Icom IC-M73 Instruction Manual

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155SCAN OPERATION (Except for the Dutch version)12345678910111213141516■ Setting Favorite channelsFor more efficient scanning, add desired channels as Favoritechannels, or clear the Favorite for unwanted channels.Untagged channels will be skipped during scanning. Favor-ite channels can be independently assigned to each channelgroup (USA, INT, CAN, ATIS) independently.Select the desired channel to set as a Favorite channel.qHold downw [FAV•★] for 1 second to set the displayed chan-nel as a Favorite channel.• “★” appears on the function display.To cancel the Favorite channel setting, hold downe [FAV•★]for 1 second.• “★” disappears.✔ Clearing (or setting) All Favorite Channels in the Se-lected Channel GroupWhile holding down [FAV•★], turn ON power to clear all theFavorite channel settings in the channel group.• Repeat above procedure to set all channels as Favorite channels.■ Starting a scanFirst, set the weather alert function, priority scan function,scan resume timer and auto scan function, using the SETmode. (pp. 26, 27)q Make sure the desired channel group (e.g., USA, CAN, INT,ATIS) is selected. Move between channel groups by repeat-edly pushing [CH/WX•U/I/C] for 1 second at a time.• When the weather alert function* is in use, select the desiredweather channel with [CH/WX•U/I/C] and [Y]/[Z].* For only the USA, EXP, and AUS versions.w Push [SCAN•DUAL] to start a priority or normal scan.• “SCAN” blinks in the function display.• “16” appears on the comment indicator during a priority scan.• When a signal is received, the scan pauses until the signal dis-appears, or resumes after pausing 5 seconds, depending on thescan resume timer setting. (Channel 16 is still monitored duringa priority scan.)• Push [Y]/[Z] to check the scanning of Favorite channels,change the scanning direction or resume the scan manually.e To stop the scan, push [SCAN•DUAL].• “SCAN” disappears.Scan starts“SCAN” indication blinksPush Pushto stop the scanWhen receiving asignal, “SCAN” indica-tion blinks and audiois heard.[Example]: Starting a normal scan.