PRO-2015 200-Channel Programmable Home Scanner
(200-0421A) Understanding Scanners Faxback Doc. # 53310
Understanding Your Scanner
Once you understand a few simple terms used in this manual and familiarize
yourself with your scanner's features, you can put the scanner to work for
you. You simply determine the type of communications you want to receive,
then set the scanner to scan them.
A frequency is the tuning location of a station (expressed in kHz or MHz).
To find active frequencies, you can use the search function.
You can also search the service search banks, which are preset groups of
frequencies categorized by type of service.
When you find a frequency, you can store it into a programmable memory
location called a channel, which is grouped with your other channels in a
channel-storage bank. You can then scan the channel-storage banks to see
if there is activity on the frequency stored there. Each time the scanner
finds an active frequency, it stays on that channel until the transmission
ends.
A Look At the Controls
Note: Some of the scanner's keys perform more than one function (such as
MON/CL) and are marked with more than one label. The steps in this
Owner's Manual show only the label on the key appropriate to the
action being performed.
A quick look at this section should help you understand each control's
function.
POWER - turns the scanner on and off.
VOLUME - adjust the volume.
SQUELCH - adjusts the scanner's squelch.
MANUAL - stops scanning to let you directly enter a
channel number.
SCAN - scans through the programmed channels.
BAND - lets you search service banks.
L/O RVW/L/O (Lock Out - lets you review locked-out channels or
Review/Lock Out) frequencies, and lets you lock out selected
channels or skips specified frequencies during a
search.
\/ / /\ - enters the direction the scanner will search or
scan.
MON/CL (Monitor/Clear) - accesses the 20 monitor memories or clears an
incorrect entry.
PGM (Program) - programs frequencies into channels.
Number Keys - each key has a single-digit label and a range of
numbers. Use the digits on the keys to enter the
numbers for a channel or a frequency. Use the
range of numbers above the key (21-40, for
example) to select the channel in a channel
storage bank. See "Understanding Banks" in
Faxback Doc. # 53310.
DELAY/. - enters a decimal point, or programs a two-second
delay for the selected channel.
ENTER - enters a frequency into a channel.
A Look at the Display
The display shows the scanner's current operating mode. A look at the
display will help you understand how your scanner operates.
FIRE/POLICE - appears when you search in the fire/police service bank.
AIRCRAFT - appears when you search in the air service bank.
MARINE - appears when you search in the marine service bank.
HAM - appears when you search in the ham radio service bank.
BANK - appears with numbers (1-10) when you search through the
channels. Bank numbers with a bar under them show which
ones are turned on for scanning. See "Understanding Banks"
on Faxback Doc. # 53310.
WX - appears when you scan or manually select a channel in the
weather band.
\/ / /\ - indicate the scan or search direction.
M - appears when you listen to the monitor memory.
CH - appears with a number (1-200) to the left to show which of
the scanner's 200 channels it is tuned to.
MHz - these digits show which frequency your scanner is currently
tuned to.
SRCH - appears during service band and direct frequency searches.
SCAN - appears when you scan channels.
MAN - appears when you manually select a channel.
PGM - appears while you program the scanner.
DLY - appears when you program a two-second delay.
L/O - appears when you manually select a channel you locked-out
while scanning or when you review the locked-out frequency.
Error - appears when you make an entry error.
-dUPL- - appears when you try to store a frequency that is already
(duplicate) stored in another channel.
-d- - appears during a direct frequency search.
-b- - appears during a service bank frequency search.
Ch-FULL - appears when you try to enter a frequency during a search
when all channels are full.
F L-out - appears when you start direct search from a locked-out
frequency.
FLo-FULL - appears when you try to lockout a frequency during a search
when 50 frequencies are already locked-out.
L-r - appears while you review the locked-out frequencies.
dEFAULt - appears when you remove all the lockout from the service
bank frequencies.
FLo ALL-CL - appears when you remove all the locked-out frequencies
during a service bank/direct search.
Understanding Banks
Channel Storage Banks
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want to listen
to, channels are divided into 10 banks of 20 channels each. Use each
channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as those used by the
police department, fire department, ambulance services, or aircraft (see
"Guide to the Action Bands" in Faxback Doc. # 17653). For example, the
police department might use four frequencies, one for each side of town.
You could program the police frequencies starting with Channel 1 (the
first channel in bank 1) and program the fire department frequencies
starting with Channel 21 (the first channel in bank 2).
Service Banks
The scanner is preprogrammed with the frequencies allocated by fire/
police, aircraft, ham radio, marine, and weather services. In these
service banks, you can search through the frequencies and store them in
channels for fire/police, aircraft, ham radio, and marine banks. (In the
weather bank, you can only scan channels.) This is handy for quickly
finding active frequencies instead of searching through an entire band.
Note: The frequencies in the scanner's service bank are preset. You
cannot change them.
AIR
Frequency Range Step
Group (MHz) (kHz)
- 108.000-136.9875 12.5
AMATEUR RADIO
Frequency Range Step
Group (MHz) (kHz)
1 29.000-29.700 5
2 50.000-54.000 5
3 144.000-148.000 5
4 420.000-450.000 12.5
WEATHER
Frequency Range
Group (MHz)
1 162.400
2 162.425
3 162.450
4 162.475
5 162.500
6 162.525
7 162.550
MARINE FIRE/POLICE
Frequency Range Step Frequency Range Step
Group (MHz) (kHz) Group (MHz) (kHz)
- 156.025-156.750 25 1 33.420-33.980 20
156.800 - 37.020-37.420 20
156.850 - 39.020-39.980 20
156.875-156.975 25 42.020-42.940 20
157.025 - 44.620-45.860 20
157.050 - 45.880 -
157.100 - 45.900 -
157.150 - 45.940-46.060 40
157.175 - 46.080-46.500 20
157.425 - 2 153.770-154.130 60
160.625 - 154.145-154.445 15
160.650-160.875 25 154.650-154.950 15
161.600 - 155.010-155.370 60
161.800 - 155.415-155.700 15
161.825-162.000 25 155.730-156.210 60
158.730-159.210 60
166.250 -
170.150 -
3 453.0375-453.9625 12.5
458.0375-458.9625 12.5
460.0125-460.6375 12.5
465.0125-465.6375 12.5
(EB 6/29/99)
Privacy Policy