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RF Attenuation Feature, Setting the Delay Mode

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Still another method of direct access to a specific channel: 1 Press MAN. 2 Press or to select the channel. (or press and hold or to scroll more quickly.) Lastly to step up through the channels one at a time, repeatedly press MAN. RF Attenuation Feature The BC 780XLT comes with an RF Attenuation feature. If you're near an unusually strong signal source, the signal may overload the scanner. The scanner may stop repeatedly on that signal and miss other transmissions. The RF Attenuation feature works in all modes and attenuates (reduces) the incoming signal strength to prevent stronger signals from overloading the scanner. The RF attenuation is set at the menu mode. 1. Press MENU. 2. For Search mode, press or to select SEARCH EVENT and then press E. OR For Scan mode, press or to select CH DATA and then press E. Then you must enter your channel data by pressing , or direct keypad entry. Then press E. 3. Press or to select ATTENUATOR and then press E. 4. Set to ON using or and then press E. ATT appears on the display. Remember! You can also use the VFO control for scrolling. Also instead of pressing E, you can press the VFO/SELECT control or press the SELECT/MUTE key. Note: Attenuation will only be active for the specified channel. In SEARCH mode, it is applied to the search ranges in all banks. Setting the Delay Mode A default delay of 2 seconds is automatically set for each frequency or talkgroup. A different delay can be set for each programmed channel so that when scan or search stops on a channel there is a brief pause before the scanning cycle resumes. To set the delay feature, enter into the menu mode. 1. Press MENU. 2. Press or to select CH DATA and then press E. 3. Select the channel number to be delayed using or and then press E. 4. Press or to select DELAY and then press E. 24

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Still another method of direct access to a specific channel:
1
Press
MAN
.
2
Press
▲
or
▼
to select the channel. (or press and hold
▲
or
▼
to scroll more quickly.)
Lastly to step up through the channels one at a time, repeatedly press
MAN.
RF Attenuation Feature
The BC 780XLT comes with an RF Attenuation feature. If you're near an unusually strong
signal source, the signal may overload the scanner.The scanner may stop repeatedly on
that signal and miss other transmissions.
The RF Attenuation feature works in all modes and attenuates (reduces) the incoming signal
strength to prevent stronger signals from overloading the scanner.
The RF attenuation is set at the menu mode.
1.
Press
MENU
.
2.
For Search mode, press
▲
or
▼
to select
SEARCH
EVENT
and then press
E
.
OR
For Scan mode, press
▲
or
▼
to select
CH DATA
and then press
E
. Then you must enter your channel
data by pressing
▲
,
▼
or direct keypad entry. Then
press
E
.
3.
Press
▲
or
▼
to select
ATTENUATOR
and then
press
E
.
4.
Set to
ON
using
▲
or
▼
and then press
E
.
ATT
appears on the display.
☞
Remember!
You can also use the
VFO
control for scrolling. Also instead of pressing
E
, you can press the
VFO/SELECT
control or press the
SELECT/MUTE
key.
Note: Attenuation will only be active for the specified channel. In SEARCH mode, it is applied
to the search ranges in all banks.
Setting the Delay Mode
A default delay of 2 seconds is automatically set for each frequency or talkgroup. A different
delay can be set for each programmed channel so that when scan or search stops on a
channel there is a brief pause before the scanning cycle resumes.To set the delay feature,
enter into the menu mode.
1.
Press
MENU
.
2.
Press
▲
or
▼
to select
CH DATA
and then press
E
.
3.
Select the channel number to be delayed using
▲
or
▼
and
then press
E
.
4.
Press
▲
or
▼
to select
DELAY
and then press
E
.