Motorola PR400 Scan Lists

[Chevyman22360]

Have a PR400 32 channel with display Radio and software to program. You can program up to 16 scan lists. I cannot figure out how to toggle between scan lists. Manual shows how to edit, add or delete within a scan list but doesn't show how to toggle to each individual list. Thanks

 

[K2NEC]

You cant change scan lists from the front of the radio. The scan list is selected in the software in the channel personality. If you want to change the scan list assigned to the channel, you need to reprogram the radio.

 

[Chevyman22360]

So what is the point of scan lists if you can change on the radio?

 

[K2NEC]

You can change the contents of the scan list but not the scan list itself.
Most people dont need to (or want to) change the scan list on the fly.

 

[tyler3328]

These radios were designed for commercial uses. Some PS agencies use them in the analog days. They were not designed for everyone to be able to change things on the fly. They were designed to be programmed by a tech and then end users use them as they were programmed. There are very very few to no reason for the end user to need to change lists like a ham

 

[ElevatorsAndRadios]

Assign scan lists to personalities intuitively so that you know what you are scanning based on the channel you start scanning from. For example, if I start scanning from one of my favorite channels, I scan a list of other channels that I use very frequently and never want to miss a call on. Or, if I start scanning from a channel that's a repeater in the San Gabriel Valley region, then I know I am scanning other repeaters in the SGV, and so on. Get the most out of your radio by thoroughly planning your codeplug and crafting it around how you intend to use it.

 

[merlin]

Maybe I am wrong here but can't you toggle 'add/delete' to a scan list ??
I need to read up the user manual as I am getting a pair of these soon.

 

[K2NEC]

Maybe I am wrong here but can't you toggle 'add/delete' to a scan list ??
I need to read up the user manual as I am getting a pair of these soon.

You can change the contents of the scan list but not the scan list itself.

 

[nhfdcadet]

Each personality gets tied to a scan list, and that is the list that it scans when you are on that channel

 

[merlin]

Each personality gets tied to a scan list, and that is the list that it scans when you are on that channel

Sounds familiar but can you add/delete say a nuisance channel from scanning on that list ?

 

[K2NEC]

Depends on the radio. On the PR400? Only temporarily

 

[Chevyman22360]

Maybe I am wrong here but can't you toggle 'add/delete' to a scan list ??
I need to read up the user manual as I am getting a pair of these soon.

Yes you can go in to menu on the radio and add and delete channels from the scan list.

 

[SteveC0625]

You can “nuisance” delete a scanned channel if there is a button programmed to do so.

Alternatively, you can add/delete channels from a scan list if set to do so in CPS and there’s a button programmed to access menu items.

 

[nhfdcadet]

Under each personality, make a selection for which scan list you want that personality tied to. When the radio is turned to that channel, it will scan that list.
This is under "Programmable Menu" that needs to be checked in order to change your scan list.
You also can configure nuissance delete under "Buttons" typically I set nuissance delete to be a long press of whichever button turns scan on and off.

 

[merlin]

OK I just unearthed the manual and in the menu functions you can do near anything with scan lists.
Buttons can even be programmed to manipulate scan lists. Too many things to list here,
I suggest getting your hands on the user manual.
6881096C26-C PR400 Limited-Keypad Model User Guide
6881096C23-C PR400 Full-Keypad Model User Guide
(this is quite a bit more radio than I first thought.)