The rebanding table doesn't make sense to me and I can't find any instructions for the data you need to enter. It looks as if it only affects the control channels.
Rebanding does not affect
only the control channels. The control channel data stream tells the radios used on the system, as well as your scanner, which specific frequency to use. See the rebanding
article in the Wiki for more information. The actual tables to use can be found
here. (This is for a different scanner model, but the tables are identical.) You must enter the tables if the site you are trying to monitor has any frequencies in the 851-854.0000 (less than 854.0000)
and if some or all of the frequencies in that range
do not have a
5 in the fourth decimal position. (See the comment above from DickH.)
Well yes the band plan "only" affects the control channels, which affect the system you are trying to monitor.
Unfortunately there is no way to set the band plan from the radio. I haven't used ARC300 so I can't give you a step by step on how to do it. In WIN97 there is a selection for "extended tables" and then from there you use the pull down menu and select "rebanded 800".
As gmclam and several others have noted, you cannot enter the required custom band plan through the radio keypad. You must use software loaded on a pc, so you also must have the pc interface cable. Your scanner also must have current enough firmware to utilize the bandplan.
Information on how to apply the bandplan using the three main programs for this scanner (Win97, PSREdit300, and ARC300) can be found in the
Wiki.