Radio Shack PRO-94 - Manual (Page 35)

35 Special Features
TURNING THE BATTERY SAVE
FUNCTION OFF/ON
When the scanner is set to receive (monitor) a manually
selected channel, and it is not actively scanning, using
the battery save feature conserves energy.
To turn the battery save function off or back on, turn off
the scanner, then hold down
PRIORITY and turn on the
scanner.
• OFF SAVE briefly appears when battery save has
been turned off.
• on SAVE briefly appears when battery save has
been turned on, and appears.
When the battery save feature is active, the scanner re-
peatedly turns off the internal power for 1 second, then
turns it back on for about
1
/ 2 second to check for a trans-
mission.
SKIPPING DATA SIGNALS
To prevent the scanner from stopping on channels that
consist of nonmodulated or data signals (such as fax or
modem transmissions) during a search or scan, turn on
the data skip feature. When the radio receives a data
signal and data skip is selected, the signal is ignored.
To turn on the data skip feature, turn off the priority fea-
ture if it is on (see “Priority” on Page 32), then press
DA-
TA . DATA appears. To turn off the data skip feature,
press DATA again. DATA disappears.
Note: This feature does not apply to the air service band
as data signals are not generally found in this service.
RECEIVING NWR-SAME AND
WEATHER ALERT SIGNALS
In 1994, the National Oceanic and Aerospace Adminis-
tration (NOAA) began broadcasting alerts that include
digitally encoded data. Specific Area Message Encoding
(SAME) includes information which identifies the severity
of the alert. While this scanner does not encode specific
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