To determine whether the information on this page applies to your scanner, see the tags at the bottom of the page.
This menu lets you set general options for how the scanner operates in Search and Close Call modes.
Freq Lockouts
- Rvw Search L/O : This option displays a list of all locked out frequencies. To unlock any frequency on the list, just select it and press YES .
- Unlock All : This option removes the locks on all frequencies at once.
Broadcast Screen
Choose whether you want the scanner to screen out common broadcast bands and ignore hits on these bands. You can screen out signals on 5 preset bands and up to 10 custom bands. The preset bands are:
- Pager
- FM (88.1000 - 107.9000 MHz)
- UHF TV (470.0000 - 512.0000 MHz)
- VHF TV (54.0000 - 72.0000, 76.0000 - 88.0000, and 174.0000 - 216.0000 MHz)
- NOAA WX (161.6500, 161.7750, 162.4000, 162.4250, 162.4500, 162.4750, 162.5000, 162.5250, 162.5500, and 163.2750 MHz)
Your options for broadcast screening are listed below:
Set All Band On
Turn on screening for all broadcast bands and ignore any hits on these frequencies.
Set All Band Off
Turn off screening for all broadcast bands, and treat hits on these frequencies the same as any other band.
Set Each Band
Turn screening on or off for each band individually. The scanner displays the bands listed above. Select the band you want to change, then press
YES to toggle the setting.
Program Band
Create up to 10 custom bands that you want the scanner to screen out hits on.
- Select a custom band slot (Band 1 through Band 10).
- When the scanner prompts you, input the lower frequency limit.
- When the scanner prompts you, input the upper frequency limit.
- Once you create the custom band, turn screening on or off the same way you did for the preset bands.
CTCSS/DCS Search
Turn this feature on if you want the scanner to search an active frequency for CTCSS/DCS tones. (The scanner ignores this setting in AM, WFM, and FMB bands.)
Repeater Find
If you turn this feature on, whenever the scanner detects a signal on a common repeater input frequency, it automatically searches for that signal on the output frequency. If it finds the signal on the output frequency, the scanner displays
Repeater Found and switches to monitor the output frequency.
Max Auto Store
Enter the maximum number of hits you want the scanner to store during Search and Store mode or Close Call Auto Store mode. When the number of stored hits reaches the number you enter here, the scanner stops storing hits. Enter a number from
1 to
256 .
Set Delay Time
Set the number of seconds the scanner should wait after a transmission stops before moving on to the next channel. Select
0,
1,
2 (default),
5,
10, or
30 seconds.
To have scanner leave the channel after a designated number of seconds whether the transmission stops or not, select one of the negative values. Choose
-10 seconds to have the scanner leave the channel after 10 seconds even if the transmission is still going on; choose
-5 seconds or
-2 seconds to have the scanner leave after 5 seconds or 2 seconds, respectively.
Set Attenuator
Turn on attenuation to reduce the signal strength by 20 dB. This can help to reduce interference and improve reception if you are in an area with high RF levels.
You can turn on attentuation for individual frequencies and channels or for entire sites. If you turn on attenuation for a site, all frequencies within that site will be attenuated.