Uniden BC780XLT English Owners Manual - Page 37

Search Hold Feature, Data Skip, Frequency Skip - reset

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Search Hold Feature 1. Press HOLD/ at anytime to stop the search. 2. Press HOLD/ to move to the next higher frequency. --- OR --- Press LIMIT/ to move down to the previous frequency. 3. Press SRCH to resume searching. Data Skip A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives. This means the BC780XLT will occasionally stop on data signals and unmodulated transmissions. You can automatically skip many of these types of transmissions during search. To activate the data skip feature, enter into the menu mode. 1. Press MENU. 2. Press or to select SYSTEM DATA and then press E. 3. Press or to select DATA SKIP and then press E. 4. Set to ON using , or VFO and then press E. DATA appears on the display. When data skip is active, your scanner may pause momentarily on an unwanted signal but will resume searching in 2 or 3 seconds. Data Skip does not function during AM/WFM band scan, chain search, or WX search, Priority Scan, and Trunking Mode. Frequency Skip If a particular frequency continues to interrupt search scanning, it is possible to set your scanner to skip the frequency. To skip over a frequency, press L/O when stopping at the frequency you want to skip. Note: • You can program up to 200 skip frequencies. The 201st skip frequency entered causes the first skipped frequency to unlock. • If all frequencies in the search range are set to skip, it moves to Search hold mode. To resume searching, do as follows: 1) Cancel the frequency skip set, or 2) Reset the search frequency range. To cancel all skipped frequencies, press and hold L/O for 2 seconds. 29

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Search Hold Feature
1.
Press
HOLD/
at anytime to stop the search.
2.
Press
HOLD/
to move to the next higher frequency.
–––
OR
–––
Press
LIMIT/
to move down to the previous frequency.
3.
Press
SRCH
to resume searching.
Data Skip
A scanner will normally stop on any transmission it receives. This means the BC780XLT will
occasionally stop on data signals and unmodulated transmissions. You can automatically
skip many of these types of transmissions during search. To activate the data skip feature,
enter into the menu mode.
1.
Press
MENU
.
2.
Press
or
to select
SYSTEM DATA
and then press
E
.
3.
Press
or
to select
DATA SKIP
and then press
E
.
4.
Set to
ON
using
,
or
VFO
and then press
E
.
DATA
appears on the display.
When data skip is active, your scanner may pause momentarily on an unwanted signal but
will resume searching in 2 or 3 seconds. Data Skip does not function during AM/WFM band
scan, chain search, or WX search, Priority Scan, and Trunking Mode.
Frequency Skip
If a particular frequency continues to interrupt search scanning, it is possible to set your
scanner to skip the frequency.
To skip over a frequency, press
L/O
when stopping at the frequency you want
to skip.
Note
:
You can program up to 200 skip frequencies.
The 201st skip frequency entered causes the
first skipped frequency to unlock.
If all frequencies in the search range are set to
skip, it moves to Search hold mode.
To resume searching, do as follows:
1) Cancel the frequency skip set, or
2) Reset the search frequency range.
To cancel all skipped frequencies, press and hold
L/O
for 2 seconds.