diff --git a/radio.c b/radio.c
index 7846e4546..040f81b3f 100644
--- a/radio.c
+++ b/radio.c
@@ -56,35 +56,27 @@ const char gModulationStr[MODULATION_UKNOWN][4] = {
 
 
 
-bool RADIO_CheckValidChannel(uint16_t Channel, bool bCheckScanList, uint8_t VFO)
+bool RADIO_CheckValidChannel(uint16_t channel, bool checkScanList, uint8_t scanList)
 {
 	// return true if the channel appears valid
-	if (!IS_MR_CHANNEL(Channel)) {
+	if (!IS_MR_CHANNEL(channel))
 		return false;
-	}
 
-	const ChannelAttributes_t att = gMR_ChannelAttributes[Channel];
+	const ChannelAttributes_t att = gMR_ChannelAttributes[channel];
 
-	if (att.band > BAND7_470MHz) {
+	if (att.band > BAND7_470MHz)
 		return false;
-	}
 
-	if (!bCheckScanList) {
+	if (!checkScanList || scanList > 1)
 		return true;
-	}
 
-	if (VFO >= 2) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if (!att.scanlist1) {
+	if (scanList ? !att.scanlist2 : !att.scanlist1)
 		return false;
-	}
 
-	const uint8_t PriorityCh1 = gEeprom.SCANLIST_PRIORITY_CH1[VFO];
-	const uint8_t PriorityCh2 = gEeprom.SCANLIST_PRIORITY_CH2[VFO];
+	const uint8_t PriorityCh1 = gEeprom.SCANLIST_PRIORITY_CH1[scanList];
+	const uint8_t PriorityCh2 = gEeprom.SCANLIST_PRIORITY_CH2[scanList];
 
-	return PriorityCh1 != Channel && PriorityCh2 != Channel;
+	return PriorityCh1 != channel && PriorityCh2 != channel;
 }
 
 uint8_t RADIO_FindNextChannel(uint8_t Channel, int8_t Direction, bool bCheckScanList, uint8_t VFO)
diff --git a/radio.h b/radio.h
index 8c05b0eec..c20098dca 100644
--- a/radio.h
+++ b/radio.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ extern DCS_CodeType_t gCurrentCodeType;
 
 extern VfoState_t     VfoState[2];
 
-bool     RADIO_CheckValidChannel(uint16_t ChNum, bool bCheckScanList, uint8_t RadioNum);
+bool     RADIO_CheckValidChannel(uint16_t channel, bool checkScanList, uint8_t scanList);
 uint8_t  RADIO_FindNextChannel(uint8_t ChNum, int8_t Direction, bool bCheckScanList, uint8_t RadioNum);
 void     RADIO_InitInfo(VFO_Info_t *pInfo, const uint8_t ChannelSave, const uint32_t Frequency);
 void     RADIO_ConfigureChannel(const unsigned int VFO, const unsigned int configure);
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index f0e52f0d5..183f3ccdf 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ void SETTINGS_InitEEPROM(void)
 
 	// 0F18..0F1F
 	EEPROM_ReadBuffer(0x0F18, Data, 8);
-//	gEeprom.SCAN_LIST_DEFAULT = (Data[0] < 2) ? Data[0] : false;
-	gEeprom.SCAN_LIST_DEFAULT = (Data[0] < 3) ? Data[0] : false;  // we now have 'all' channel scan option
+	gEeprom.SCAN_LIST_DEFAULT = (Data[0] < 3) ? Data[0] : 0;  // we now have 'all' channel scan option
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
 	{
 		const unsigned int j = 1 + (i * 3);