Albrecht AE92H Scanning Receiver Manual

							11  WARNING! 
Do not connect any AC/DC power adapter to the scanner if non 
rechargeable batteries (such as alkaline batteries) are installed 
in the scanner and the battery switch is set to NI-MH BATT 
position (this is the default setting with the sticker), or if you are 
not sure about the actual switch position. Non-rechargeable 
batteries can get hot and can even burst if you try to recharge 
them. 
Before you use NiMH or NiCd batteries for the first time, charge 
them for 16 hours to bring them to a full charge. 
Discharged batteries take about 16 hours to fully recharge. 
 
Notes: 
· NiMH batteries last longer and deliver more power if you 
occasionally let them fully discharge. To do this, simply use 
the scanner until it beeps every 15 seconds and       
flashes. 
· To prevent damage to NiMH batteries, never charge them 
in an area where the temperature is above 45°C or below 
4°C. 
· If you connect an external power source to the scanner with 
the battery switch set to REG. ALK. BATT., the scanner 
does NOT charge the batteries. Make sure that you use the 
correct batteries and set switch REG. ALK. BATT./ NI-MH 
BATT. to the correct position when you connect an external 
power source. 
· For longer operation, you can also use high capacity NiMH 
batteries to power the scanner. This type of battery takes 
longer to recharge. You can get high-capacity NiMH 
batteries at your local electronics store. 
 
Using AC Power 
You can power the scanner using the supplied 6V, 500 mA AC 
adapter. To use the scanner on AC power, plug the AC adapter 
into DC 6V on the side of the scanner then plug the other end 
into a standard AC outlet. If rechargeable batteries are installed 
without removing the sticker, or, after removing, make sure that 
the battery switch is correctly set to NI-MH BATT.,  
Only in this position the adapter can power the scanner and  
recharges the installed batteries at the same time. 
 
 
Connecting the Antenna 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
						

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To attach the supplied flexible antenna to the connector on the 
top of your scanner, align the slots around the antennas 
connector with the tabs on the scanners BNC connector. Then 
slide the antennas connector down over the scanners 
connector and rotate the antenna connectors outer ring 
clockwise until it locks into place. 
 
Connecting an Optional Antenna 
The scanners BNC connector makes it easy to connect a 
variety of optional antennas, including an external mobile 
antenna or outdoor base station antenna. 
 
Note: Always use 50-ohm, RG-58, or RG-8, coaxial cable to 
connect an outdoor antenna. If the antenna is over 15 m from 
the scanner, use RG-213/U or “air cell” type low loss coaxial 
cable. You can get a BNC adapter at your local electronics 
store. 
 
Connecting an Earphone/ ext. Speaker 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For private listening, you can plug a 3.5 mm miniplug earphone 
or mono or stereo headphones (not supplied) into the 
headphone jack on top of your scanner. This automatically 
disconnects the internal speaker. 
 
Connecting an Extension Speaker 
In a noisy area, an optional extension speaker, positioned in the 
right place, might provide more comfortable listening. Plug the 
speaker cables 3.5- mm mini-plug into your scanners jack. For 
larger audio power, active speakers (like used for PC’s) are 
recommended. 
 
WARNING! 
If you connect an external speaker to the scanners headphone 
jack, never connect the audio output line to a power supply and 
ground. This might damage the scanner.  
						

							13  Attaching the Belt Clip 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To make your scanner easier to carry when you are on the go, 
use the supplied belt clip. Use a Phillips screwdriver and the 
supplied screws to attach the clip to the scanner. 
 
 
About Your Scanner 
We use a few simple terms in this manual to explain the features 
of the scanner. Familiarize yourself with these terms and the 
scanners features, and you can put the scanner to work for you 
right away. Simply determine the type of communications you 
want to receive, then set the scanner to scan those 
communications. 
A frequency, expressed in kHz or MHz, is the tuning location of a 
station. To find active frequencies, you use the search function 
or refer to a frequency reference. 
Besides searching within a selected frequency range, you can 
also search your scanners service banks. Service banks are 
preset groups of frequencies categorized by the type of services 
that use those frequencies. 
When you search and find a desired frequency, you can store it 
into a programmable memory location called a channel. 
Channels are grouped into channel-storage banks. The scanner 
has 10 channel-storage banks and each bank has 10 channels. 
You can scan the channel-storage banks to see if there is 
activity on the frequencies stored there.   
						

							14 A Look at the Keypad 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Your scanners keys have various functions labeled on the key 
tops and below the keys. 
To select the function labeled on a key, simply press the key. To 
select the function labeled below a key: 
 · First press Func then release it. F appears on the 
display. 
· Then press the next key in the function key sequence while F appears.  · F appears or disappears as you press Func. 
 
If your scanners keys seem confusing at first, the following 
information should help you understand each keys function. 
 
 
 
Key Name  Description 
 
Hold Hold – Holds the scan or the frequency 
search. Press and hold Hold to increment 
channels continuously. 
 
Scan/Src  Scan – Scans the stored channels. 
Func + Src – Starts chain search or 
resumes searching. 
 
/  turns the display backlight on or off. 
 
Func +       locks and unlocks the 
keypad. 
  
						

							15  Func  Lets you use various functions by 
pressing this key in combination with 
other keys. 
 
Press and hold for more than 2 seconds 
to turn the scanner on or off. 
 
1/Pri  1 – Enters “1”. 
Func + Pri – Sets and turns the priority 
function on or off. 
 
2/  2 – Enters “2”. 
Func +      – Selects the search 
direction. 
 
3/Svc  3 – Enters “3”. 
Func + Svc – Sets and turns the service 
search function on. 
 
4  4 – Enters “4”. 
 
5/Dly  5 – Enters “5”. 
Func + Dly – Sets and turns the delay 
function on or off. 
 
6/PSrc  6 – Enters “6”. 
Func + PSrc – Sets and turns program 
band select mode on or off. 
 
7  7 – Enters “7”. 
 
8/  8 – Enters “8”. 
Func +      – Selects the search 
direction. 
 
9/Step  9 - Enters “9”. 
Func + Step – Change Step to 12.5kHz 
or 8.33kHz in Air Band. 
 
●/Clr  ●– Enters a decimal point “.” 
Clr – Clears a frequency you entered by 
mistake. 
 
0/L/O  0 – Enters “0”. 
Func + L/O – Lets you lock out a selected 
channel or skip a specified frequency. 
 
E/Pgm  E – Enters frequencies into channels. 
Func + Pgm – Lets you program the 
frequency. 
 
 
  
						

							16  A Look at the Display 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
The display has indicators that show the scanners current 
operating status. The display information helps you 
understand how your scanner operates. 
 
BANK appears with numbers (1-10). 
 
appears when you lock the keypad. 
 F appears only when the function mode is on. 
 PGM appears while you store a frequency into a 
 channel. 
 
SRCH appears during search mode. 
  or  Func +  or  appears during search 
mode. 
 alerts you when the battery power gets          low. 
 
P       appears when you select a priority      
channel. 
 
SCN      appears when you scan channels. 
 
HOLD     appears during scan hold mode and search 
hold mode. 
 
L/O      appears when you manually select a channel 
you locked out or a skip frequency. 
 
DLY      appears when you select a delay. 
 
PRI      appears when the priority feature is turned 
on. 
 
AIR or Cb     appears along with an indicator that shows 
the current service bank during a service 
search.  
						

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Understanding Banks 
 
Service Banks 
The scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies 
allocated to the aircraft band and FM CB. 
 
Channel-Storage Banks 
To make it easier to identify and select the channels you want 
to listen to, the 200 channels are divided into 10 
channel-storage banks. Each bank has 20 channels. Use 
each channel-storage bank to group frequencies, such as 
those for the amateur radio, air crafts, police, fire brigade, 
public utilities etc (Please note that in some countries You are 
not allowed to listen to certain services, and having saved 
such frequencies into a memory location can be regarded 
already as an offense). 
For example, the police department might use eight 
frequencies in your town while the railroad uses an additional 
four. You could program the eight police frequencies starting 
with Channel 1 (the first channel in bank 1), and program the 
railroad frequencies starting with Channel 21 (the first channel 
in bank 2). 
 
Operation 
Turning the scanner on and setting squelch 
 
Note: Make sure the scanners antenna is connected before 
you turn it on. 
 
· Turn Squelch fully counterclockwise. 
· Press and hold     for about 2 seconds to turn the 
scanner on. 
· Then turn Volume clockwise until you hear a hissing 
sound. 
· If the scanner is scanning, press Hold to stop 
scanning, then turn Squelch clockwise until the 
hissing stops. 
 
Storing known Frequencies into Channels 
 
· 1) Press Hold. Then enter the channel number 
where you want to store a frequency, then press 
Func and Pgm. The channel number appears. 
· 2) Use the number keys and ●/Clr 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 entered an invalid frequency, Error appears and 
the scanner beeps three times. Enter a valid 
frequency. 
· The scanner automatically rounds the entered number 
to the nearest valid frequency. 
· For example, if you enter 28.473 (MHz), your scanner 
accepts it as 28.475.  
						

							18  · When you enter a frequency into a channel, the 
scanner automatically turns on the delay function and 
DLY appears. When delay is turned on, the scanner 
automatically pauses scanning 
· 2 seconds after the end of a transmission before 
scanning proceeds to the next channel. To turn the 
function off or on, press Func + Dly. 
· If you enter a frequency that has already been entered 
elsewhere, the scanner sounds an error tone and 
displays the channel that was duplicated. If you 
entered the frequency by mistake, press Clr then enter 
the correct frequency. To enter the frequency anyway, 
press E to accept. 
 
· To program the next channel in sequence, press  
E / Pgm and repeat Steps 2) and 3). 
 
Searching for active Frequencies  
If you do not have a reference to frequencies in your area, use 
a search to find a transmission. 
 
Note: When the scanner starts searching, it automatically 
turns on the delay function. To turn delay on or off, press 
Func + Dly. 
 
Service Search 
You can search for aircraft and FM CB transmissions without 
knowing the specific frequencies used in your area. The 
scanner is preprogrammed with all the frequencies allocated 
to these services. To use this feature, press Func + Svc. 
SRCH appears and the scanner searches starting with the 
aircraft service bank. To select a different service bank, 
repeatedly press Func + Svc. Service mode appears on the 
display. When the scanner stops on a transmission, press 
Hold to stop searching and listen to the transmission. Hold 
appears. In this mode, you can press Func +  or Func 
+  to step through the frequencies. 
To release the hold and continue searching, press Hold. Or, if 
you did not press Hold, simply press Func +  or Func +     to continue searching. 
 
Storing Frequencies into Channels During Service Search 
You can store frequencies you found during service search or 
service search hold mode into channels. 
 
· Press Func and Pgm during service search or service 
search hold mode. The frequency and the lowest blank 
channel alternately appear. 
· Press E / Pgm to store the frequency into the blank 
channel. If you want to select another channel, press 
Func +  or Func +before you press E/ Pgm. You 
can also use the 0-9 key to select the bank. 
 
  
If you entered a frequency that has already been entered 
elsewhere, the scanner sounds an error tone and displays the 
channel that was duplicated. If you entered the frequency by  
						

							19  mistake, press Clr then enter the correct frequency. To enter 
the frequency anyway, press E to accept. 
 
Scanning the Stored Channels 
To begin scanning channels, press Scan. The scanner scans 
through all non-locked channels in the activated banks (see 
also page 23 and “Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and 
Off” on Page 24). When the scanner finds a transmission, it 
stops on it. When the transmission ends, the scanner resumes 
scanning. 
 
Notes: 
· If you have not stored frequencies into any channels, the 
scanner does not scan. 
· If the scanner picks up unwanted partial, or very weak 
transmissions, turn Squelch clockwise to decrease the 
scanners sensitivity to these signals. To listen to a weak 
or distant station, turn Squelch counterclockwise. 
· To ensure proper scanning, adjust Squelch until the 
audio mutes. 
 
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. 
 
· To manually select a channel, press Hold, enter the 
channel number then press Hold again.  
 
Or, during scanning, if the radio stops at a channel you want 
to listen to, press Hold once. (Repeatedly pressing Hold at 
this time causes the scanner to step through the channels.) 
Press Scan to resume automatic scanning. 
 
Frequency Search 
This feature lets you search through preset frequency ranges. 
You can also change each range to a range you set. There 
are three modes within this feature: chain search mode, 
chain search hold mode, and program band select mode. 
The preset frequency ranges are: 
 10 Search Bands Band Plan 1  Frequency Range MHz  Steps 1  25.0000  -   29.9950 5 kHz 2  30.0000  -   79.9875 12.5 kHz 3  80.0000  -   87.2625 10,12.5 kHz 4 old 108.0000  -  136.9875 12.5 kHz 4 new 108.0000  -  136.9916 8.33 kHz 5 138.0000  -  157.9875 12.5 kHz 6 158.0000  -  173.9900 10, 12.5 kHz 7 406.0000  -  439.99375 6.25 kHz 8 440.0000  -  469.9900 10 kHz 9 470.0000  -  512.0000 6.25 kHz 10 806.0000  -  960.0000   12.5 kHz   
						

							20   10 Search Bands Band Plan 2  Frequency Range MHz  Steps 1  25.0000  -   84.0100 5 kHz 2  84.0150  -   87.2550 20 kHz 3 old 108.0000  -  136.9875 12.5 kHz 3 new 108.0000  -  136.9916 8.33 kHz 4 137.0000  -  143.9950 5 kHz 5 144.0000  -  145.9875 12.5 kHz 6 146.0000  -  173.9900 10, 12.5 kHz 7 406.0000  -  449.99375 6.25 kHz 8 450.0000  -  469.9900 10 kHz 9 470.0000  -  512.0000 6.25 kHz 10 806.0000  -  960.0000   12.5 kHz  
 
To switch the band plan between 1 and 2: 
 
· Make sure the power is turned off. 
· While holding down 0, turn on the scanner. 
 
Note: Please carry out a memory initialization (Reset) after 
band plan was changed. We recommend to change the band 
plan setting immediately for the correct country setting before 
first use of the scanner, later, in most cases, changing will be 
no more necessary.  
 
Chain Search Mode 
Press Func + Src to start chain search mode. SRCH, the 
enabled search bank number, and or (indicating the search 
direction) appear. The search bank number being searched 
flashes. 
Press 0-9 to enable or disable the search bank number being 
searched in this mode. Enabled bank numbers appear. 
(Disabled bank numbers disappear). 
At least one search bank must be enabled. (The scanner 
sounds an error tone if you try to disable all the search banks). 
The search bank and the frequency where chain search starts 
depends on how the scanner was set before you selected 
chain search mode. 
 
Chain Search Hold Mode 
To start chain search hold mode, press Hold in chain search 
mode. The scanner stops searching and HOLD appears.  
 
· In this mode, pressing Func +changes the search 
direction downward and pressing Func +  
changes the search direction upward. 
 
· or appears according to the current search 
direction. 
 
Storing Frequencies Found During Chain Search into 
Channel Memory 
You can store frequencies you find in chain search mode or 
chain search hold mode.