RadioShack Pro 92 Handheld Trunking Scanner Owners Manual

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Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency 
Range
The scanner contains these preprogrammed search
ranges, stored in search banks (0–9).
Follow these steps to select preprogrammed search
ranges and search them for active frequencies.
1. Press 
SEARCH. The scanner searches active search
bank.
Note: To reverse a search direction, press
  or  .
2. Using the number keys, enter the search bank num-
ber for each search range you want to select or
remove.
Search Bank Search Range (MHz) Description
0 460–460.625...

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3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops
searching. To save the frequency into a channel in
the channel storage bank (bank 9 only), press 
FUNC
then press ENTER. Stored @ 9xx appears on the
display (xx: channel number). Press   or   to con-
tinue searching for additional active frequencies.
Notes:
• During search, you can manually change the band
mode or frequency step. See “Changing the Receive
Mode” on Page 53 or “Changing the Frequency
Step” on Page 54.
• If bank 9 in the channel...

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Changing a Search Range with One of the 
60 Preprogrammed Ranges
You can replace the search range with one of the 60 pre-
programmed ranges.
1. Press 
FUNC then press SEARCH to enter search pro-
gram mode. 
PSR and the search bank number of the
current range appear at the display’s upper left cor-
ner.
2. Press   or   to select the desired search bank you
want to replace.
3. Press 
FUNC then press 5.?SR and the search bank
number appear at the display’s upper left corner.
Note: After you press 
FUNC,...

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3. Use the number keys to enter the lower range you
want to search and store, then press 
ENTER to store
the frequency.
4. Use the number keys to enter the higher range you
want to search and store, then press 
ENTER again to
store the frequency. 
Notes:
• If you enter a higher frequency first then enter a
lower frequency, the scanner automatically
exchanges the frequencies on the display. It dis-
plays the lower frequencies first and the higher
frequency second.
• You cannot span across frequency...

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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.
To turn on banks while scanning, press the number key
until the bank’s number appears.
MANUALLY TUNING A FREQUENCY 
If desired, you can locate a frequency manually.
To tune to the frequency, follow these steps:
1. Press 
TUNE.
2. Use the number keys to enter the frequency.
3. Press 
ENTER.
4. Press   to move up one tuning step. Press   to
move...

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DELETING FREQUENCIES FROM 
CHANNELS
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the channel which has
the frequency you want to delete.
3. Press 
MANUAL again.
4. Press 
PGM to enter the program mode. M changes to
P on the display.
5. Press 
FUNC.
6. Press 
CL. The frequency number changes and the
display shows 
0.0000 MHz.
LISTENING TO THE WEATHER 
BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has al-
located channels for use by the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration (NOAA)....

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Weather Alert Feature
This scanner can detect both the weather alert tone and
can decode the digital SAME message that precedes
each alert. If you are monitoring a weather channel when
an alert is broadcast, the scanner sounds an alert and
displays the type of alert being broadcast.
The weather service precedes each weather alert with a
digitally-encoded SAME signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. The
PRO-92 responds to each signal. You can receive weath-
er alerts any of three ways.
•
Press WX to listen to the...

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SPECIAL FEATURES
USING THE DELAY FUNCTION
Note: The delay function turns on automatically when
you turn on the scanner.
Many conversations might have a pause of several sec-
onds between a query and a reply. To avoid missing a re-
ply, you can program a 2-second delay into any of your
scanner’s channels. Then, when the scanner stops on
the channel, 
D appears on the display and the scanner
continues to monitor the channel for 2 seconds after the
transmission stops before it resumes scanning or...

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Notes:
• You can still manually select locked-out channels.
• If you lock out a channel that is set to a trunking
mode, lockout is removed when you cycle power.
This lets you easily temporarily lockout trunking data
channels.
To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select
the channel and press
 L/OUT until L disappears from the
display.
Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels
To review the channels you locked out, press MANUAL.
Press 
FUNC then press L/OUT. You must press FUNC
then L/OUT to view each...

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Reviewing Locked-Out Frequencies
Follow these steps to review the frequencies within a
search bank that you locked out:
1. Press 
SEARCH to start search.
2. Press 
FUNC then press L/OUT. The locked-out fre-
quency appear on the display. If the search bank has
no locked-out frequency, 
L/O list is empty.
appears on the display.
3. Press 
FUNC then press   to select a search bank
and begin the search for locked out channels within
that bank.
4. As you press  , the scanner displays all locked-out...