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4.  If you want to save the contents of the scanner’s working 
memory to a V-Scanner folder, press 1. 
Save to
V-Scanner: 
ENTER if YES
CLR to EXIT
5.  Press the number key that corresponds with the V-
Scanner folder you wish to save the current confi guration 
to, or press CLEAR to return to V-Scanner menu. Your 
selected folder location and the name of any previously 
stored V-Scanner appears in the display. For example, 
assume you are saving to V-Scanner folder 1, and have 
previously stored a V-Scanner confi guration with the 
name “My V-Scanner” in that location. If you choose V-
Scanner Folder 1, the following appears on the display:
Save to
V-Scanner: 1
ENTER if YES
My V-Scanner
6. Press ENT to accept the choice, another number key to 
change your selection, or CLEAR to abort and return to 
the V-Scanner menu. The scanner gives you one fi nal 
opportunity to abort before proceeding:
Save to 
V-Scanner: 1
ENT= CONFIRM
My V-Scanner
7. Press ENT to confi rm your choice and proceed with the V-
Scanner save operation. While saving, this text appears:
Saving to 
V-Scanner: 1
Please Wait
The contents of the selected V-Scanner folder will be 
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8.  To load the contents of a V-Scanner folder to the 
scanner’s working memory, press 2. This message 
appears:
Load from 
V-Scanner:
ENTER if YES
CLR to EXIT
9.  Press the number key that corresponds with the V-
Scanner folder you wish to load into the scanner’s 
working memory, or press CLEAR to return to the V-Scanner 
menu. If you select a V-Scanner folder, the scanner will 
prompt you to verify your choice. For example, if you 
choose V-Scanner Folder 1, the scanner will display:
Load from
V-Scanner: 1
ENTER if YES
My V-Scanner
10. Press ENT to accept the choice, another number key to 
change your selection, or CLEAR to abort and return to 
the V-Scanner menu. The scanner gives you one fi nal 
opportunity to abort before proceeding:
Load from
V-Scanner: 1
ENT= CONFIRM
My V-Scanner
While loading, the scanner will display:
Loading from
V-Scanner: 1
Please Wait
11. The contents of the scanner’s current working memory 
will be replaced with the data from the selected 
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12. To delete the contents of a V-Scanner folder, select 3. The 
scanner will display:
Delete
V-Scanner: 
ENTER if YES
CLR to EXIT
13. Press the number key that corresponds with the V-
Scanner folder you wish to clear, or press CLEAR to return 
to the V-Scanner menu. If you select a V-Scanner folder, 
the scanner will display the name of the V-Scanner 
currently stored in that folder, and prompt you to verify 
your choice. For example, if you choose V-Scanner Folder 
1, the scanner will display:
Delete
V-Scanner: 
ENTER if YES
My V-Scanner
14. Press ENT to accept the choice, another number key to 
change your selection, or CLEAR to abort and return to 
the V-Scanner menu. The scanner gives you one fi nal 
opportunity to abort before proceeding:
Delete
V-Scanner: 1
ENT=CONFIRM
My V-Scanner
While the folder is being cleared, the scanner will display:
Clearing
V-Scanner: 1
Please Wait
15. This display appears after each V-Scanner operation. 
Pressing ENT will return to the main V-Scanner menu. 
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V-Scanner
Operation
Complete
Press ENTER
16. This display appears if a failure is encountered while 
performing a V-Scanner operation. Press ENT to try again.
V-Scanner
Operation
Failure
Press ENTER
17. If you wish to create a new confi guration based on 
your current one, save the current working memory to 
a V-Scanner folder, then edit the working memory with 
your changes. When you are fi nished with your edits, 
save your updated working memory to a new V-Scanner 
folder, leaving the V-Scanner folder with your original 
confi guration intact. You may then use either your original 
confi guration or the modifi ed one.
18. Be sure to assign a name to each V-Scanner before you 
save it to a V-Scanner folder. You assign a V-Scanner 
name while using the confi guration in working memory 
by pressing PROG, and then FUNC, TEXT. The text you enter 
here is stored in line 4 of the welcome message and 
saved with the contents of the V-Scanner when you write 
it to a folder.
You can use the V-Scanner feature to back up your work. 
Save your confi guration to a V-Scanner folder after you 
make changes to a working memory confi guration. If for 
any reason your scanner’s working memory is accidentally 
altered or lost, you can recall the backup confi guration data 
from the V-Scanner folder.
There will be an approximately 13 second pause after you 
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choice when saving or loading V-Scanner data. During this 
period the scanner is transferring V-Scanner data to or from 
working memory.
using digital AGC
You may fi nd that the audio level varies greatly among 
different users on digital systems that you monitor. Many 
analog conventional and trunked radio systems include 
components with automatic gain control to help normalize 
the audio levels of analog transmissions in the system. Digital 
radio systems typically do not include any automatic gain 
control functionality and tend to reproduce a user’s voice 
audio signal more faithfully with regard to audio levels. This 
can result in a low level audio signal if a user on the system 
is not speaking close enough to their radio microphone. Your 
PRO-2096 features Digital AGC, which can compensate for 
these low audio levels when they occur. By default, Digital 
AGC is turned on. If desired, you can toggle the Digital 
AGC function on or off by pressing FUNC, and then MAN 
at any time. The display will briefl y show DSP AGC Off or DSP 
AGC On accordingly. Digital AGC has no effect on analog 
transmissions. You may notice more background noise with 
Digital AGC on.
cloning programmed data
You can transfer the contents of the current scanner working 
memory to and from another PRO-2096 or PRO-96 scanner 
using an optional connecting cable with 1/8-inch (3.5 mm) 
phone plugs on both ends (use RadioShack part number 
42-2420 available at your local RadioShack store), or to a 
computer application designed to work with this scanner 
using a PC interface cable (use RadioShack part number 20-
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CLONE MODE Incorrect Model appears if the scanner receives 
data from a scanner other than a PRO-2096 and PRO-96. 
This scanner can send/receive the data to or from a PRO-96 
scanner. Only the Light (PRO-96) and Dimmer (PRO-2096) 
settings are not transferred, they are set to default.
1.  Turn on both scanners.
2.  Connect the cable to each scanner’s PC/IF jack. *CLONE 
MODE* UP to send, Remove Cable to Exit appears on the display.
3. Press 
e or d. Confi rm send data? 1=YES Press other key for NO. 
appears on the display.
4. Press 1 to send the data to the other unit or press any 
other key to cancel the operation.
5.  The scanner sends the data. Do not disconnect the cable 
or interrupt power to either scanner while transferring 
data.
6.  To exit clone mode, remove the cable.
cloning v-scanner data
Your scanner supports cloning of both working memory and 
V-Scanner memory to and from other PRO-2096 and PRO-96 
scanners or PC application software. This section describes 
the process of cloning V-Scanner memory between two 
radios.
Two types of V-Scanner memory clone are supported. Full 
Clone transfers all V-Scanner folders from one PRO-2096 
(the “source” radio) to a second PRO-2096 or PRO-96 (the 
“destination” radio). Selective Clone transfers selected V-
Scanner folders from a “local” controlling radio to a “remote” 
slave radio.
The Full Clone feature should be used with caution – it 
overwrites all V-Scanner memory in the destination radio 
with the contents of the V-Scanner memory in the source 
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radio. This operation cannot be undone.
full cloning
Do not disturb the source radio, destination radio or cable 
until the transfer is complete. Interrupting the transfer 
may result in corrupted data. Transferring all data will take 
approximately four minutes.
1.  Identify the source and destination radios. Turn both 
radios on. 
2.  Connect the two radios using a male 1/8” to male 1/8” 
cloning cable. Both radios will show the clone mode 
display:
3. Press PROG on the source radio. 
4.  If you wish to replace the V-Scanner memory contents 
in the destination radio with the V-Scanner memory 
contents of the source radio, press ENT now. All eleven V-
Scanner folders will be transferred from the source radio 
to the destination radio. 
5.  When the transfer is complete press ENT on the source 
radio and remove the cloning cable. Both radios restart.
6.  Repeat steps 1-3 to clone multiple radios.
selective cloning
Selective cloning allows you to choose the specifi c source 
and destination folders within a local and remote radio.
This feature should be used with caution – it overwrites the 
selected destination V-Scanner folder with the contents of the 
selected source V-Scanner folder. This operation cannot be 
undone.
1.  Identify the local and remote radios. Turn both radios on.
2.  On the local radio, press PROG FUNC PROG to enter V-Scanner 
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3.  Connect the two radios together using a male 1/8” phone 
plug to male 1/8” phone plug cloning cable. The local 
radio will handshake with the remote radio to prepare for 
the cloning session. During V-Scanner selective cloning 
operations, the local radio controls the session for both 
sending and receiving folders to and from the remote 
radio. 
4.  In addition to the two options indicated on the display, 
you can browse the V-Scanner contents on both radios 
simultaneously by pressing SRCH on the source radio. 
Press CLEAR to exit.
5.  To send a V-Scanner folder from the local radio to the 
remote radio, press 
e. Use 0-9 and . to select the source 
V-Scanner folder. The name of the source folder appears 
on the display. You can browse the V-Scanner contents 
by pressing 0-9 and . in succession until the desired folder 
is located. Press 
e or d to move between the source 
and destination folder fi elds. Use 0-9 and . to select the 
destination V-Scanner folder where you wish to store 
the sent data. Again, you may browse the V-Scanner 
contents on the remote scanner by pressing 0-9 and . until 
the desired folder is located. Once you have selected the 
desired source and destination folders, press ENT to send. 
You may abort the send operation by pressing CLEAR.
6.  To receive a V-Scanner folder from the remote radio 
into the local radio, press the 
d key. Use 0-9 and . to 
select the destination V-Scanner folder where you wish 
to store the received data. The name of the destination 
folder appears on the display. You can browse the local 
V-Scanner contents by pressing 0-9 and . in succession 
until the desired folder is located. Press 
e or d to move 
between the destination and source folder fi elds. Use 0-9 
and . to select the source V-Scanner folder where you 
wish to store the sent data. Again, you may browse the 
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0-9 and . until the desired folder is located. Once you 
have selected the desired source and destination folders, 
press ENT to receive. You may abort the send operation by 
pressing CLEAR.
7.  After data transfer is complete, you will be prompted 
to press ENT. This returns you to the main V-Scanner 
menu. To perform additional V-Scanner selective clone 
operations, press SRCH again. When fi nished, press CLEAR 
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trunking operation
setting squelch for trunk scanning
For optimal receiver performance when scanning both 
trunked and conventional systems, we recommend that 
you set the squelch close to threshold. Navigate to a 
programmed channel in manual mode. While the channel 
is idle, turn the squelch control fully counterclockwise. You 
will hear a loud rushing noise from the speaker. Turn the 
squelch control clockwise until the noise stops. You may fi nd 
it necessary to set the control a bit further in the clockwise 
direction to prevent very weak signals or interference from 
stopping the scan operation.
talkgroup ID hold
You can set your scanner to follow a trunking signal that you 
want to track during scanning.
1.  While the scanner is stopped on a voice channel (VC 
appears), hold down TRUNK (or press and release PAUSE) 
until ID hold ON appears on the display.
2.  To manually activate ID hold mode on a selected ID, enter 
the ID list, scroll to the desired ID, then press FUNC TRUNK. 
The scanner will initiate ID hold operation on the selected 
talkgroup.
3.  When ID hold is activated and the scanner receives a 
voice channel, the scan indication S at the fi rst digit in 
the top line changes to H to indicate that the call is being 
monitored while the scanner is in ID hold.
4.  To release ID hold, press SCAN, PAUSE, or TRUNK.
turning an ID sub-bank on or off
1. Press TRUNK repeatedly to select the desired sub-bank.