RadioShack Pro 89 Vhf Uhf Handheld Race Scanner Reciever Owners Manual

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nel number you want to use to store the frequency, then
press 
PGM again. The channel number flashes.
If a channel number you entered is already programmed
with a frequency, the channel number and the pro-
grammed frequency appear for about 2 seconds. Then the
channel number flashes and the new frequency appears. 
Press 
ENT to program the new frequency, or press CL/
MON
 to cancel. If you press ENT, the channel and fre-
quency flash twice and the scanner stores the displayed
frequency. The scanner then continues to search for fre-
quencies.
Notes:
• If there is no empty channel, 
Ch-FULL appears. To
store more frequencies, you must clear some channels.
See “Clearing a Stored Channel” on Page 34. To con-
tinue searching after 
Ch-FULL appears, hold down s
or t
. To remain on the frequency after 
Ch-FULL
appears, press MON/CL. Ch-FULL disappears.
• If you entered a frequency that is already stored in
another channel, 
-dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest-
numbered channel containing the duplicate frequency
flash on the display for about 3 seconds. Then the
lowest-available channel number and frequency flashes.
If you want to store the frequency anyway, press 
ENT
again. If you do not want to store the frequency, press
MON/CL. The scanner continues to search.
4. To store the displayed frequency in a monitor memory,
press 
MON/CL.  , the monitor memory number, and the
frequency flash twice.
5. To search for another active frequency, hold down s
 or t
for about 1 second.
USING MONITOR MEMORY
Listening to a Monitor Memory
To recall a frequency stored in a monitor memory, press MAN
then MON/CL.  , the monitor memory number, and CH flash
and the stored frequency appears. 
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Note:
 See Step 5 under “Searching the Service Banks” on
Page 27 for more information about storing a frequency in a
monitor memory.
To select other monitor memories, enter the desired monitor
memory’s number (1–20), then press 
MON/CL again or repeat-
edly press 
MON/CL.
Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a 
Channel
1. Press MAN, enter the channel number where you want to
store the frequency, then press 
PGM.
2. Press 
MON/CL.  , a monitor memory number, and CH
flash, and the frequency in the selected monitor memory
appears.
3. Enter the desired monitor memory’s number (1–20), then
press 
MON/CL again. The selected monitor memory’s fre-
quency appears.
4. Press 
ENT. The scanner stores the frequency in the
selected channel.
5. To move another monitor memory frequency to the next
channel, press 
PGM and repeat Steps 2–4.
SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS
To set the scanner to continuously scan through all channels
with stored frequencies, simply press 
SCAN. SCAN and s
 ap-
pear, the scanner begins to rapidly scan until it finds an active
frequency, and a bar flashes beneath the bank being scanned.
If the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops and displays
that channel and frequency number, then it automatically be-
gins scanning again when the transmission on that frequency
ends.
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Notes:
• To reverse the scanning direction, press s
 or t
.
• To set the scanner to remain on the current channel for 2
seconds after the transmission ends, see “Delay” on
Page 42.
• To set the scanner to remain on the current channel, even
after the transmission stops, press 
MAN at any time during
the transmission so 
MAN appears and SCAN disappears
(see “Monitoring a Stored Channel” on Page 34).
• To lock out channels so the scanner does not stop for a
transmission on those channels, see “Locking Out Chan-
nels or Frequencies” on Page 42.
TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS 
OFF AND ON
Channel-storage banks (1–10) are on when they have a bar
underneath them and off when no bar appears underneath
them. To turn off a channel-storage bank, press that bank’s
number key during scanning. The bar under the bank’s number
disappears.
Note:
 The scanner does not scan any of the channels within
the banks you have turned off.
To turn on a channel-storage bank (1–10) during scanning,
press the bank’s number key. A bar appears under the bank’s
number.
Notes:
• You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one
active bank.
• You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the
bank is turned off.
• When you turn on a bank during scanning, the scanner
moves to the selected bank and scans it. If no transmis-
sion is found, the scanner continues to scan through all
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MONITORING A STORED CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scan-
ning. This is useful if you hear an emergency transmission on a
channel and do not want to miss any details — even though
there might be periods of silence — or if you simply want to
monitor that channel.
Follow these steps to manually select a channel.
1. Press 
MAN.
2. Enter the channel number (1–200).
3. Press 
MAN again.
CLEARING A STORED CHANNEL
If you no longer want a frequency stored in a channel (and you
do not want to replace that frequency with a different one), fol-
low these steps to clear the stored frequency.
1. Press 
MAN to stop searching or scanning.
2. To select the desired channel number, use the number
keys to enter that channel number (1–200).
3. Press 
PGM. PGM appears.
4. Press 
0 then ENT. The frequency number changes to
000.0000 to indicate the channel is cleared.
5. To clear another channel, use the number keys to enter
that channel number (1–200), then press 
PGM again. Or
repeatedly press 
PGM until the desired channel number
appears. Then repeat Step 4.
CLEARING ALL STORED CHANNELS
1. Press PGM. PGM appears.
2. While holding down 
MON/CL, press 0. ALL Ch0000
appears.
3. Press 
ENT. The scanner clears all channels. Or, if you do
not want to clear all channels, press 
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CLEARING ALL LOCKED-OUT 
CHANNELS
1. Press PGM. PGM appears.
2. While holding down 
MON/CL, press L/O RVW/L/O. L-o
Ch0000 
appears.
3. Press 
ENT. The scanner clears all locked-out channels. Or,
if you do not want to clear the channels, press 
MON/CL.
LISTENING TO THE MARINE BANK
To listen to the marine bank, repeatedly press BAND until MRN
appears.
To change the channel manually, press s
 or t
.
To scan through the marine bank, hold down s
 or t
 for about
2 seconds. 
MAN disappears and SCAN and s
 or t
 appear. To
change the scanning direction, press s
 or t
.
To stop scanning the channels, hold down s
 or t 
for 
about 2
seconds. 
SCAN disappears and MAN appears.
You can select a marine channel directly when the scanner is
not scanning the marine bank. Use the number keys to enter
the two-digit channel number.
LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information,
press 
WX. Your scanner begins to scan through the weather
band.
Your scanner should stop within a few seconds on your local
weather broadcast. If the broadcast is weak, you can press 
WX
again to resume scanning.
Channel Frequency (MHz)
1 162.400
2 162.425 
						

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WX Alert
Your scanner’s WX alert warns you of serious weather condi-
tions by sounding an alarm if a National Weather Service
broadcaster in your area broadcasts a weather alert tone.
To set the scanner so it sounds an alarm when a weather alert
tone is broadcast, press 
PRI/ALERT while you are listening to
the WX channel. 
ALErt appears. If the scanner detects the
weather alert, it sounds an alarm. Press any key to turn off the
alarm. To cancel the weather alert operation, press 
PRI/ALERT
again.
3 162.450
4 162.475
5 162.500
6 162.525
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SCANNING AT THE RACES
Your scanner is specially designed to help you listen to com-
munications at auto races. Drivers and their pit crews and cor-
ner watchers, pace car drivers, security officers, emergency
personnel, track officials, and representatives of governing or-
ganizations such as NASCAR, SCCA, and NHRA all use radi-
os to communicate with each other during a race. You might
also hear transmissions from the news media and reporters,
local police departments, and paramedics and doctors at the
local hospital. You can even listen to transmissions by parking
lot employees at the track, so you can find the best possible
parking place when you arrive.
You can store a car number and frequency in each of the scan-
ner’s channels, associate one or more frequencies stored in
channels with a car number, and recall any frequencies associ-
ated with that car number by simply entering the number. You
can store one car number and frequency, or one frequency by
itself, in each channel (for up to 200 car numbers and frequen-
cies).
For example, if you want to listen to communications between
the driver of car number 24 and that driver’s pit crew, you find
all the frequencies used by the driver’s team by using any of
the following options:
• the steps in “Searching the Service Banks” on Page 27
• the supplied frequency guide
• “Using Direct Search” on Page 30
• frequencies you already know
Then, you store a car number and the frequencies associated
with that car number in the scanner’s channels and display the
car number as you scan those frequencies by using the infor-
mation in “Scanning by Car Number” on Page 40.
STORING A CAR NUMBER AND 
FREQUENCY
You can store a car number and frequency in each of the scan-
ner’s channels, and you can recall any frequencies associated
with the car number by entering the number. You can store
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Note:
 After you store a car number and a frequency, you can
store additional frequencies then associate those frequencies
with the same car number. See “Adding Frequencies to a Car
Number.”
Follow these steps to store a car number and frequency.
1. Press 
CAR. CAR# and CAr No. appear and _ _ _
flashes.
2. Enter the car number. If the number is one or two digits,
enter the number then press 
CAR. If the number is three
digits, enter the number only. The car number and 
_ _ _
. _ _ _
 appear.
Notes:
• If you add one or more leading zeros to a single-digit car
number, your scanner recognizes them as different car
numbers. For example, you can enter 5 for one car num-
ber, 05 for another car number, and 005 for another car
number.
• To clear the display (if you make a mistake), press 
CL/
MON
 before you press CAR.
3. Enter the frequency (including the decimal point) you want
to associate with the car number by using the number keys
and 
DELAY
/•.
4. Press 
ENT to store the frequency. The car number and fre-
quency are stored in the first available channel.
ADDING FREQUENCIES TO A CAR 
NUMBER
Follow these steps to select a car number then associate addi-
tional frequencies with that car number.
1. Press 
CAR. CAR# and CAr No. appear and _ _ _
flashes.
2. Use the number keys to enter the car number if the num-
ber is three digits. If the car number is less than three dig-
its, enter the car number then press 
CAR. The car number
and the first frequency associated with that number
appear.
3. Repeatedly press s
 or t
 until 
_ _ _._ _ _ appears. 
						

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4. Enter the frequency (including the decimal point) you want
to associate with the displayed car number by using the
number keys and 
DELAY
/•.
5. Press 
ENT to store the frequency. The frequency is associ-
ated with the car number you entered.
ADDING A CAR NUMBER TO THE 
CHANNEL
You can assign the car number after you program the frequen-
cy into the channel.
1. If a car number appears on the display, press 
CAR twice. A
channel number appears.
2. Select the channel you want to use to store the car number
by using the number keys and 
MAN.
3. Press 
CAR twice. CAR# appears.
4. While holding down 
PGM, press CAR. --- flashes.
5. Enter the car number by using the number keys.
6. Press 
ENT to store the new car number.
CHANGING THE STORED CAR NUMBER
1. Press CAR then use the number keys to enter the car num-
ber. If necessary, repeatedly press s
 or t
 to select the fre-
quency.
2. Hold down 
PGM then hold down CAR. The car number
flashes.
3. Enter the car number by using the number keys, then
press 
ENT to store the car number.
VIEWING FREQUENCIES ASSOCIATED 
WITH A CAR NUMBER
1. Press MAN then CAR. CAR# and CAr No. appear and _
_ _
 flashes.
2. Enter the car number. If the number is one or two digits,
enter the number then press 
CAR. If the number is three
digits, enter the number only. One of the car number’s fre-
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3. Repeatedly press s
 or t
 to view each of the car numbers
you entered. As you press s
 or t
, you see all associated
frequencies and 
_ _ _._ _ _.
DELETING A FREQUENCY FROM A CAR 
NUMBER
1. Recall the car number.
2. Repeatedly press s
 or t
 until the frequency you want to
delete appears.
3. Press 
PGM.
4. Press 
0 then ENT.
SCANNING BY CAR NUMBER
Once you store car numbers into channels, you can set the
scanner so it displays the car numbers you assigned to the
channels as it scans them.
To scan by car number, repeatedly press 
CAR until BANK and
CAR# appear, then press SCAN. As the scanner scans chan-
nels, the car numbers you stored appear in channel order, from
the lowest to the highest channel.
Notes:
• If no car number is assigned to a channel, 
_ _ _ appears
instead of the car number.
• If 
SQUELCH is adjusted so you always hear a hissing
sound, the scanner does not scan properly.
When you finish scanning by car number, repeatedly press
CAR until CAR# disappears.