BCD260DN Priority Scan

Summary: How Priority Scan works on the BCD260DN, its four modes and settings.

What It Does

At the priority check interval, the scanner interrupts scanning of the banks to check your priority channels for activity. The more priority channels, the longer each interruption. It can handle up to 100 priority channels; if you have more, only the first 100 are scanned. The banks holding priority channels must be enabled and unlocked, or the scanner shows Priority Scan No Channel and sounds an error tone (press any key to go back to scanning). Priority Scan works in Scan and Scan Hold modes.

Setting a Priority Channel

Set Set Priority to On when you programme the channel, or hold on a channel and use Menu, Priority Scan, Set Priority.

The Modes

• Off – Priority is off.
• On – the scanner checks priority channels (the manual says every 2 seconds); the PRI icon shows.
• Plus On – the scanner scans only the priority channels in enabled banks; PRI blinks.
• DND (Do Not Disturb) – the scanner won’t check priority channels while it’s receiving.

During Scan, press the PRI key to cycle: DND, On, Plus, Off, and back to DND.

The Priority Scan Menu

• Set Priority – Off, On, Plus On, DND.
• Set Interval – how often priority channels are checked, 1-10 seconds.
• MaxCHs/Pri-Scan – the maximum number of priority channels checked in one interruption, 1-100. With a maximum of 20 and 100 priority channels, a full check takes five intervals.