RadioShack Pro 2067 Trunk Track Scanner Owners Manual

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Reviewing Locked-Out 
Frequencies
Follow these steps to review the fre-
quencies within a search bank that
you locked out.
1. Press 
SEARCH to start searching.
2. Press 
FUNC then L/OUT. The first
locked-out frequency in the
selected search bank appears. If
the search bank has no locked-
out frequency, 
L/O list is
empty.
 appears.
3. Press 
FUNC then s
 to select a
search bank and begin the search
for locked-out channels within that
bank.
4. Repeatedly press s
. The scanner
displays all locked-out frequencies
within the bank.
Clearing a Locked-Out 
Frequency
To clear a locked-out frequency, se-
lect that frequency then press 
CLEAR. 
The frequency is unlocked and 
Un-
locked
 appears for about 2 sec-
onds. Then the next locked-out
frequency appears. If all locked outfrequencies are cleared within a bank,
L/O list is empty appears.
Clearing All Locked-Out 
Frequencies in a Search Bank
1. Press FUNC then SEARCH.
2. Repeatedly press s
 or t
 to select
a search bank.
3. Press 
FUNC then 4. Confirm
list
 clear? 1=YES Press
other
 key for NO. appears.
4. Press 
1 to clear all locked-out fre-
quencies, or press any other key
to cancel clearing. 
List
cleared 
appears for about 2
seconds if you press 
1.
5. Press 
SEARCH to continue
searching.
PRIORITY
The priority feature lets you scan
through channels and still not miss im-
portant or interesting calls on a chan-
nel you select. When a channel is
selected as the priority channel and
priority is turned on, the scanner
checks that channel every 2 seconds.
If there is activity on the channel, the
scanner stays on the channel until the
activity stops.
The scanner is preset to select Chan-
nel 00 in Bank 8 as the priority chan-
nel. You can program a different
channel (including a weather channel)
as the priority channel. 
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Notes:
 
• The scanner does not stay on the
priority channel while the scanner
is receiving trunking frequencies.
• If you program a weather channel
as the priority channel, the scan-
ner stays on that channel only
when it detects the weather alert
tone.
• The scanner cannot set a channel
as the priority channel if the chan-
nel’s receive mode is 
LTR, MOT,
or 
ED.
Follow these steps to program a chan-
nel as the priority channel.
1. Press
 MAN.
2. Use the number keys to enter the
channel number you want to pro-
gram as the priority channel, then
press 
MAN.
3. Press 
FUNC then PRI. Pri
appears to the right of the fre-
quency.
Follow these steps to program a
weather channel as the priority chan-
nel.
1. Press 
WX.
2. Select the weather channel you
want to program as the priority
channel.
3. Press 
FUNC then PRI. Pri
appears to the right of the fre-
quency.To turn on the priority feature, press
PRI while scanning. Priority ON
(or Priority WX if you set the prior-
ity to a weather channel) appears for
about 3 seconds then 
P appears. The
scanner checks the priority channel
every 2 seconds and stays on the
channel if there is activity (or if it de-
tects a weather alert tone if a weather
channel is the priority channel), and
Pri appears and S or M changes to
P.
To turn off the priority feature, press
PRI. Priority OFF appears and P
disappears.
Notes: 
• If you program a weather fre-
quency into the priority channel
and the scanner detects a
weather alert tone on that fre-
quency, the scanner sounds the
alert tone.
• The scanner always monitors the
priority channel even if the bank it
is contained in is set to closed
mode (see “Changing the Open/
Closed Mode”).
CHANGING THE OPEN/
CLOSED MODE
You can set each of the scanner’s
banks to open mode or closed mode.
When a bank is set to open mode, the
scanner receives all transmissions on
the frequencies in that bank. When a
bank is set to closed mode, the scan-
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ner receives transmissions only when
a preset ID code is also transmitted,
and the ID code appears. In closed
mode, the scanner does not receive
transmissions if they do not have an
ID code or if the ID code does not
match the preset ID code.
Note:
 You can set AM and FM fre-
quencies within banks to open or
closed mode.
Follow these steps to select a bank
and change it to open or closed mode.
1. Press 
MAN.
2. Press 
FUNC then repeatedly press
s
 or t
 to select the bank you
want to change.
3. Press 
FUNC then 2. Bank OPEN
or Bank CLOSED appears. Then
the tenth digit from the left at the
top line of the display changes
from 
+ to – or vice versa.
CHANGING THE 
RECEIVE MODE
The scanner is preset to the most
common AM or FM receive mode for
each frequency range. 
The preset mode is correct in most
cases. However, some amateur radio
transmitters and trunked systems do
not operate in the preset mode. If you
try to listen to a transmission when the
scanner is not set to the correct re-
ceive mode, the transmission might
sound weak or distorted.If you want to listen to private line or
trunking transmissions in closed
mode, you might have to change the
receive mode.
To change the receive mode, repeat-
edly press 
MODE. The receive mode
changes as follows:
CHANGING THE 
FREQUENCY STEP
The scanner searches at a preset fre-
quency step for each frequency range.
These are the frequency steps your
scanner uses for each frequency
range.
Display Description
AMAM Mode
FMFM Mode
PLFM Mode, Private Line (with 
67.0–254.1 Hz PL code)
DLFM Mode, Digital Private 
Line (with 3-digit DPL code)
LTFM Mode, LTR Trunking 
System (with 6-digit ID 
code)
MOFM Mode, Motorola Trunk-
ing System (with a 4- or 5-
digit ID code)
EDFM Mode, EDACS Trunking 
System (with 4-digit ID 
code)
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To change the frequency step while
moving between frequencies within a
search band, repeatedly press 
STEP.
Or,
 follow these steps to change the
frequency step within a specific bank.
1. Press 
SEARCH.
2. Select a bank.
3. Turn 
SQUELCH fully counterclock-
wise until the indicator points to
MIN.
4. Repeatedly press 
STEP until you
reach the desired step.
5. Turn 
SQUELCH clockwise and
leave it set to a point just after the
hissing sound stops.
USING THE 
ATTENUATOR
To reduce interference or noise
caused by strong signals, you can re-
duce the scanner’s sensitivity to these
signals (called 
attenuation). You can
set attenuation for each of the scan-
ner’s channels.
Note:
 If you turn on this feature, the
scanner might not receive weak sig-
nals.
To reduce the scanner’s sensitivity on
the current channel, repeatedly press
AT T until A appears. To turn off attenu-
ation, press 
AT T  again. A disappears.
TURNING THE KEY TONE 
ON AND OFF
Each time you press any of the scan-
ner’s keys, the scanner sounds a
tone. Follow these steps to turn the
scanner’s key tone off or on.
1. If the scanner is on, turn 
VOLUME
counterclockwise until it clicks to
turn the scanner off.
2. Turn 
VOLUME clockwise to turn
the scanner on. 
Welcome To
Multi-System
 Trunking
appears.
3. While 
Welcome To Multi-
System Trunking
 appears,
press 
1 to turn on the key tone or
2 to turn it off.
Range (MHz)Search Step 
(kHz)
29.000-54.000 5, 10, 15, 20, 
25, 30, 50, 100
108.000-136.9875 12.5, 25, 50, 
100
137.000-174.000 5, 10, 15, 20, 
25, 30, 50, 100
380.000-512.000 12.5, 25, 50, 
100
806.000-823.9875 12.5, 25, 50, 
100
849.000-868.9875 12.5, 25, 50, 
100
894.000-960.000 12.5, 25, 50, 
100
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CHANGING THE 
DISPLAY CONTRAST
1. Press MAN.
2. Press 
FUNC then 9. Use Up/
Down
 keys to set con-
trast.
 appears on the display.
3. Press s
 or t 
to select the desired
contrast.
4. Press 
ENTER to store the setting.
CLONING 
PROGRAMMED DATA 
FROM SCANNER TO 
SCANNER
You can transfer the programmed
data to and from another RadioShack
Cat. No. 20-196 or Cat. No. 20-522
scanner using the supplied clone ca-
ble. To clone the data, follow these
steps.
1. Turn on both scanners.
2. Connect the supplied clone cable
to each scanner’s 
PC/IF jack.
CLONE MODE UP to send,
remove
 cable to exit
appears.
3. Press s
. 
Confirm send
data?
 1=Yes Press other
key for
 No. appears.
4. Press 
1 to send the data to the
other unit or press any other key
to cancel the operation.
The scanner sends the data. To exit
the clone mode, remove the cable.
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TRUNKING OPERATION
The scanner tracks transmissions that
use the Motorola® Type I and Type II
(such as Smartnet and Privacy Plus)
and hybrid analog trunking systems,
plus GE/Ericsson (EDACS) and EF
Johnson (LTR) type systems, which
are extensively used in many commu-
nication systems. 
Trunking systems allocate a few fre-
quencies to many different users.
When the mobile unit transmits a sig-
nal, one frequency is chosen from
among the allocated frequencies in
that trunking system. The user’s ID
talk group
 is sent with the signal.
To receive trunking signals, you must
store all the trunking group frequen-
cies in one bank (see “Storing Known
Frequencies into Channels” on
Page 22) and input ID codes in the ID
memory (see “Finding and Storing Ac-
tive Frequencies” on Page 25). To lis-
ten to the transmission, the mode of
the programmed channel must be the
same as that of the trunking channel
(LT, MO, or ED).
When an ID code is received, the ID
list for the bank is searched, and if
found, the text name stored for the ID
appears. If not found, scanning re-
sumes immediately unless the bank is
in open trunking mode. 
Note:
 There might be more than one
talk group transmitting at a time in
some Motorola trunking systems. If
you set the scanner to manually tune
in Motorola trunking mode, you will
hear the talk group on that channel,
but the display will alternate between
all active IDs.Trunking group frequencies are in-
cluded in the supplied Police Call
Trunking Guide
. Frequency fleet map
and talk group information is also
widely available on the Internet, at
www.trunkscanner.com for example.
UNDERSTANDING 
TRUNKING
In the past, groups that transmit fre-
quently, such as police departments,
could transmit on only a few frequen-
cies. This resulted in heavy traffic and
often required 2-way radio users to
wait for a specific frequency to clear
before transmitting. Trunked systems
allow more groups of 2-way radio us-
ers to use fewer frequencies. Instead
of selecting a specific frequency to
transmit on, a trunked system choos-
es one of several frequencies when
the 2-way radio user transmits. The
system automatically transmits the
call on that frequency, and also sends
a code that identifies that 2-way radio
user’s transmission on a control chan-
nel.
This scanner lets you easily hear both
the call and response transmissions
for that 2-way radio user and therefore
follow the conversation. For EDACS
and Motorola (above 806 MHz range),
the scanner monitors the control chan-
nel between each transmission to iden-
tify talk groups. For some Motorola
(under 512 MHz range) and LTR sys-
tems, the scanner uses the subaudible
data sent with each transmission to
identify talk groups.
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SETTING SQUELCH FOR 
THE TRUNKING MODE
Your scanner automatically mutes the
audio during trunk scanning when it
decodes control channel data. Howev-
er, we recommend you turn 
SQUELCH
clockwise and leave it set to a point
just after the hissing sound stops. This
lets the scanner quickly acquire the
data channel.
PROGRAMMING 
TRUNKING 
FREQUENCIES
You program trunking frequencies just
like non-trunked frequencies, except
that you must store the appropriate
mode (MO, ED, or LT) with each fre-
quency.
Notes:
• You can store only one trunked
EDACs and Motorola channel in a
bank. You can, however, mix LTR
and conventional channels in a
bank.
• If you are scanning UHF trunking
frequencies under the 512 MHz
range using subaudible data and
are not using a base frequency
and offset, lock out all data chan-
nels. See “Programming Motorola
Trunking Systems (UHF-Lo)” on
Page 38 and “Locking Out Chan-
nels, Frequencies, and Trunking
IDs” on Page 30. Turn off the
scanner to remove the lockouts.• If you are programming trunked
frequencies for Motorola Type I
and hybrid systems, you must first
program the fleet map (see “Pro-
gramming Fleet Maps” on
Page 39).
• You must store frequencies using
the subaudible trunking method in
banks mode by mode.
Follow these steps to program trunked
frequencies.
1. Press 
PROG and select the bank,
then press 
TRUNK to enter the ID
program mode.
2. Repeatedly press 
MODE to select
LT for EF Johnson, MO for Motor-
ola, or 
ED for the EDACS (GE/
Ericsson) system to scan. This
sets the talk group ID decoding
method to be used for the bank.
Notes:
 
• If you select 
-- instead of LT,
MO, or ED, the scanner does
not scan trunked frequencies.
Instead, you see:
• If you programmed a Motorola
Type I or Hybrid system, see
“Programming Fleet Maps” on
Page 39.
3. Press 
PROG to enter the program
mode.
4. Store the trunking frequencies into
subsequent channels in the same
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bank (see “Storing a Frequency to
a Specified Channel” on
Page 26).
5. Repeatedly press 
MODE to select
the trunking mode (
LT for EF
Johnson, 
MO for Motorola, or ED
for the EDACS (GE/Ericsson) sys-
tem).
6. Press 
SCAN. If the scanner’s
receive mode matches the ID
mode, 
T appears and the scanner
scans the frequencies.
Programming Motorola 
Trunking Systems (UHF-Lo)
You can program the scanner to re-
ceive transmissions in the UHF-Lo
band (380–512 MHz) of the Motorola
Trunking System. You can receive
these transmissions by:
• Checking the trunking system’s
base frequency and offset fre-
quency. You must program the
system’s base frequency and off-
set frequency to do this.
• Decoding the subaudible data
transmitted with the signals. When
you do this, the scanner might
detect wrong IDs but you can eas-
ily receive trunking frequencies
without programming the base
and offset frequencies.
Notes:
• Base and offset frequencies vary
for each type of trunking system.
You can get information about
these frequencies for the trunking
system you want to scan using
www.trunkscanner.com, other
Internet sources, or locally-
published guidebooks.
• The scanner automatically de-
codes subaudible data it receives
in the VHF band.
• If you try to enter an offset fre-
quency in the VHF and UHF-Hi
bands (137–174 and 806–960
MHz), the scanner will ignore the
entry.
Follow these steps to program Motor-
ola trunking frequencies in the UHF-
Lo band.
1. Select the bank, then press 
PROG
to enter the program mode.
2. Store the base frequency into
channel 00 of the bank you
selected, then store the trunking
frequencies into subsequent
channels in the same bank (see
“Storing a Frequency to a Speci-
fied Channel” on Page 26).
3. Press 
TRUNK then repeatedly
press 
MODE to select MO (Motor-
ola).
4. Press 
FUNC then 9. 12.5 kHz
(the default offset frequency)
appears.
Offset Frequency
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5. Repeatedly press FUNC then 9 to select the offset frequency you want (12.5
kHz
, 25.0 kHz, or 50 kHz). 
Note:
 Offset frequencies above 50 kHz do not appear and are used only for
subaudible decoding mode.
6. Program the trunking frequencies (see “Programming Trunking Frequencies”
on Page 37).
PROGRAMMING FLEET MAPS
If you want to receive a Motorola Type I system, you need to set the fleet map.
Fleet maps are included along with other information about Motorola Type I sys-
tems at 
www.trunkscanner.com. 
Follow these steps to program a fleet map.
1. Press 
PROG.
2. Press 
TRUNK.
3. For each bank you want to program, repeatedly press 
FUNC, s
, or t
 to select
the bank.
4. Press 
FUNC.
5. Press 
8. You see:
6. Enter the size code information supplied with the Type I system information,
referring to the instruction that appears on the display. If the information was
not supplied, try the following common fleet maps.
B
L
O
C
KSize Code
123 4 5 6 7 8
0 S11 S4 S4 S12 S4 S3 S10 S1
1 S11 S4 S4 — S4 S10 S10 S1
2 S11 S4 S4 S4 S12 S4 S11 S2
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7. Press ENTER for each entry. If you make a mistake, press CL and enter the cor-
rect size code.
Note:
 The default setting of the bank is for Motorola Type II. However, after you
set Type I and if you want to return to Type II, enter 
15 at Step 6.
8. To confirm the input, repeat Steps 1–6 and press 
ENTER. Each time you press
ENTER, you confirm the size code. If you find an error, press CLEAR and begin
again at Step 1.
9. Press 
SCAN to start scanning.
3 S11 S4 S4 S4 — S4 S4 S2
4 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 S12 S4 S3
5 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 — S4 S3
6 S11 S4 S12 S4 S4 S12 S4 S4
7 S11 S4 — S4 S4 — S4 S4
B
L
O
C
KSize Code
910111213141516
0 S4S0S4S0S3 S4S4S3
1 S4S0S0S0S3 S3S4S10
2 S0S0S0S0S11S10S4S10
3 S0S0S0S0S4 S4S11S11
4 S0S0S0S0S4 S4S11S0
5 S0S0S0S0S0 S4S0S0
6 S0S4S0S0S0 S12S12S12
7 S0S4S0S4S0 —— — B
L
O
C
KSize Code
123 4 5 6 7 8
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