Beyond the Basics50priorityThe priority feature lets you scan through channelsand still not miss important or interesting calls onspecific channels. You can program one storedchannel in each bank as a priority channel (10 total).If the priority feature is turned on, as the scannerscans the bank, it checks that bank's priority channelfor activity every 2 seconds.The scanner automatically designates each bank'sfirst channel as its priority channel.Follow these steps to select a different channel in abank as the priority channel.X Manually select the channel you want to select asthe priority channel.Y Press FUNC + PGM, then press FUNC +PRIORITY. P appears to the left of the selectedchannel number.Z Repeat Steps X and Y for the channel in eachbank you want to program as a priority channel.To turn on the priority feature, press FUNC +PRIORITY during scanning. PRI appears. Then thescanner checks the designated priority channelevery 2 seconds in each bank.