Anytone Scanning: Anytone AT-D578 Mobile vs. Anytone AT-D878 Handheld

[crowleyd102]

If you set the Zone in the 578 Mobile and select Scan-On, the radio will scan the talk-groups in the chosen Zone.
In the 878 Handheld, setting the Zone, apparently, does not determine the scanned talk groups. Instead the 878 asks for a Scan List.

Is this sequence expected for the 878 handheld, or have I missed something?

Thanks,
N0HMI

 

[bobruzzo]

You have to choose the SCANLIST when you make channels....theres a drop down menu where you choose the name of scanlist. First create a ZONE and rename it to whatever you want. Then go to your CHANNELS and on the channels you desire to scan, in the SCANLIST field, click on it and choose the scanlist you made for those particular channels. I dont use a scanlist for ham DMR but I have several zones for different things like local PD and FD....commercial DMR.....ham radio repeaters and simplex. I dont scan amateur DMR cause most TG's require kerchunking the repeater to be heard....scanning pretty useless here. I am not familiar with the 578 but it appears that the procedure may be different in both the 878 and 578. You also have to assign a BUTTON for scanning.