PRO-2056 50-Channel Home/Mobile Scanner
(200-0147)                 Features                   Faxback Doc. # 39987


Your new RadioShack PRO-2056 50-Channel Home/Mobile Scanner lets you in on
all the action.  You can quickly tune to over 2,000 preprogrammed 
frequencies and search over 20,000 frequencies that include those used by
police and fire departments, ambulance services, aircraft communications,
amateur radio services, and transportation services.  The secret to your
scanner's ability to scan so many frequencies is its custom-designed
microprocessor - a tiny, built-in computer.

Your scanner is preprogrammed for convenience.  By pressing a single
button, you can quickly scan those frequencies most widely used by public
service and other agencies.  The scanner even lets you group special or
interesting frequencies into their own bank.

The scanner is compact and versatile.  You can use it in your home or mount
it in your vehicle.

Your scanner has these special features:

HyperScan and HyperSearch - so you can scan up to 100 channels per second
                            and search up to 100 steps (frequency intervals)
                            per second, providing faster scan and search
                            speed than many other scanners.

Service Search - at the press of a button, lets you scan preset frequencies
                 in separate police, fire/emergency, marine, and air
                 service search banks, to make it easy to quickly identify
                 calls.  You can also add frequencies to channels in the
                 police and fire/emergency service search banks.

Band Search - lets you search for transmissions within 11 preset frequency
              ranges, so you can quickly find interesting frequencies.

PRIVATE Bank - lets you store up to 20 frequencies that you find while
               scanning or searching, so you can group unusual or special
               frequencies together for fast success.

One-Touch Weather Scanning - quickly tunes to National Weather Service
                             broadcasts, so you can keep current on
                             important weather information.

Lock-Out Function - lets you lock out specified channels, so you can skip
                    over those channels while scanning.

Memory Backup - keeps the frequencies stored in memory for up to 5 days
                during a power loss.

Backlit Display - makes the display easy to read in low light conditions.

External Speaker Jack - makes it easy to connect an optional external
                        speaker or headphones to the scanner.

Two Power Options - you can power the scanner from standard AC power with
                    the supplied AC adapter or your vehicle's battery with
                    the supplied DC power cord or DC cigarette-lighter
                    power cord.

Frequency Guide - this manual lists currently known frequencies by state
                  and local area, so you can quickly tune to local
                  frequencies.

Your PRO-2056 scanner can receive all of these frequencies:

  29-54 MHz (10-Meter Amateur Radio, VHF Lo, 6-Meter Amateur Radio)

  108-136.975 MHz (Aircraft)

  137-174 MHz (Government, 2-Meter Amateur Radio, VHF Hi)

  406-512 MHz (70-Centimeter Amateur Radio, UHF "T" Band, Government)

In addition, your scanner is preprogrammed with these weather service
frequencies:

162.4000 MHz         162.4750 MHz          162.5500 MHz
162.4250 MHz         162.5000 MHz
162.4500 MHz         162.5250 MHz

FCC NOTICE

Your scanner might cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating
properly.  To determine whether your scanner is causing the interference,
turn off your scanner.  If the interference goes away, your scanner is
causing it.  Try to eliminate the interference by:

   Moving your scanner away from the TV or radio

   Connecting your scanner to an outlet that is on a different electrical
   circuit from the TV or radio

   Contacting your local RadioShack store for help

SCANNING LEGALLY

Your scanner covers frequencies used by many different groups including
police and fire departments, ambulance services, government agencies,
private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager
services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and
telegraph) service providers.  It is legal to listen to almost every
transmission your scanner can receive.  However, there are some 
transmissions you should never intentionally listen to.  These include:

Telephone conversations (either cellular, cordless, or other private means
of telephone signal transmission)

Pager transmissions

Any scrambled or encrypted transmissions

According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), you are
subject to fines and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to,
using, or divulging the contents of such a transmission unless you have the
consent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise
illegal).  We encourage responsible, legal scanner use.

(km-06/11/1997)

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