Albrecht AE55H Portable Scanner Short Form Manuals

OWNER’S MANUALAE55H
50-Channel Portable Scanner
Your new Albrecht AE55H 50-Channel Portable Scanner gives
you direct access to over 27,000 exciting frequencies, inclu-
ding police and fire departments, ambulance services, and
amateur radio services. You can select up to 50 channels to
scan, and you can change your selection at any time.
The secret to your scanner’s ability to scan so many frequen-
cies is its custom-designed microprocessor – a tiny, built-in
computer.
Your scanner has these special...

batteries, rechargeable batteries, or a rechargeable scanner
battery pack) or external AC or DC power (using optional
adapters).
Your AE55H scanner can receive the following
frequency bands:
26-54 MHz
68-88 MHz
137-174 MHz
380-512 MHz
For a list of the frequency ranges in the ten preprogrammed
search bands, see “Search Bands”.
PREPARATION
POWER SOURCES
You can power your scanner from any of four sources:
· Internal batteries (not supplied) with the provided batteryholder
· A rechargeable scanner battery...

Battery Install
1. Press down on the battery compartment cover on the bot-
tom of the scanner and slide the cover in the direction of the
arrow to remove it.
2. Slide the battery holder out of the battery compartment.
3. If you are installing individual batteries, insert six AA batte-
ries in the battery holder as indicated by the polarity symbols
(+ and -) marked on the battery holder.
4. Slide the battery holder or battery pack into the compart-
ment.
Caution:The battery holder or battery pack fits...

Using Vehicle Battery Power
To power the scanner from your vehicle’s cigarette-lighter
socket, you need a DC adapter.
Cautions:
· You must use a DC adapter that supplies 9 volts and delivers
at least 200 milliamps. Its center tip must be set to negative,
and its plug must correctly fit the scanner’s PWR/CHG jack.
The recommended adapter meets these specifications. Using
an adapter that does not meet these specifications could
damage the scanner or the adapter.
· To protect your vehicle’s electrical...

2. Press the antenna down over the jack and turn the
antenna’s base clockwise until it locks into place.
Connecting an Optional Antenna
The ANT jack on the top of the scanner makes it easy to use
the scanner with a variety of antennas. Instead of the supplied
antenna, you can attach a different one, such as an external
mobile antenna or outdoor base station antenna.
Follow the installation instructions supplied with the antenna,
route the antenna cable to the scanner, then connect it to the
ANT jack....

CONNECTING AN EXTENSION SPEAKER
In a noisy area, an extension speaker or an amplified speaker
might provide more comfortable listening.
We recommend to use an active speaker  (like they are sold
for portable music players)
Plug the speaker cable’s 3.5 mm plug into your scanner’s
PHONE jack.
YOUR SCANNER
A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD
Your scanner’s keys might seem confusing at first but this
information should help you understand each key’s function.
SCAN – scans through the programmed channels.
MANUAL – stops...

L/O– appears when you manually select a channel you locked
out.
SRCH – appears during a band or direct frequency search.
Up or Down-symbols - indicates the search or scan direction.
DELAY – appears when you program a 2-seconds delay for a
channel.
PGM – appears while you program frequencies into the scan-
ner’s channels.
(key symbol) – appears when you lock the keypad.
ch – appears after the digits (1-50) that show which channel
the scanner is tuned to.
-d – appears during a direct frequency search....

Monitor Memory
The scanner also has a monitor memory that you can use to
temporarily store a frequency while you decide whether to
save it into a channel. This is handy for quickly storing an acti-
ve frequency when you are searching through an entire band
using direct search. See “Direct Search”.
OPERATION
TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING VOLUME AND
SQUELCH
Note: Make sure the scanner’s antenna is connected before
you turn it on.
1. Turn SQUELCH fully counterclockwise.
2. Turn VOLUME clockwise until it...

3. Use the number keys and DLY/. to enter the frequency
(including the decimal point) you want to store into that chan-
nel.
4. Press E to store the frequency.
Notes:
· If you entered an invalid frequency in Step 3, Error appears,
the channel number flashes, and the scanner beeps three
times after you press E. Simply repeat Steps 3 and 4.
· Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency
down to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter
a frequency of 151.4730, your scanner accepts...

Notes:
· After you store a frequency into the last available channel, --
ch appears instead of a channel number. If you try to store a
channel while --ch appears, Ch FULL appears briefly. In order
to store more frequencies, you must clear some channels. See
“Clearing a Channel”.
Direct Search
You can search up or down from the currently displayed fre-
quency and store the frequency into the monitor memory.
1. Press MANUAL or PGM, then use the number keys and
DLY/. to enter the frequency where you want to...