268 SET MODE■ SET mode itemsD Beep tone function “ ”Turns ON the key touch beep sound or AJ, or turns OFF thesound OFF.• ON : A fixed beep sounds (default)• AJ : The preset beeps (example: do, re, mi) sound• OFF : Silent operationPushBeep tone ON (default) Beep tone OFFWeather alert function “D ”For only the USA, EXP, and AUS versions, a NOAA broadcaststation transmits a weather alert tone before any importantweather announcements. When the weather alert function isturned ON, any detected weather alert will make the IC-M73/IC-M73EURO activate a blinking “ ” alert icon on thefunction display and repeatedly sound a beep tone. The blink-ing and beeping stops when the radio is picked up and op-erated. The previously selected weather channel is checkedany time during standby, or while scanning, when the powersave function is activated.• “ ” appears when the function is turned ON.PushWeather alert functionOFF (default)Weather alert functionOND Priority scan function “ ”Except for the HOL version, the transceiver has 2 scantypes— normal (OFF) and priority (ON) scans. Normal scansearches all Favorite (TAG) channels in the selected channelgroup. Priority scan sequentially searches all Favorite (TAG)channels while monitoring Channel 16.• The default setting may differ, depending on the version.PushNormal scan (default) Priority scanD Scan resume timer “ ”Except for the HOL version, the scan resume timer can be setas a pause (OFF) or timer scan (ON). When OFF is selected,the scan pauses until a received signal disappears. When ONis selected, the scan pauses for 5 seconds after receiving asignal and then resumes even if a signal has been received.PushScan resume timerOFF (default)Scan resume timerON