another pro97 question ... so far i'm still liking the scanner, it's not recieving some of the 2m ham freqs i monitor as well as the bct15 (same antenna) but hey i'm still not complaining ... my question concerning the backlight is whether or not it is possible to set it to come on when it starts recieving ... like when it starts puttin out the audio i have to hit the backlight button to see the display, and it sucks when its dark ... any ideas? thanks again!
pro97 backlight
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PRO-97 backlight
A lot of people have complained about the lack of ability to control the backlight as well as we'd like on the '97. Your choices are:
1. OFF
2. ON (never turns off)
3. ON for timer then turns off
4. OFF, turns on with SIGNAL, then times out.
Now I know you're talking about option 4, but here's the catch - it only works that way in POWER SAVE MODE! And to get the scanner into power save mode it must be in MANUAL. It won't go into power save if "held" on a trunked channel. You'd have to turn the light on, stop the scanner on a specific channel, wait for power save mode to kick in.
A lot of people have complained about the lack of ability to control the backlight as well as we'd like on the '97. Your choices are:
1. OFF
2. ON (never turns off)
3. ON for timer then turns off
4. OFF, turns on with SIGNAL, then times out.
Now I know you're talking about option 4, but here's the catch - it only works that way in POWER SAVE MODE! And to get the scanner into power save mode it must be in MANUAL. It won't go into power save if "held" on a trunked channel. You'd have to turn the light on, stop the scanner on a specific channel, wait for power save mode to kick in.
If you press the light button at initial startup it will give you options to set the time it stays on, have the light come on with a key press the I ignores the first press, only if the light is off, and turns the light on a second press activates the key, the K turns the light on and the key works at the first press. When I or K is selected the light comes on when the scanner is first turned on.
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thanks guys ... I've had it set to k20 since the second time I turned it on haha ... you mentioned having the light stay on all the time? I could go for that ....
edit: it helps to search before posting, let this be an example haha
edit: it helps to search before posting, let this be an example haha
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poppafred
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What kind of lights does the Pro-97 use? If they are LED's, you could run them continuously and it wouldn't hurt them a bit.
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