Scanning just favorites on SDS200

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WA3ERQ

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I can't seem to find what I need in the manual. I just purchased and programmed my SDS200 with Sentinel. I live in Philadelphia and selected just 3 talk groups in Philadelphia and 1 in neighboring Buck's County. This is all that I want to scan but even though I have selected to AVOID every other talk group, they kept coming up unless I selected to avoid them on the scanner. I'm hoping that I just forgot to check mark something in Sentinel before programming the radio that is causing this to happen. Also, I have only selected LAW for type of channel to scan but other groups were coming up.

My question: How do I select JUST scanning the 4 channels in my favorites and nothing else.

Also, what is the difference between ID Scanning and ID Searching?

Thanks

Jim
 

gh6406

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ID Scanning will only let audio through for the talkgroups that you have programmed. ID Searching will let audio from ALL talkgroups on the system to come through.
 

RBMTS

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It sounds like you have the full database turned on.

Menu -> Set Scan Selection -> Select Lists To Monitor

Turn the Full Database off. Make sure your favorite list is turned on.

That should work for you.
 

darkness975

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It sounds like you have the full database turned on.

Menu -> Set Scan Selection -> Select Lists To Monitor

Turn the Full Database off. Make sure your favorite list is turned on.

That should work for you.

This @WA3ERQ
 

ofd8001

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ID Scanning will only let audio through for the talkgroups that you have programmed. ID Searching will let audio from ALL talkgroups on the system to come through.

A side note: if a talkgroups has been avoided some way, the scanner will not let that audio come through. For example, you may have programmed Talkgroup 1234 in a group and that group is avoided. Talkgroup 1234 will not come through on ID Searching.
 
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