PRO-2052 1000-Channel Dual Trunking Home Scanner
(200-0432) Operation Faxback Doc. # 58685
Turning On The Scanner And Setting Squelch
1. Turn SQUELCH and VOLUME fully counterclockwise.
2. Turn VOLUME back clockwise until you hear a hissing sound.
3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, then leave it set to a point just after the
hissing sound stops.
Notes: If the scanner does not scan, turn SQUELCH further counterclockwise
If the scanner picks up unwanted, partial, or very weak
transmissions, turn SQUELCH clockwise to decrease the scanner's
sensitivity to these signals. If you want to listen to a weak or
distant station, turn SQUELCH counterclockwise.
If SQUELCH is adjusted so you always hear a hissing sound, the
scanner will not scan properly.
Storing Known Frequencies Into Channels
Good references for active frequencies are the RadioShack "Police Call
Guide including Fire and Emergency Services," "Official Aeronautical
Frequency Directory," and "Maritime Frequency Directory." We update these
directories every year, so be sure to get a current copy.
Note: To store trunking system frequencies, see "Programming Trunked
Frequencies" in Faxback Doc. # 58688.
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.
1. Press MANUAL, enter the channel number (1-1000) where you want to
store a frequency, then press MANUAL again. The channel number appears
2. Use the number keys and (.) to enter the frequency (including the
decimal point) you want to store.
3. Press E to store the frequency into the channel.
Notes: If you made a mistake in Step 2, Error appears and the scanner
beeps when you press E. Simply start again from Step 2.
Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the
nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a frequency
of 151.473, your Scanner accepts it as 151.475.
If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another
channel, the scanner beeps three times and displays the lowest
channel number where the frequency is already stored. If you
want to store the frequency anyway, press E again.
Press DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds on this
channel after a transmission ends before it proceeds to the
next channel (see "Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 58687). The scanner
also stores this setting in the channel.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press MANUAL and repeat Steps
2 and 3.
Searching Service Banks
You can search for public service, police, fire emergency, aircraft, and
weather transmissions even if you do not know the specific frequencies
that are used in your area. You can also store any of the frequencies you
find into channels.
Your scanner has the following pre-programmed service banks.
PUB - contains 140 public service frequencies.
POLICE - contains 2,392 police frequencies.
FIRE/EMG - contains 197 fire and emergency service frequencies.
AIR - contains 2,319 aircraft and air service frequencies.
WX - contains 7 weather frequencies.
To select a service a service bank, press SVC. ([])(activity indicator)
flashes above the service bank's name (PUB, POLICE, FIRE/ENG, AIR, and
WX), and one of the preset public service frequencies appear. After a 2
second delay, scanning begins in the selected bank.
To select another service bank, repeatedly press SVC until ([]) appears
above the name of the bank you want to use.
Notes: To skip data signals (such as modem signals), press DATA. See
"Skipping Data Signals" in Faxback Doc. # 58687.
Because frequencies are not always assigned to the same services
everywhere, you might hear transmissions from one service in
another service bank.
Press SEARCH to start searching immediately or to continue searching if
you want to skip a frequency.
During service-search, you can press HOLD to pause the searching. HOLD
appears. Press /\ or \/ to move up or down one step, or press SEARCH to
resume searching.
Follow these steps to store service bank frequencies into channels.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the channel number (1-1000) where you
want to store the frequency, then press MANUAL.
3. Press SVC then SEARCH to select a service bank and begin searching.
4. When the scanner stops on a transmission, press HOLD. The frequency
appears.
5. Press E to store the frequency into the channel.
Limit Search
If you do not know a frequency to store, you can search for transmissions
within a range of frequencies you select, called the limit search range.
Then you can store any interesting frequencies you find into channels.
1. Press MANUAL, enter the channel number where you want to store a
frequency, then press MANUAL again. The channel number appears.
2. Use the number keys and (.) to enter the frequency that is the lower
limit of the range you want to search.
3. Press LIMIT.
4. Use the number keys and (.) to enter the frequency that is the upper
limit of the range you want to search.
5. Press LIMIT then SEARCH. The scanner begins to search from the lower
limit to the upper limit.
6. When the scanner stops on a transmission, quickly press either:
E to store the displayed frequency into the channel. The scanner
stores the frequency.
/\ or \/ to stop searching so you can listen to the transmission.
HOLD appears.
To release hold and continue searching, press SEARCH.
Notes: To step through the frequencies while HOLD appears, press /\ or \/.
Press /\ then SEARCH to search from lowest to highest frequency, or
press \/ then SEARCH to search from highest to lowest frequency.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, L/O appears. See "Locking
Out Channels and Frequencies" in Faxback Doc. # 58687.
To skip data signals (such as modem signals), press DATA. See
"Skipping Data Signals" in Faxback Doc. # 58687.
Scanning The Stored Channels
To begin scanning channels, press SCAN. The scanner scans through all
non-locked channels in all banks that are turned on, then stops on the
first transmission it finds. When the transmission ends, the scanner
resumes scanning.
Notes: Channels with no frequencies are automatically locked out during
scanning.
To scan in the trunking mode, see "Scanning a Trunked Bank" in
Faxback Doc. # 58688.
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 causees your scanner to
step through the channels.)
To resume scanning, press SCAN.
Deleting A Frequency From A Channel
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the channel number containing the
frequency you want to delete. Then press MANUAL again.
3. Press 0 then E. The frequency is deleted.
Priority
The priority feature lets you scan through channels and still not miss
important or interesting calls on specific channels. You can program one
stored channel in each bank as a priority channel (for up to a total of 10
stored channels). As the scanner scans the bank, if the priority feature
is turned on, the scanner checks the priority channel for activity every 2
seconds.
Changing Priority Channels
The scanner automatically designates each bank's first channel as its
priority channel. Follow these steps to select a different channel as the
priority channel for a bank.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Enter the channel number you want to select as the priority channel,
then press MANUAL again.
3. Hold down PRIORITY until the scanner beeps twice. [P] appears to the
right of the channel number.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for the channel in each bank you want to program
as a priority channel.
To turn on the priority feature, press PRIORITY during scanning. PRI
appears. As you scan the bank, the scanner checks the bank's priority
channel every 2 seconds in each bank that is turned on, starting from the
lowest to the highest-numbered priority channel.
To turn off the priority feature, press PRIORITY. PRI disappears.
Note: The priority feature must be turned off to use the data skip
feature (see "Skipping Data Signals" in Faxback Doc. # 58687).
Locking Out Priority Channels
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Enter the channel number of any priority channel, then press MANUAL
again.
3. Delete the frequency from the priority channel (see "Deleting a
Frequency from a Channel" above).
The next time you turn on the priority feature, [P] CH Loc Out appears.
To unlock all priority channels, select the priority channel you locked
out and enter any valid frequency.
(BR EB 2/22/00)
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