RadioShack Pro 83 Compact Scanner Reciever Owners Manual

41  Beyond the Basics
Storing Frequencies Found During 
Chain Search into Channel Memory
You can store frequencies you find in chain search 
mode or chain search hold mode.
X Press FUNC + PGM in chain search mode or 
chain search hold mode. The lowest blank 
channel and bank appear.
Y Press E to store the frequency into the blank 
channel. To select another channel, press FUNC 
+   or   before you press E. To enter the 
frequency, press FUNC.   disappears. Then 
press E. You can also press 0-9 to select...

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When you select the search bank, the lower limit 
and upper limit frequency assigned in the search 
bank alternate on the display.
To select another search bank, press FUNC + 
B.SLCT or FUNC   to increase the search bank 
number or FUNC +   to decrease it. Hold down 
FUNC +   or FUNC +   for about 1 second to 
quickly move through the search bank numbers. 
After choosing the search bank, follow these steps 
to set the lower limit and upper limit frequency.
X Enter the lower limit...

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Y Enter the frequency you want to start from by 
using the number keys. (Press .
/CLR to enter a 
decimal point).
Z Press FUNC +   or  . The scanner searches, 
starting from the frequency you entered in 
Step 
Y. 
If you enter a frequency that is out of range, the 
scanner sounds an error tone and Error appears.
Press FUNC +   to change the search direction 
downward or FUNC +   to change the search 
direction upward. Frequencies appear during the 
search.
Notes:
• You can set the...

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Press FUNC +   to decrease the frequency by one 
step or FUNC +   to increase it by one step. Hold 
down   or   for about 1 second to quickly 
decrease or increase the frequency.
To resume direct search, press FUNC + SEARCH or 
HOLD. (  or   appears on the display, showing the 
search direction).
Storing Frequencies Found During 
Direct Entry Search into Channel 
Memory
Follow these steps to store frequencies received 
during direct entry search mode or direct entry 
search hold...

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.
/CLR. To enter the frequency anyway, press E to 
accept.
The scanner moves to program mode after you 
stored the frequency.
Search Skip Memory
You can skip up to 50 specified frequencies during a 
search. This lets you avoid unwanted frequencies or 
those already stored in a channel.
Notes: 
• You cannot skip frequencies during WX service 
search.
• Search skip frequencies are shared by service 
search, direct entry search, chain search, and 
signal stalker modes. If skip...

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Follow these steps to clear a single frequency from 
skip memory so the scanner stops on it during a 
search.
X Press HOLD to stop the search.
Y Press FUNC +   or FUNC +   to select the 
frequency. L/O appears.
Z Press FUNC + L/O. L/O disappears.
To clear all the skip frequencies at once while 
searching or search hold, press FUNC then press 
and hold L/O until the scanner beeps.
Notes:
• If you selected all frequencies to be skipped 
within the search range, the scanner beeps 3...

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Delay
Sometimes a user might pause before replying to a 
transmission. To avoid missing a reply on a specific 
channel, you can program a 2-second delay into any 
channel or frequency. The scanner continues to 
monitor the channel frequency for an additional 2 
seconds after the transmission stops before 
resuming scanning or searching. The scanner 
automatically sets a delay when you store 
frequencies into channels or when you search 
frequencies. When the delay feature is on, DLY...

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Turning Channel-Storage Banks On 
and Off
You can turn each channel-storage bank on and off. 
When you turn off a bank, the scanner does not scan 
any of the 20 channels in that bank.
While scanning, press the number key that 
corresponds to the bank you want to turn on or off. 
Numbers appear at the top of the display, showing 
the currently selected banks.
The scanner scans all the channels within the 
displayed banks that are not locked out (see Lock-
ing Out Channels). The bank...

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Notes:
• The scanner does not skip locked-out channels 
when you use Signal Stalker. You must lock out 
frequencies instead. See “Locking Out 
Frequencies.”
• You can still manually select locked-out 
channels.
To remove the lockout from a channel, manually 
select the channel, then press FUNC + L/O. 
L/O disappears.
To unlock all channels in the banks that are turned 
on, press HOLD to stop scanning, then press FUNC 
and press and hold L/O until the scanner beeps 
twice.
Locking...

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Priority
The priority feature lets you scan through the 
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 
(10 for the banks).
If the priority feature is turned on, as the scanner 
scans the bank, it checks that banks priority channel 
for activity every 2 seconds.
The scanner automatically designates each banks 
first channel as its priority channel. 
Follow these steps to select...