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Notes:
• The scanner does not stay on the
priority channel while the scanner
is receiving trunking frequencies.
• If you program a weather channel
as the priority channel, the scan-
ner stays on that channel only
when it detects the weather alert
tone.
• The scanner cannot set a channel
as the priority channel if the chan-
nel’s receive mode is
LTR
,
MOT
,
or
ED
.
Follow these steps to program a chan-
nel as the priority channel.
1. Press
MAN
.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
channel number you want to pro-
gram as the priority channel, then
press
MAN
.
3. Press
FUNC
then
PRI
.
Pri
appears to the right of the fre-
quency.
Follow these steps to program a
weather channel as the priority chan-
nel.
1. Press
WX
.
2. Select the weather channel you
want to program as the priority
channel.
3. Press
FUNC
then
PRI
.
Pri
appears to the right of the fre-
quency.
To turn on the priority feature, press
PRI
while scanning.
Priority
ON
(or
Priority
WX
if you set the prior-
ity to a weather channel) appears for
about 3 seconds then
P
appears. The
scanner checks the priority channel
every 2 seconds and stays on the
channel if there is activity (or if it de-
tects a weather alert tone if a weather
channel is the priority channel), and
Pri
appears and
S
or
M
changes to
P
.
To turn off the priority feature, press
PRI
.
Priority OFF
appears and
P
disappears.
Notes:
• If you program a weather fre-
quency into the priority channel
and the scanner detects a
weather alert tone on that fre-
quency, the scanner sounds the
alert tone.
• The scanner always monitors the
priority channel even if the bank it
is contained in is set to closed
mode (see “Changing the Open/
Closed Mode”).
CHANGING THE OPEN/
CLOSED MODE
You can set each of the scanner’s
banks to open mode or closed mode.
When a bank is set to open mode, the
scanner receives all transmissions on
the frequencies in that bank. When a
bank is set to closed mode, the scan-
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