Pro-89 200-Channel VHF/Air/UHF 800 MHz Handheld Race Scanner
(200-0514) Operation Faxback Doc. # 60476
Turning On The Scanner/Setting Volume and Squelch
1. Turn SQUELCH until the indicator points to MIN before you turn on the
scanner.
2. To turn on the scanner, turn VOLUME clockwise until you hear a hissing
sound.
3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing sound stops.
Notes: To listen to a weak or distant station, turn SQUELCH
counterclockwise. If reception is poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise
to cut out weak transmissions.
If SQUELCH is adjusted so you always hear a hissing sound, the
scanner will not scan or search properly.
4. To turn off the scanner when you finish, turn VOLUME counterclockwise
to OFF.
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.
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.
1. Press MAN, enter the channel number (1-200) where you want to store a
frequency, then press PGM.
2. Use the number keys and (.) to enter the frequency (including the
decimal point) you want to store.
3. Press ENT to store the frequency into the channel.
Notes: If you made a mistake in Step 2, Error appears and the scanner
beeps three times when you press ENT. Simply start again from
Step 2.
Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency down
to the closest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a
frequency of 151.473, your scanner accepts it as 151.470.
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, and
-dUPL- then the frequency flashes. If you want to store the
frequency anyway, press ENT again. Press MON/CL to clear the
frequency.
Press DELAY if you want the scanner to pause 2 seconds on this
channel before it proceeds to the next channel after a
transmission ends (see "Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 60478). The
scanner also stores this setting in the channel.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press PGM and repeat Steps 2
and 3.
Finding And Storing Active Frequencies
Searching the Service Banks
Your scanner contains groups of preset frequencies called service banks.
Each service bank is associated with a specific activity (see "Service
Banks" in Faxback Doc. # 60475. You can search for fire/police, air, ham,
auto race, and marine transmissions even if you do not know the specific
frequencies that are used in your area. Then you can store the frequencies
you found into the scanner's channels or monitor memories.
Notes: You can use the scanner's delay feature while searching the service
banks, see "Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 60478.
The following steps show you how to listen to the HAM, FD/PD, CAR,
and AIR service banks. To listen to the MRN bank, see "Listening to
the Marine Bank," below.
1. Press BAND. The last selected band name (such as HAM), SRCH, -b-,
frequency and the group number (if any) appear.
Note: -b- does not appear if the CAR service bank is selected.
2. To select a different band, repeatedly press BAND until the desired
band name appears on the display. After about 2 seconds, the scanner
begins searching rapidly in that band for an active frequency.
Notes: To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down /\ or \/
for about 1 second.
To search up or down the band in small increments, repeatedly
press /\ or \/. /\ or \/ disappears. (See "Service Banks" in
Faxback Doc. # 60475 for frequency steps).
To pause the search while receiving a signal, press /\ or \/.
/\ or \/ disappears. To resume searching, hold down /\ or \/.
To quickly move up or down through the frequencies, hold down
/\ or \/. The scanner tunes through the frequencies until you
release /\ or \/.
3. If necessary, select a search group from the list with "Service Banks"
in Faxback Doc. # 60475 then use the number keys to enter the desired
search group. The scanner searches for an active frequency.
4. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops searching and
displays the frequency's number. To store the displayed frequency in
the lowest available channel, press PGM then ENT. The channel and
frequency flash twice, and the scanner stores the displayed frequency.
The scanner then continues to search for frequencies.
Or, to store the displayed frequency in a channel you select, press
PGM, use the number keys to enter the channel number you want to use
to store the frequency, then press PGM again. The channel number
flashes.
If a channel number you entered is already programmed with a
frequency, the channel number and the programmed frequency appear for
about 2 seconds. Then the channel number flashes and the new frequency
appears.
Press ENT to program the new frequency or press CL/MON to cancel. If
you press ENT, the channel and frequency flash twice, and the scanner
stores the displayed frequency. The scanner then continues to search
for frequencies.
Notes: If there is no empty channel, Ch-FULL appears after you press
PGM. To store more frequencies, you must clear some channels.
See "Clearing a Stored Channel" on Page 34. To continue
searching after Ch-FULL appears, hold down /\ or \/. To remain
on the frequency after Ch-FULL appears, press MON/CL. Ch-FULL
disappears.
If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another
channel, -dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest-numbered channel
containing the duplicate frequency flash for about 3 seconds.
If you want to store the frequency anyway, press ENT again. If
you do not want to store the frequency, press MON/CL. The
scanner continues to search. You can then delete the frequency
later. See "Clearing a Stored Channel" below.
5. To store the displayed frequency in a monitor memory, press MON/CL.
The monitor memory number, M, and the frequency flash twice.
6. To search for another active frequency in the selected band, hold down
/\ or \/ for about 1 second. To select a different band and search for
another active frequency, repeat Steps 2-5.
Using Direct Search
During a direct search, the scanner searches up or down, starting from a
frequency you specify. Follow these steps to use direct search.
Note: You can use the scanner's delay feature while using direct search.
1. Press MAN then enter the frequency (including the decimal point) you
want to use as a starting point for the search.
Note: To start from a frequency already stored in one of your
scanner's channels, press MAN and enter the desired channel
number, then press MAN again.
2. Hold down /\ or \/ for about 1 second to search up or down. -d-, SRCH,
and /\ or \/ appear.
Notes: To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down /\ or \/
for about 1 second.
To search up or down the selected band in small increments (5
or 12.5 kHz steps), repeatedly press /\ or \/.
To pause the search, press /\ or \/. To resume searching, hold
down /\ or \/.
To quickly move up or down through the frequencies, hold down
/\ or \/. The scanner tunes through the frequencies until you
release /\ or \/.
3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops searching and
displays the frequency's number. To store the displayed frequency in
the lowest available channel, press PGM then ENT. The channel and
frequency flash twice, and the scanner stores the displayed frequency.
The scanner continues to search for frequencies.
Or, to store the displayed frequency in a channel you select, press
PGM, use the number keys to enter the channel number you want to use
to store the frequency, then press PGM again. The channel number
flashes.
If a channel number you entered is already programmed with a
frequency, the channel number and the programmed frequency appear for
about 2 seconds. Then the channel number flashes and the new
frequency appears.
Press ENT to program the new frequency, or press CL/MON to cancel. If
you press ENT, the channel and frequency flash twice and the scanner
stores the displayed frequency. The scanner then continues to search
for frequencies.
Notes: If there is no empty channel, Ch-FULL appears. To store more
frequencies, you must clear some channels. See "Clearing a
Stored Channel" below. To continue searching after Ch-FULL
appears, hold down /\ or \/. To remain on the frequency after
Ch-FULL appears, press MON/CL. Ch-FULL disappears.
If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another
channel, -dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest-numbered channel
containing the duplicate frequency flash on the display for
about 3 seconds. Then the lowest-available channel number and
frequency flashes. If you want to store the frequency anyway,
press ENT again. If you do not want to store the frequency,
press MON/CL. The scanner continues to search.
4. To store the displayed frequency in a monitor memory, press MON/CL.
[M], the monitor memory number, and the frequency flash twice.
5. To search for another active frequency, hold down /\ or \/ for about 1
second.
Using Monitor Memory
Listening to a Monitor Memory
To recall a frequency stored in a monitor memory, press MAN then MON/CL.
[M], the monitor memory number, and CH flash and the stored frequency
appears.
Note: See Step 5 under "Searching the Service Banks" above for more
information about storing a frequency in a monitor memory.
To select other monitor memories, enter the desired monitor memory's
number (1-20), then press MON/CL again or repeatedly press MON/CL.
Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel
1. Press MAN, enter the channel number where you want to store the
frequency, then press PGM.
2. Press MON/CL. [M], a monitor memory number, and CH flash, and the
frequency in the selected monitor memory appears.
3. Enter the desired monitor memory's number (1-20), then press MON/CL
again. The selected monitor memory's frequency appears.
4. Press ENT. The scanner stores the frequency in the selected channel.
5. To move another monitor memory frequency to the next channel, press
PGM and repeat Steps 2-4.
Scanning The Stored Channels
To set the scanner to continuously scan through all channels with stored
frequencies, simply press SCAN. SCAN and /\ appear, the scanner begins to
rapidly scan until it finds an active frequency, and a bar flashes beneath
the bank being scanned.
If the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops and displays that
channel and frequency number, then it automatically begins scanning again
when the transmission on that frequency ends.
Notes: To reverse the scanning direction, press /\ or \/.
To set the scanner to remain on the current channel for 2 seconds
after the transmission ends, see "Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 60478.
To set the scanner to remain on the current channel, even after
the transmission stops, press MAN at any time during the
transmission so MAN appears and SCAN disappears (see "Monitoring a
Stored Channel" below).
To lock out channels so the scanner does not stop for a
transmission on those channels, see "Locking Out Channels or
Frequencies" in Faxback Doc. # 60478.
Turning Channel-Storage Banks Off and On
Channel-Storage banks (1-10) are on when they have a bar underneath them
and off when no bar appears underneath them. To turn off a channel storage
bank, press that bank's number key during scanning. The bar under the
bank's number disappears.
Note: The scanner does not scan any of the channels within the banks you
have turned off.
To turn on a channel-storage bank (1-10) during scanning, press the bank's
number key. A bar appears under the bank's number.
Notes: You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one active
bank.
You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is
turned off.
When you turn on a bank during scanning, the scanner moves to the
selected bank and scans it. If no transmission is found, the
scanner continues to scan through all selected banks.
Monitoring a Stored Channel
You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scanning. This is
useful if you hear an emergency transmission on a channel and do not want
to miss any details - even though there might be periods of silence - or
if you simply want to monitor that channel.
Follow these steps to manually select a channel.
1. Press MAN.
2. Enter the channel number (1-200).
3. Press MAN again.
Clearing A Stored Channel
If you no longer want a frequency stored in a channel (and you do not want
to replace that frequency with a different one), follow these steps to
clear the stored frequency.
1. Press MAN to stop searching or scanning.
2. To select the desired channel number, use the number keys to enter
that channel number (1-200).
3. Press PGM. PGM appears.
4. Press 0 then ENT. The frequency number changes to 000.0000 to indicate
the channel is cleared.
5. To clear another channel, use the number keys to enter that channel
number (1-200), then press PGM again. Or repeatedly press PGM until
the desired channel number appears. Then repeat Step 4.
Clearing All Stored Channels
1. Press PGM. PGM appears.
2. While holding down MON/CL, press 0. ALL Ch0000 appears.
3. Press ENT. The scanner clears all channels. Or, if you do not want
to clear all channels, press MON/CL.
Clearing All Locked-Out Channels
1. Press PGM. PGM appears.
2. While holding down MON/CL, press L/O RVW/L/O. L-o Ch0000 appears.
3. Press ENT. The scanner clears all locked-out channels. Or, if you do
not want to clear the channels, press MON/CL.
Listening To The Marine Bank
To listen to the marine bank, repeatedly press BAND until MRN appears.
To change the channel manually, press /\ or \/.
To scan through the marine bank, hold down /\ or \/ for about 2 seconds.
MAN disappears and SCAN and /\ or \/ appear. To change the scanning
direction, press /\ or \/.
To stop scanning the channels, hold down /\ or \/ for about 2 seconds.
SCAN disappears and MAN appears.
You can select a marine channel directly when the scanner is not scanning
the marine bank. Use the number keys to enter the two-digit channel number
Listening To The Weather Band
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX.
Your scanner begins to scan through the weather band.
Your scanner should stop within a few seconds on your local weather
broadcast. If the broadcast is weak, you can press WX again to resume
scanning.
Channel Frequency (MHz)
1 162.400
2 162.425
3 162.450
4 162.475
5 162.500
6 162.525
7 162.550
WX Alert
Your scanner's WX alert warns you of serious weather conditions by
sounding an alarm if a National Weather Service broadcaster in your area
broadcasts a weather alert tone.
To set the scanner so it sounds an alarm when a weather alert tone is
broadcast, press PRI/ALERT while you are listening to the WX channel.
ALErt appears. If the scanner detects the weather alert, it sounds an
alarm. Press any key to turn off the alarm. To cancel the weather alert
operation, press PRI/ALERT again.
(BR EB 7/14/00)
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