I have a really dumb question about the Priority scanning with the PSR 800 I hope someone can answer for me. I scrolled through the forums and on The Google but couldn't find an answer so I figured I'd ask before it drives me any crazier.
How exactly does the Priority scanning work on the PSR 800? I get the HOW itself and idea behind it. But unless I have something set wrong in the programming it seems to scan differently than any of the other scanners I have ever used and I hope I just have it set wrong and can change it. It seems like my PSR 800 will scan as normal unless a Priority channel becomes active then it stops dead on that channel for the rest of the transmission no matter what else happens on any other channel. All the Radio Shack and Uniden scanners I have ever owned will continue to check for "earlier" programmed priorities to switch to if they become active but the PSR 800 doesn't seem to do that and I hope there's a way to change it to get it to do this. For example and I'm just throwing names and frequencies out not the actual ones.
Say I only have Scanlist 001 programmed in to be scanning. In Scanlist 001 I have programmed in:
1.) Fire Dispatch - 154.295 - Set as a Priority
2.) EMS Dispatch - 155.340 - Set as a Priority
3.) Fire Ops One - 154.145 - Set as a Priority
4.) Fire Ops Two - 155.940 - NOT set as a Priority
5.) EMS Ops One - 155.280 - Set as a Priority
6.) EMS Ops Two - 155.865 - NOT set as a Priority
7.) Fire Dept local - 155.250 - NOT set as a Priority
8.) Police Dispatch One - 155.700 - Set as a Priority
9.) Police Dispatch Two - 154.980 - NOT set as a Priority
10.) Next County Fire and EMS Dispatch - 154.445 - NOT set as a Priority
With the way all my other scanners work if I have the Priority set on and the channels marked as a Priority if Police Dispatch One has traffic but the other 7 channels entered in before it don't it will stay on Police Channel One but continue to check the others and switch over to them if it detects them as being active if an EMS call goes our for example it will flip from Police Dispatch One over to EMS Dispatch or Fire Dispatch if a fire box goes out.
But the PSR 800 seems to not want to check any other channels for activity. If there is activity on Police Channel One and it stops on that it's stuck there until the channel frees up even if there is activity on one of the other earlier programmed channels. I know it's doing this because I have all the scanners programmed basically the same way and they will switch over to the other channels if they detect activity or my fire pager will be going off yet the PSR 800 is still stuck on the Police Channel.
My system Priority settings are on. My Objects I want as Priority are all set as Priority. It's just a maddening way to have the Priority function work if this is the way it's actually supposed to be working.
Does what I'm asking make sense? Can anybody confirm this is working properly or suggest how to fix it if it's not?
How exactly does the Priority scanning work on the PSR 800? I get the HOW itself and idea behind it. But unless I have something set wrong in the programming it seems to scan differently than any of the other scanners I have ever used and I hope I just have it set wrong and can change it. It seems like my PSR 800 will scan as normal unless a Priority channel becomes active then it stops dead on that channel for the rest of the transmission no matter what else happens on any other channel. All the Radio Shack and Uniden scanners I have ever owned will continue to check for "earlier" programmed priorities to switch to if they become active but the PSR 800 doesn't seem to do that and I hope there's a way to change it to get it to do this. For example and I'm just throwing names and frequencies out not the actual ones.
Say I only have Scanlist 001 programmed in to be scanning. In Scanlist 001 I have programmed in:
1.) Fire Dispatch - 154.295 - Set as a Priority
2.) EMS Dispatch - 155.340 - Set as a Priority
3.) Fire Ops One - 154.145 - Set as a Priority
4.) Fire Ops Two - 155.940 - NOT set as a Priority
5.) EMS Ops One - 155.280 - Set as a Priority
6.) EMS Ops Two - 155.865 - NOT set as a Priority
7.) Fire Dept local - 155.250 - NOT set as a Priority
8.) Police Dispatch One - 155.700 - Set as a Priority
9.) Police Dispatch Two - 154.980 - NOT set as a Priority
10.) Next County Fire and EMS Dispatch - 154.445 - NOT set as a Priority
With the way all my other scanners work if I have the Priority set on and the channels marked as a Priority if Police Dispatch One has traffic but the other 7 channels entered in before it don't it will stay on Police Channel One but continue to check the others and switch over to them if it detects them as being active if an EMS call goes our for example it will flip from Police Dispatch One over to EMS Dispatch or Fire Dispatch if a fire box goes out.
But the PSR 800 seems to not want to check any other channels for activity. If there is activity on Police Channel One and it stops on that it's stuck there until the channel frees up even if there is activity on one of the other earlier programmed channels. I know it's doing this because I have all the scanners programmed basically the same way and they will switch over to the other channels if they detect activity or my fire pager will be going off yet the PSR 800 is still stuck on the Police Channel.
My system Priority settings are on. My Objects I want as Priority are all set as Priority. It's just a maddening way to have the Priority function work if this is the way it's actually supposed to be working.
Does what I'm asking make sense? Can anybody confirm this is working properly or suggest how to fix it if it's not?
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