RadioShack Pro 2016 Vhf Uhf Scanner Reciever Owners Manual

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PRI Appears when the priority feature is turned on.
L/O (lockout) Appears when you lock out channels or skip a frequency, or
when you manually select a channel or frequency that is locked
out or skipped.
DLY Appears when the scanner is scanning or searching when you
have programmed a 2-second delay.
WX (weather)  Appears when the scanner is tuned to the weather band. 
ALT  Appears during weather alert mode and flashes when the scan-
ner receives a weather alert.
/   Indicates the search direction...

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UNDERSTANDING BANKS AND BANDS
You can store frequencies into either a
programmable memory location called a
channel, or a temporary memory loca-
tion called a monitor memory. You can
store a frequency in each of the scan-
ner’s channels (up to 200) and up to 10
monitor memories. 
Your scanner also has eight frequency
bands, each covering a specific range of
frequencies you can search.
CHANNEL-STORAGE 
BANKS
To make it easier to identify and select
the frequencies you want to listen to, the
scanner’s...

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This table shows the frequency band ranges displayed by the scanner and the typical
usage, frequency coverage, and step for each.
Notes:
• Your scanner searches at the preset frequency step rate (5 or 12.5 kHz) for each
band. You cannot change the frequency step rate.
• The scanner displays the nearest 1 kHz step. For example, if you tune to
406.1125, the scanner displays 406.112.
• While searching through a band, you might hear a frequency you want to store.
You can store any frequency into a monitor...

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OPERATION
TURNING ON THE 
SCANNER/SETTING 
VOLUME AND SQUELCH
1. Turn VOLUME and SQUELCH fully
counterclockwise.
2. Turn 
VOLUME 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 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 dis-
tant station, turn 
SQUELCH counter-...

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Follow these steps to manually store a
frequency into a channel.
1. If the scanner is scanning, press
MANUAL.
2. Using the number keys, enter the
channel number where you want to
store a frequency.
3. Press 
PROGRAM. BANK and the
bank number, the selected channel
number and 
L/O (if the selected
channel number is empty), and
000.000 (or the previously pro-
grammed frequency) appear.
4. Using the number keys, enter the
frequency you want to store into that
channel, including the decimal point.
Note:...

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2. To manually search the band, press
HOLD after the scanner starts auto-
matically searching the frequen-
cies. The scanner displays 
H (hold),
s or t, and a frequency within the
band you selected.
3. Repeatedly press s to step from the
lower to the upper range, or t to
step from the upper to the lower
range. 
Hold down s or t for about 1 sec-
ond or press 
HOLD to return to auto-
matic search.
4. When the scanner finds an active
frequency, you can do any of the fol-
lowing:
• save the frequency into...

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You can also select a monitor memory
by repeatedly pressing 
MONITOR until
the desired monitor memory appears.
Note: To listen to the monitor memories,
the priority channel feature must be
turned off (see “Priority” on Page 20).
MOVING A FREQUENCY 
FROM A MONITOR 
MEMORY TO A CHANNEL
1. If the scanner is scanning, press
MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
channel number where you want to
store the monitor frequency, then
press 
PROGRAM. PGM appears.
3. Press 
MONITOR. The channel num-
ber...

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Notes:
• You can manually select any chan-
nel in a bank, even if the bank is
turned off.
• You cannot turn off all ten banks.
• The scanner skips channels that
have been locked out (see “Skipping
Frequencies/Channels” on Page 19.
MANUALLY SELECTING A 
CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a specific
channel without scanning. This is useful
if you hear an emergency broadcast on
a channel and want to hear all the de-
tails (even though there might be peri-
ods of silence) or if you want to monitor
only...

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SPECIAL FEATURES
DELAY
Many agencies use a two-way radio sys-
tem that might have a pause of several
seconds between a query and a reply.
To avoid missing a reply, you can pro-
gram a 2-second delay into any of your
scanner’s channels or frequencies.
Then, when the scanner stops on the
channel, 
DLY appears and the scanner
continues to monitor the channel for 2
seconds after the transmission stops be-
fore it resumes scanning or searching.
You can program a 2-second delay in ei-
ther of the following...

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Note: If you turned the key tone off (see
“Turning the Key Tone On or Off” on
Page 21), the scanner does not beep
when you hold down 
S/S-LOCKOUT.
Removing Lockout from 
Channels
Follow these steps to remove the lock-
out from a channel while scanning.
1. Press 
MANUAL to stop scanning.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
channel number you want to delete
the lockout from.
3. Press 
MANUAL.
4. Repeatedly press 
LOCKOUT until
L/O disappears. 
To remove the lockout from all channels
while scanning, use...