996T Conventional issue....

[Freqed]

I have a system of conventional freqs with 9 groups in it, it is area counties and when I get to that county I enable it and disable the one I'm leaving. I accidentally got to the point of no groups active and I got the nothing to scan message, even though the system is still on. Trouble is when I try to enable a group it will not do it, none of the 9 groups will come back to allow the scanner to scan. Ideas?

 

[rbm]

It sounds like you have the situation indicated at the link below.

Rich

Nothing to Scan
4. All Groups are disabled -
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Nothing_to_Scan

You can program a dummy group & frequency into each of your conventional systems as in the image below and it won't happen again.

 

[n4yek]

I have a system of conventional freqs with 9 groups in it, it is area counties and when I get to that county I enable it and disable the one I'm leaving. I accidentally got to the point of no groups active and I got the nothing to scan message, even though the system is still on. Trouble is when I try to enable a group it will not do it, none of the 9 groups will come back to allow the scanner to scan. Ideas?

It sounds like you have disabled ALL of your sub groups in the Main conventional system you created.
Try pressing and holding 'Function' then press '1' to see if you get one of them back.

 

[UPMan]

Press FUNC, scroll back to the system you want to turn the group on in, then press the group quick key you want to enable.

 

[kennyloatman]

You can also hold on that system, press and hold the L/O key until it beeps, All of your groups will turn back on.

 

[Freqed]

Thanks guys, I had partially read the Wiki on nothing to scan last year when I bought the radio. Paying more attention to the Trunked side of that than the conventional side. I've got a handle on it now, Thanks again.