Icom iM323 Instruction Manual

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175SCAN OPERATIONSetting Favorite channels■For more efficient scanning, add desired channels as Favor-ite channels, or clear the Favorite on unwanted channels.Channels that are not tagged will be skipped while scanning.Favorite channels can be independently assigned to eachchannel group (INT, USA, ATIS or DSC).Select the desired channel group. (p. 10)qSelect the desired channel to be set as a Favorite channel.wPush [e ] to set the displayed channel as a Favorite channel.฀ •฀“” appears on the display.To cancel the Favorite channel setting, repeat stepr e.฀ •฀“” disappears.Clearing (or setting) all Favorite channels✓Hold down [] for 3 seconds (until a long beep changes to2 short beeps) to clear all Favorite channel settings in theselected channel group.•฀Repeat฀above฀procedure฀to฀set฀all฀channels฀as฀Favorite฀channels.Starting a scan■First, set the scan type (Priority or Normal scan) and scanresume timer in the Menu screen. (p. 68)Select the desired channel group. (p. 10)qSet the Favorite channels, as described to the left.wMake sure the squelch is closed to start a scan.ePush [SCAN] to start a Priority or Normal scan.r฀ •฀฀“SCAN฀16”฀appears฀during฀a฀Priority฀scan;฀“SCAN”฀appears฀dur-ing a Normal scan.฀ •฀฀When฀a฀signal฀is฀detected,฀the฀scan฀pauses฀until฀the฀signal฀dis-appears, or resumes after pausing 5 seconds, depending on thesetting. (Channel 16 is still monitored during a Priority scan.)฀ •฀฀Push฀[Y]/[Z] on either transceiver or microphone, to check thescanning Favorite channels, change the scanning direction ormanually resume the scan.฀ •฀฀A฀beep฀tone฀sounds฀and฀“16”฀blinks฀when฀a฀signal฀is฀received฀on฀Channel 16 during a Priority scan.To stop the scan, push [CLEAR] or repeat stept r.Scan starts. When a signal is received.Push[SCAN][Example]: Starting a Normal scan.12345678910111213141516