More 996XT Adventures in Poor Interface Design
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Best suggestion I've heard yet. It's a rerun anyway...
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Also agreed!!! Sure there are some areas that a lot of folks here think could be better, but we don't start trolling. He bought it, he doesn't like it, he will not return it. Unhappy scanning, case closed!
Brett, maybe this will help with your "yes means mo means yes" problem. Seems like the Quick Search question was answered, but here is some info on "Quick Freq Save" in case you get confused with that no means yes menu.
If you are holding on a frequency, let's say 155.7000, and you hit "E/yes", that means you want to Enter that held frequency and save it in your scanner. The "Quick Frequency Save" that is referred to is the Quick Save system folder. It does not mean you want to do a quick search. If you then hit "./no", it brings up a list of the other systems in your scanner you might want to store them in.
If you are at an air show and running close call, you might want to save all found channels to the Quick Save folder. Then after a while, you could just scan that folder and you would have all of the found frequencies in it.
For instance, if I was in the national park and got a close call hit of 155.7000 and wanted to save that as a park frequency, I would press E/yes and it would say "Quick Freq Save?", I would then press ./no because I would assume that it was a national park frequency and I already have a group set up for them. I would then scroll to my system called Homestead, then it will give me a list of the groups I have in the Homestead system, and I will scroll to NPS and then press E/yes. I can then choose to name it, choose the audio type, etc. Now 155.7000 is saved in my Homestead system, in the NPS group. So whenever I scan NPS, that frequency will then be scanned with it.
If you are holding a frequency and DO NOT want to save it and just want to continue your search or scan, just press the hold button again, or the scan button instead of E/yes. Or if you are in a search and it stops on a frequency you do not want to hear, just press L/O once to temporarily lock it out until you turn the scanner off and back on, or twice to permanently lock it out. Or you could turn the knob to the right to continue searching up, or left to search down. If worse comes to worse, if you press Menu several times, this will bring you back to the frequency you were holding on, kind of like a back space on a comuter. Hope this helps.
If you are holding on a frequency, let's say 155.7000, and you hit "E/yes", that means you want to Enter that held frequency and save it in your scanner. The "Quick Frequency Save" that is referred to is the Quick Save system folder. It does not mean you want to do a quick search. If you then hit "./no", it brings up a list of the other systems in your scanner you might want to store them in.
If you are at an air show and running close call, you might want to save all found channels to the Quick Save folder. Then after a while, you could just scan that folder and you would have all of the found frequencies in it.
For instance, if I was in the national park and got a close call hit of 155.7000 and wanted to save that as a park frequency, I would press E/yes and it would say "Quick Freq Save?", I would then press ./no because I would assume that it was a national park frequency and I already have a group set up for them. I would then scroll to my system called Homestead, then it will give me a list of the groups I have in the Homestead system, and I will scroll to NPS and then press E/yes. I can then choose to name it, choose the audio type, etc. Now 155.7000 is saved in my Homestead system, in the NPS group. So whenever I scan NPS, that frequency will then be scanned with it.
If you are holding a frequency and DO NOT want to save it and just want to continue your search or scan, just press the hold button again, or the scan button instead of E/yes. Or if you are in a search and it stops on a frequency you do not want to hear, just press L/O once to temporarily lock it out until you turn the scanner off and back on, or twice to permanently lock it out. Or you could turn the knob to the right to continue searching up, or left to search down. If worse comes to worse, if you press Menu several times, this will bring you back to the frequency you were holding on, kind of like a back space on a comuter. Hope this helps.
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[http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Pro-197
* Mobile bracket & DIN-sleeve
* Printed User Manual
* Preprogrammed Frequency addendum
* AC adapter
* DC wire harness
* Stock metal telescoping back-of-set antenna with BNC plug apter & din sleeve/ & 12 v adapter etc .
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Well, seems like your issue is solved? I don't know what systems you monitor, but would you really want to program them by hand when you can easily use your program. I don't know if your a ham operator or not but have you ever seen a ic-7800 ?http://www.gigaparts.com/parts/gpcpa/original/zic-7800.jpg when things have more features its bound to be more complicated. Think about tv's, a few years ago most folks shopped based on the size of the screen. now you have lcd, led, plasma, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 120hz, 240hz ect.. and when they get that new set home guess what? how do they connect it? hdmi? composite, component, cable line? technology will always get "bigger better faster stronger". Is their room for improvement? of course, ford has been making cars for over 100 years (I think) but they still have issues lol.. anyways, just use the software, and just enjoy that great scanner for what it is, not for what it's not..
Have a Merry Christmas Everyone!!! K1SPL
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