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The Tools Pulldown

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  Figure 1

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  Figure 2

• Enable Logging Turns on the logging function but keeps it hidden. If you have a laptop with a small monitor this may be useful. Otherwise to view the log as it's being built, hit the Open Log Window selection
• Font Changes the font and colors, dependent on what is available on the PC (figure 1)
• Jump to Frequency Immediately tune to a given frequency. A semi-VFO like mode
• Negative Delay BCD996 and BCT15 only (figure 2)

The Jump Pulldown

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This ability became available in version 2 firmware and later. It allows you to quickly move to different functions without having to use a klunky key combination. Some functions require the user to enter data (codes or frequencies) to initialize the function - see the referenced article for more information.

• Scan Mode Resume Scanning after ending a jumped session
• Service Scan Searches a number of different services, selected as shown. Note that not all services are available for all scanners; see the Service Search article for more on this topic
• Custom Search Enables customized searches. See the Custom Search article for more on this topic
• Close Call Only See the Close Call article for more on this topic
• Weather See the Wx Alert article for more on this topic
• Fire Tone Out See the Fire Tone Out article for more on this topic

Logging Functions

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• Linear Displays each hit, one at a time
• Review Displays a hit and how many times it was encountered.
• Clear Clears the log