch most active frequencies for the band, you should allow the auto-store operation to continue through at least a few complete sweeps of the band. Depending on the types of services, some occasionally active frequencies might not have activity for minutes or hours at a time. Setting Subaudible Tones for Searching You can set the scanner to only stop on transmissions that either have no subaudible tone or include a specified CTCSS or DCS tone during searches. This setting affects all search ranges. For this feature to work, you need to turn on the Tone Mode (see "Setting Squelch Mode"). 1:SERVICE OPTION → :CHAIN SEARCH → 5:TONE DATA 1:CTCSS Lets you set the CTCSS tone. 2:DCS Lets you set the DCS. 3:OFF Does not use subaudible tones. Note: If, instead of pressing E to select a tone you press L/O, the scanner will stop on any transmission except for those with the selected tone. Searching for Subaudible Tones If you set the system tone option to 3:TONE SEARCH (see "Setting Squelch Mode"), the scanner will determine the correct tone for the received signal. 30

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Automatically Storing Frequencies
During searching, you can have the scanner automatically
store active frequencies into a bank you choose.
1:SERVICE OPTION
→
:CHAIN SEARCH
→
6:AUTO STORE
→
1:ON
1.
Press the numbers corresponding to the banks you want
the scanner to store found frequencies into.
2.
Press
SEARCH
to start the auto-store operation.
3.
Press
HOLD/MAN
to stop auto-store. The scanner exits
the auto-store mode.
Note:
To ensure that you catch most active frequencies for
the band, you should allow the auto-store operation to
continue through at least a few complete sweeps of the
band. Depending on the types of services, some
occasionally active frequencies might not have activity
for minutes or hours at a time.
Setting Subaudible Tones for Searching
You can set the scanner to only stop on transmissions that
either have no subaudible tone or include a specified CTCSS
or DCS tone during searches. This setting affects all search
ranges. For this feature to work, you need to turn on the Tone
Mode (see “Setting Squelch Mode”).
1:SERVICE OPTION
→
:CHAIN SEARCH
→
5:TONE DATA
1:CTCSS
Lets you set the CTCSS tone.
2:DCS
Lets you set the DCS.
3:OFF
Does not use subaudible tones.
Note:
If, instead of pressing
E
to select a tone you press
L/O
,
the scanner will stop on any transmission except for
those with the selected tone.
Searching for Subaudible Tones
If you set the system tone option to
3:TONE SEARCH
(see
“Setting Squelch Mode”), the scanner will determine the
correct tone for the received signal.
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