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This is accomplished by using the “PRIO SET” menu accessed by
the key sequence 
   .
The legend “PRIO SET” appears on the top line of the LCD to
confirm selection.
6-2-1  Changing the priority channel data pickup channel
Should you wish the priority channel to use data contained in another memory location, access the
“PRIO SET” menu using the key sequence 
   , the legend
“PRIO SET” appears on the top line of the LCD to confirm selection.
Select the new location for data pickup by the priority...

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(7)  SCAN - scanning memory channels & banks
The AR8600 has a SCAN mode whereby the contents stored in the MEMORY CHANNELS ARE
AUTOMATICALLY RECALLED AND MONITORED very quickly for activity - scanned.
* It is important that you do not confuse SCAN and SEARCH modes. *
SEARCH mode (covered later in this manual) automatically TUNES THE RECEIVER
THROUGH ALL FREQUENCIES between two specified frequency limits
looking for active frequencies.
7-1  SCAN - outline introduction
During SCAN, the AR8600...

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When in SCAN MODE, the memory banks are referred to as “SCAN BANK A”, “SCAN BANK B”,
“SCAN BANK f” etc rather than using the full title “SCAN MEMORY BANK A”, “SCAN MEMORY BANK
B” etc.  This terminology has been employed to make the explanation of and referral to SCAN MEMORY
BANKS (SCAN BANKS) less long-winded.
When shipped from the factory, memory bank “J” is reserved for auto-store of memory channels from
search mode so may already have frequencies stored.
Keep your memory banks tidy - for best scan...

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When SCAN has been selected, only the currently displayed memory bank WHICH CONTAINS DATA
will be SCANNED (as bank link is default off), receive mode and frequency are unimportant.  Any
memory channels which contain no data (empty) will be ignored (skipped).
7-3-1  Transfer of active memory to VFO
When the scan process is paused on a busy channel,   to transfer the current memory
frequency to VFO where it may be monitored.
7-4  Selecting a scan bank
The memory bank identifier (such as “A”) will be...

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While paused (during scan) on a busy channel which you do not
currently wish to monitor, 
  to skip it.  The scan
process will immediately move on to the next memory channel of
the current bank in the direction (up or down) which has been
previously used for tuning or memory read.  This tagged memory
channel will be skipped during subsequent scans until the tag is
removed.  The legend “PAS” will have been assigned to the
skipped memory channel which may be reviewed in memory read
mode.
7-5-1  Toggling...

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7-6  Deleting memory channels
Although it is possible to over-write memory channels with new data, edit memory channels, swap, copy,
move and to PASS (skip) them, there will be occasions when you want to delete memory channels
completely.
7-6-1  Deleting single memory channels
While in memory read mode,     to delete the currently
displayed memory channel.  As a safe guard against accidental deletion you will be instructed to
  to execute the deletion, alternatively   to abort delete.
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 ò to move to the memory bank letters, then
reverse highlight the letters you wish to link together
as a group of memory channels to scan using the
ï ð ñ ò keys, 
  to mark desired
memory banks, both upper and lower case letters
may be highlighted in the same group.  The selected
banks (which will form a large scan group) will be
displayed in REVERSE contrast on the LCD.
It is also possible to use the keypad to quickly select the required banks for inclusion as a group, this
saves having to use 
 to...

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Use the key sequence     to access the “SCAN-GROUP” menu.
Use the ï ð keys to select the SCAN-GROUP number between 1 and 9.  
 ò three times to
move down beyond the bank link facility and onto the additional scan environment facilities: delay, level,
voice, free, mode scan.
1. DELAY OFF / 0.1 - 9.9 seconds (default 2.0s)
2. LEVEL OFF / 1 - 255 (default OFF)
3. VOICE OFF / 1 - 255 (default OFF)
4. FREE OFF / 1 - 60 seconds (default OFF)
5. MODE ALL, WFM, NFM, SFM, WAM, AM, NAM, USB, LSB, CW
7-8-1  Scan...

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Use the ï ð keys to select the SCAN-GROUP number between 1 and 9.   ò four times to
display the scan environment parameter of LEVEL.
  as a short cut to off (which is the default).  Use the main dial to increment value by
1 or use the ï ð keys to increment by 10.
While adjusting level squelch, the “
¬” legend will be displayed to the left of the value “LEVEL  ¬  3”
indicating that the current value will 
not cause the squelch to close.  Increase the value until the “¬”
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&Note:  When voice squelch is in operation, the rotary squelch control is usually best rotated
to the fully anti-clockwise position.
  to accept the changes and return to the display prior to accessing the scan
environment menu.  Alternatively you may move to the next option (scan FREE time) by pressing
the ò key.
While scanning, the LCD legend “VSQ” is displayed to indicate that scan VOICE squelch is in operation.
7-8-4  Scan FREE
The scan FREE time parameter determines how long the AR8600 will...