PRO-28 30 Channel Direct Entry Programmable Scanner
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TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH
1. Turn SQUELCH fully clockwise.
2. Turn VOLUME/OFF clockwise until it clicks. The scanner automatically
scans the 30 channels.
NOTE: The first time you turn on the scanner, the channels might not
have any frequencies stored in them, but the scanner will
continuously scan the empty channels.
3. Press MANUAL to stop the scanning. The display shows the current
channel.
4. Turn VOLUME/OFF clockwise to set the scanner's volume about halfway.
5. Slowly turn SQUELCH counterclockwise until you hear a hissing sound.
6. Adjust VOLUME/OFF to a comfortable listening level.
7. Slowly turn SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing sound stops.
NOTE: If you want to listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH
counterclockwise to increase receiver sensitivity. If reception is
poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise to increase receiver sensitivity. If
reception is poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise to decrease receiver
sensitivity.
STORING FREQUENCIES
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.
1. Press MANUAL, enter the channel number where you want to store a
frequency, then press MANUAL again. The desired channel number appears
on the display.
2. Use the number keys and CLEAR/. to enter the frequency (including the
decimal point) you want to store.
3. Press WX/E to store the frequency.
NOTES: If you make a mistake in Step 2, Error appears on the display
and the scanner beeps three times. Simply start again from
Step 2.
Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to
the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you try to enter
a frequency of 151.473, your scanner accepts it as 151.475.
4. Repeat Steps 1-3 to program more channels. Or, if you want to program
the next channel in sequence, press MANUAL and repeat Steps 2 and 3.
NOTES: VHF band frequencies (30-300 MHz) are found at .005 MHz steps.
UHF band frequencies (300-3000 MHz) are found at .0125 MHz
steps.
Without battery or external adapter power, the scanner protects
the frequencies stored in memory for about 60 minutes.
SEARCHING FOR AND STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
Band Search
A band search lets you search for active transmissions within any one of
the seven pre-programmed frequency bands.
29-54 MHz 137-144 MHz 144-148 MHz
148-174 MHz 406-450 MHz 450-470 MHz
470-512 MHz
Follow these steps to search for active frequencies.
1. Press MANUAL, then HOLD/BAND. The scanner displays the previously
selected frequency band for 2 seconds, then automatically starts
searching.
2. To select a different frequency band, repeatedly press HOLD/BAND until
the desired frequency band appears on the display.
3. To change the search direction, press DOWN Arrow to search downward or
UP Arrow to search upward.b, SRCH, and DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow appear
on the display.
4. When the scanner stops on an active frequency, you can do one of the
following:
To store the displayed frequency into the monitor memory, press
MON/0.MON appears on the display.
To continue the search, press DOWN or UP Arrow.
To hold the frequency, press HOLD/BAND. H appears on the display. To
continue, press and hold DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow for about 1 second.
H disappears from the display. The scanner briefly displays the
frequency band, then resumes scanning where you stopped.
NOTES: If you want to step through the frequencies while H is displayed,
press DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, L appears on the display.
See "Search Skip Memory".
If you want to change the frequency band, repeatedly press
HOLD/BAND. The selected frequency band is displayed.
Direct Search
You can search up or down for more frequencies from the currently
displayed frequency.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys and CLEAR/. to enter the frequency (including the
decimal point) you want to start the search from, or enter the channel
number containing the starting frequency.
3. Press DOWN Arrow to search downward or UP Arrow from the selected
frequency. d, SRCH, and DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow appear on the display.
4. When the scanner stops on a transmission, you can do one of the
following:
To store the displayed frequency into the monitor memory, press
MON/0.MON appears on the display.
To continue the search, press DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow.
To hold the frequency, press HOLD/BAND. H appears on the display. To
continue the search, press and hold DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow for about
1 second.
NOTES: If you want to step through the frequencies while h is displayed
press DOWN or UP Arrow.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, L appears on the display
(see "Search Skip Memory").
If you press HOLD/BAND, the scanner restarts as a band search.b,
SRCH, and DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow appear on the display.
Search Skip Memory
You can skip up to 20 specified frequencies during a band or direct search.
This lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or ones you have already stored in
a channel.
To skip a frequency, press L-OUT/S/S when the scanner stops on the
frequency during a band or direct search. The scanner stores the frequency
in memory and resumes the search.
To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner can stop on it
during a band or direct search, press HOLD/BAND to hold the search, press
DOWN Arrow or UP Arrow to select the frequency, then press L-OUT/S/S until
L disappears from the display.
To clear all the skip frequencies at once, while in the search mode, press
HOLD/BAND, then press and hold L-OUT/S/S until the scanner beeps twice
(about 3 seconds).
NOTES: If you program more than 20 frequencies to skip, each new frequency
replaces ones you stored earlier, starting from the first stored
frequency.
You can select the skipped frequency when the scanner is in the
hold mode. The scanner displays L when you select a skipped
frequency.
LISTENING TO THE MONITOR MEMORY
The scanner has one monitor memory. You can use this memory to temporarily
store a frequency while you decide whether to store it into a channel.
This is handy for quickly storing an active frequency when you search
through an entire band. Once you have temporarily stored a frequency into
the scanner's monitor memory, you can listen to it by pressing MANUAL then
MON/0.
MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM THE MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL
Follow these steps to move a frequency stored in the monitor memory to a
permanent channel.
1. Press MANUAL.MAN appears on the display.
2. Enter the number for the channel where you want to store the monitor
frequency. The channel number appears on the display.
3. Press MANUAL. The frequency currently assigned to that channel
appears.
4. Press MON/0. The entered frequency appears, and the channel number
starts flashing.
5. Press WX/E. The scanner stores the frequency into the selected
channel, and the channel number stops flashing.
SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS
To scan the stored channels, press SCAN. Your scanner then scans through
all non-locked channels (see "Locking Out Channels").
Using the 2-Second Delay
Many agencies use a two-way radio system that has a period of several
seconds between a query and a reply. To avoid missing a reply, you can
program a 2-second delay into any channel. When the scanner stops on an
active channel with a programmed delay, it continues to monitor the channel
for 2 seconds after the activity stops before resuming scanning.
To program a 2-second delay into a specific channel while the scanner is
scanning, manually select the desired channel then press DELAY.D appears
on the display.
To program a 2-second delay when the scanner has stopped on an active
channel during scanning, quickly press DELAY while the channel number is
displayed. D appears on the display.
To turn off the 2-second delay on any active channel, press DELAY again
while the channel number is displayed. D disappears from the display.
Locking Out Channels
You can increase the effective scanning speed by locking out individual
channels that have a continuous transmission, such as a weather channel.
To lock out a channel, manually select the channel and press L-Out/S/S so
L appears on the display.
NOTES: You can still manually select locked out channels. You cannot
lockout all channels.
To remove the lock-out from a channel, manually select the channel and
press L-OUT/S/S so L disappears from the display.
To remove the lock-out from all channels, press MANUAL, then press and
hold L-OUT/S/S until the scanner beeps twice (about 3 seconds).
MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a single channel without scanning. This is
useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and do not want to
miss any details - even though there might be periods of silence - or if
you want to monitor a specific channel.
Follow these steps to manually select a channel.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Enter the channel number.
3. Press MANUAL again.
Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press
MANUAL one time. (Pressing MANUAL additional times causes your scanner to
step through the channels.)
To resume automatic scanning, press SCAN. Your scanner then scans through
all non-locked channels.
LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated 11 channels for
use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We
have preprogrammed your scanner with the seven frequencies most commonly
used by NOAA (see "National Weather Frequencies").
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, simply press
WX/E. Your scanner begins scanning through the weather band, and WX
appears on the display.
Your scanner should stop within a few seconds, then you hear the local
weather broadcast. If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX/E again to
scan through the rest of the weather band.
USING THE KEYLOCK
Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental program
changes by turning on the keylock feature. When locked, the only controls
that operate are SCAN MANUAL, KEYLOCK, VOLUME/OFF, and SQUELCH.
NOTE: The keylock does not prevent the scanner from scanning channels.
To turn on the keylock, press and hold KEYLOCK until K flashes on the
display. To turn it off, press and hold KEYLOCK until K disappears from
the display.
(SP 3/8/96)
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