Regency scanner r1070 error message fr err, will not scan

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I have a r1077 programmable scanner I'm trying to program it and I'm having trouble anything I key in keeps reading fr err in it every time. What should I do to fix this problem

Regency R1070 Frequencies for people with no manual
These are the ranges it supports.

30-50 Mhz
144-174 Mhz
440-512 Mhz

To make it scan, first set the range by pressing Manual and then Search. It will ask for the LOwer end and the UPper end of the range. Enter them, press Scan and then Search, and it will start scanning. When it locks and you want to keep going, hit Search again. You can press Delay to stop at a channel temporarily. To save a frequency in memory, hit Manual and pick a number, then type it out and hit Enter. When you have a few channels saved and you want to check up on each of them, Scan scans through memory. The Lock button is to skip a particular channel while scanning.

That's pretty much the whole manual right there.

Fr Err usually means that the freq entered into a certain channel is too high or too low for the band of the scanner. Also could mean that the freq's have been lost out of the memory. Maybe a dead memory battery, or been unhooked from the wall too long and lost it's charge. Been a loong time since I've seen one of those models,,, Let me know if it helps,,, Mechanic

if an out of band frequency is put in that channel you will get the Fr Err message as well, just put in a frequency within the scanners specs

No it can't sorry. If you want to scan things all the way up to the 900 MHz frequency you should get a Regency Touch K500. Its not a portable scanner however. It may be a little hard to find because Regency went out of business a while back, but look on e-Bay you'll find it there.

A good scanner? Hmm... too many to list. But the #1 on my list is a Realistic PRO-2006 gapless frequency scanner. This scanner has no limitations to what it can scan. It scans HF/FM/AM/VHF/UHF/Air/TAC/Marine VHF/GMRS/CB/SSB/USB/LSB/WX. Hell, it even scans the FM and AM bands (the music bands). It's frequency range is up in the 1300 MHz range and is probably the only scanner you'll ever need. If it's too pricey, my second recommendation is a Regency MX4000. The Regency MX4000 is a good little scanner with a 950MHz range. It is not gapless however. It has 20 Memory channels and scans AM/FM/UHF/VHF/Air/Marine VHF/Mobile Phone/WX bands. It may be hard to find one because Regency went out of business a while back, but if you do find one, it may be worth your while.

Best Regards,
Gavin93

The lock out function is a common problem in scanners, to override the lockout command, you can press and hold the lock out button, or punch in the frequency that you locked out and unlock it by pressing the appropriate buttons depending on the model of your scanner. Here is a suggestion, for easy scanning I recommend a Regency Touch K500 Scanner. It may be hard to find one though, Regency went out of business a while back, but I had the K500 and it was the best scanner I ever had.

Most Regency Scanners have the same basic programming setup.

Try the following.

Press "Manual"
One of the channels will show up in the display, probably channel 1.

Enter the frequency you want to enter, example 162.550

Press "Enter"

The channel number will flash,

Enter the channel number you want to put that frequency in, example to put that frequency into channel 4 enter the number 4.

Note that on some models for channels 1-9 you must enter the channel as a 2 digit number so enter 04 for channel 4.

You can repeat this process to enter all the frequecy's you want and just change the channel number.

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http://www.w7fg.com/index.html
for scanner and old radio manuals.

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