Radio Shack 2000649 / PRO-649 Owner's Manual

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20 21Locking Out ChannelsYou can increase the scanning or search speed by lockingout channels or frequencies that have a continuoustransmission, such as control channels, weatherchannels, or birdie frequencies.Press L/O when the scanner stops on a channel or frequencywhile scanning or searching. The scanner locks out thechannel/frequency and continues scanning/searching.To manually lock-out a channel, select the channel thenpress L/O. L/0 appears in the display.• Your scanner automatically locks out empty channels.• You can still manually select locked-out channels.• You can lock-out a maximum of 50 frequencies duringa search. If you try to lock-out more, L-O Fr-FULLappears.Managing Lock-outs1. Set the scanner to manual by pressing SCAN/MANuntil MAN appears2. Hold down L/O/L/O RV W for about two seconds.The scanner pulls up a locked out channel.3. Press and hold L/O/L/O RV W to show the nextlocked out channel. If an error beep sounds, there areno locked out channels.4. To remove the lock-out, press L/O/L/O RV W untilL/0 disappears.Managing Service Bank Lock-outs1. Hold down L/O/L/O RV W for about two secondsduring a Service Bank search.2. Press  or  repeatedly to scroll through the listof locked-out frequencies. L-r and L/0 appear in thedisplay.3. Press L/O/L/O RV W to remove the lock-out. The listscrolls to the next locked-out frequency.• When you reach the highest locked-out frequency, thescanner beeps twice and rolls to the lowest locked-outfrequency.• If the Service Bank has no locked-out frequencies,EMPty appears.Unlocking All Service Bank Frequencies1. Hold down L/O/L/O RV W for about two secondsduring a Service Bank search. L-r appears.2. While holding down TUNE/CLEAR, pressL/O/L/O RV W. FLo ALL–CL appears for about twoseconds. Then the display alternates with YES ---Ent and No --CLEAr.3. Press ENT. L-r EMPty appears. The scanner clearslock-outs from all frequencies in the Service Bank.Clearing a Stored ChannelTo remove a frequency stored in a channel.1. Press SCAN/MAN to stopscanning.2. Press the number keys toenter the channel number(1–200).3. Press PGM. PGM appears.4. Press 0 then ENT. Thefrequency number changesto 000.000 0 to indicate thechannel is cleared.5. To clear another channel, use the number keys toenter that channel number then press PGM again.Or, repeatedly press PGM until the desired channelnumber appears. Repeat Step 4.13,5 42,4,5