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 during a search. 
b Appears instead of a channel number during a band search.
d  Appears instead of a channel number during a direct search.
H  Appears during a band search hold.
h  Appears during a direct search hold.
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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 channels are divided into 10
channel-storage banks (1–9 and 0) of 20
channels each. You can use each
channel-storage bank to group frequen-
cies, such as those used by the police
department, fire department, ambulance
services, and amateur radio operators
(see “Guide to the Action Bands” on
Page 23).
For example, there might be three or
four police departments in your area,
each using several different frequencies.
Additionally, there might be other law
enforcement agencies such as state po-
lice, county sheriffs, or SWAT teams
that use their own frequencies. You
could program all law enforcement fre-
quencies starting with Channel 1 (the
first channel in Bank 1), then program
the fire department, paramedic, and oth-
er public safety frequencies starting with
Channel 21 (the first channel in Bank 2).
MONITOR MEMORIES
Monitor memories are temporary stor-
age areas where you can store up to ten
frequencies during a search while you
decide whether to save them into chan-
nels. You can manually select and listen
to frequencies stored in monitor memo-
ries.
FREQUENCY BANDS
Your scanner has eight frequency
bands, each covering a specific range of
frequencies. You can search these
bands for specific broadcasts by repeat-
edly pressing 
BAND until the scanner
displays the band you want.
For example, you can search through all
frequencies between 29.000 and 54.000
MHz for specific broadcasts by repeat-
edly pressing 
BAND until 29-54 ap-
pears. The scanner then automatically
searches the frequencies in that band. 
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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 memory. 
• You cannot change or delete any of the frequencies in the frequency bands.
Displayed 
Frequency 
Band RangeTypical UsageFrequency Coverage 
(MHz)Step
(kHz)
29-5410-Meter Amateur Radio, VHF 
Lo, 6-Meter Amateur Radio29.000 to 54.000 5.0
108-137Aircraft 108.000 to 136.975 12.5
137-144Government 137.000 to 144.000 5.0
144-1482-Meter Amateur Radio 144.000 to 148.000 5.0
148-174VHF Hi 148.000 to 174.000 5.0
406-450Government, 70-Centimeter 
Amateur Radio406.000 to 450.000 12.5
450-470UHF Lo 450.000 to 470.000 12.5
470-512UHF “T” Band 470.000 to 512.000 12.5
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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-
clockwise. 
• If the scanner will not scan, turn
SQUELCH further clockwise.
RESETTING THE 
SCANNER
You might need to reset the scanner in
any of the following conditions:
• before you use it for the first time (to
clear anything that might already
have been stored in memory previ-
ously)
• if the scanner’s display locks up
• if the scanner does not work prop-
erly after you connect power• if the scanner is dropped or sub-
jected to an electrical shock
Caution: This procedure clears all the
information you have programmed into
the scanner. Use this procedure only
when you are sure your scanner is not
working properly.
Follow these steps to reset the scanner.
1. Turn off the scanner.
2. While you hold down 
2 and 9, turn
on the scanner. When 
CLEAr
appears, release 2 and 9.
MANUALLY STORING 
FREQUENCIES INTO 
CHANNELS
If you know of a frequency you want to
store, you can manually store it into a
channel.
Good references for active frequencies
are RadioShack’s 
Police Call Radio
Guide Including Fire and Emergency
Services
, Aeronautical Frequency Direc-
tory
, and Maritime Frequency Directory.
We update these directories every year,
so be sure to get a current copy. See
also “Guide to the Action Bands” on
Page 23 in this manual.
Note: If you do not have a reference to
frequencies in your area, follow the
steps in “Searching For and Temporarily
Storing Active Frequencies” on Page 15
to search for transmissions.
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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: Your scanner automatically
rounds the entered frequency up to
the closest valid frequency. For
example, if you try to enter a fre-
quency of 151.473, your scanner
accepts it as 151.475.
5. Press 
E to store the frequency. If the
channel was locked out, the lockout
is removed.
Note: If you entered an invalid fre-
quency in Step 4, the scanner dis-
plays 
Error. Press CLEAR, then
repeat Steps 4 and 5.
6. To program the next channel in
sequence, repeat Steps 3–5. To pro-
gram another channel (not in
sequence), repeat Steps 2–5.
SEARCHING FOR AND 
TEMPORARILY STORING 
ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
You can search for transmissions using
either a band or direct search, then tem-
porarily store the frequencies for those
transmissions into monitor memories.
Notes:
• If you manually tune to a search skip
frequency, the display shows 
L/O
(see “Skipping Frequencies/Chan-
nels” on Page 19).
• You can use the scanner’s delay
feature while using band or direct
search. See “Delay” on Page 19.
Band Search
Using band search, you can select a fre-
quency band and search for transmis-
sions within only that band.
1. Repeatedly press 
BAND until you
see the frequency band you want to
search.
The scanner displays s or t, the
range for each frequency band, 
b
appears, and the number of the cur-
rent monitor memory blinks on the
display. Then the scanner starts to
search the frequencies in the band.
When the scanner finds a transmis-
sion, it stops and displays the fre-
quency until the transmission stops,
then the scanner starts searching
again.
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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 the cur-
rent monitor memory by pressing
MONITOR.
• continue searching by pressing s
or t.
• stop searching and listen to the
frequency by pressing 
HOLD. H
(hold) appears.
Note: You can change the direction of a
manual search by pressing s or t
once.
Direct Search
Using direct search, you can enter a fre-
quency, then search for transmissions
above or below that frequency within all
of the frequency bands.
1. Press 
MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
frequency where you want to startthe search. Press • to enter the dec-
imal point.
3. Press s or t to search up or down
from the selected frequency. 
d
(direct) and s or t appear, and the
next available monitor memory
number flashes.
Note: If you entered an invalid fre-
quency in Step 2, the scanner dis-
plays 
Error. Press CLEAR, then
repeat Steps 2 and 3.
4. When the scanner finds an active
frequency, you can do any of the fol-
lowing:
• save the frequency into the cur-
rent monitor memory by pressing
MONITOR.
• continue searching or change the
search direction by pressing s or
t.
• stop searching and listen to the
frequency by pressing 
HOLD. h
(hold) appears.
To manually step through frequencies
one at a time after you stop a search, re-
peatedly press s or t. To continue
searching, either press 
HOLD or hold
down s or t for about 1 second.
LISTENING TO MONITOR 
MEMORIES
After you store frequencies into the
scanner’s monitor memories, you can
listen to them by pressing 
MANUAL,
MONITOR, then the number for the de-
sired monitor memory.
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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 flashes and the frequency
stored in the monitor memory and
the monitor memory’s number
appear.
4. Use the number keys to enter the
monitor memory number that has
the frequency you want to store into
the channel. The frequency ap-
pears.
5. Press 
E. The scanner stores the fre-
quency in the selected channel.
DELETING A FREQUENCY 
FROM A CHANNEL
1. If the scanner is scanning, press
MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
channel number containing the fre-
quency you want to delete.
3. Press 
PROGRAM.
4. Press 
0 then E. The frequency is
deleted.
To replace a frequency stored in a moni-
tor memory, store a new frequency in
that monitor memory.
SCANNING CHANNELS
Note: You cannot scan channels until
you have stored frequencies in them.
To scan channels stored in the channel-
storage banks, press 
SCAN. The scan-
ner scans through all channels in the ac-
tive banks.
To select one or more channel-storage
banks while scanning, select each bank
you want to scan by pressing its number
key so the bank’s number appears on
the display. 
Note: The channels for each bank are
listed above the scanner’s number keys.
To turn off channel-storage banks, press
the number key for each of the bank(s)
so the bank’s number disappears. The
scanner does not scan any of the stored
channels within banks you have turned
off.
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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 a specific channel or a locked-out
channel.
Follow these steps to manually select a
channel.
1. Press 
MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
desired channel number, then press
MANUAL again.
Notes:
• If your scanner is scanning and
stops at the desired channel, simply
press 
MANUAL to manually select
the channel.
• If you repeatedly press 
MANUAL,
the scanner steps through the chan-
nels.
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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 ways:
• If the scanner is scanning and stops
on an active channel, quickly press
DELAY before it starts to scan again.
• If the desired channel is not
selected, manually select the chan-
nel then press 
DELAY.
If the scanner is searching, press DELAY
during the search. DLY appears on the
display and the scanner automatically
adds a 2-second delay to every trans-
mission it stops on.
To turn off delay on any channel, select
that channel then press 
DELAY. DLY dis-
appears. To turn off delay for all frequen-
cies during a search, simply press
DELAY.
SKIPPING FREQUENCIES/
CHANNELS
You can scan channels faster by skip-
ping ones that have a continuous trans-
mission, such as a weather channel.
You can lock out up to all 200 channels
while scanning, or skip up to 20 frequen-
cies during a band or direct search.
To skip a channel/frequency while scan-
ning or searching, press 
S/S-LOCKOUT
when the scanner stops on it.
Notes:
• If you skip more than 20 search fre-
quencies, each new frequency
replaces an earlier one, starting
from the first stored frequency.
• You can manually select skipped
frequencies after you press 
HOLD to
stop a search. The scanner displays
L/O when you select a skipped fre-
quency. See “Manually Selecting a
Channel” on Page 18).
Removing Skip from 
Frequencies
To remove the skip from a frequency
while searching, press 
HOLD to stop the
search, press s or t to select the
skipped frequency, then repeatedly
press 
S/S until L/O disappears.
To remove the skip from all frequencies
at once while searching, hold down 
S/S-
LOCKOUT
 until the scanner beeps twice.
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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 the number keys to
select the banks containing the skipped
channels, press 
MANUAL, then hold
down 
LOCKOUT until the scanner beeps
twice.
Note: If you turned off the key tone (see
“Turning the Key Tone On or Off” on
Page 21), the scanner does not beep
when you hold down 
LOCKOUT.
PRIORITY
The priority feature lets you scan
through programmed 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 (up to 10 total). As the scannerscans, it checks the priority channels in
each selected bank for activity every 2
seconds.
Notes:
• You can skip priority channels. If you
skip all priority channels, the scan-
ner displays 
P CH LOC OUt when
you turn on the priority feature. See
“Skipping Frequencies/Channels”
on Page 19.
• The priority feature must be turned
off to listen to monitor memories.
The scanner automatically designates
the first channel in each bank as that
bank’s priority channel. Follow these
steps to program a different channel as
the priority channel.
1. Press 
PROGRAM.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
channel number you want to pro-
gram as the priority channel, then
press 
PRIORITY. P appears to the
right of the channel number.
3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for each
channel you want to program as a
priority channel.
To review the priority channel numbers
for all banks, press 
PROGRAM then re-
peatedly press 
PRIORITY. 
To turn on priority, press 
PRIORITY dur-
ing scanning or when 
MAN appears.
PRI appears, and the scanner checks
the priority channel in each selected
bank every 2 seconds. It stays on the
channel if there is activity, and 
P ap-
pears.
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