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 Police
1 153.725–156.000 Police/Fire
2 462.925–463.175 Medical
3 118.000–136.00 Aircraft
4 156.250–157.425 Marine
5 866.000–868.9875 800 MHz
6 50.000–54.000 6 Meter Ham
7 144.000–148.000 2 Meter Ham
8 440.000–450.000 70 cm Ham
9 462.550–462.725 User Bank
 
 Current
Search
Bank
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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 storage banks does not con-
tain any empty channels, 
Bank 9 full. appears on
the display’s lower line.
• To pause the search, press 
FUNC then press STEP.
** PAUSED ** appears on the display and the
scanner stops frequency search. To begin searching
again, press 
FUNC then press STEP or just press
SEARCH.
Storing a Frequency While Searching for a 
Specified Channel
Follow the steps to store a frequency into a specified
channel.
1. When the scanner stops on the frequency, press
FUNC.
2. Press 
TUNE.
3. Press 
MANUAL. Select the specified channel using a
number key then press 
MANUAL again.
4. Press 
PGM.
5. Press 
FUNC, then press TUNE to store the frequency.
6. If desired, press 
SEARCH to return to the search
mode.
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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, press 5 within about 3
seconds. Otherwise, begin over at Step 1.
4. Press   or   to select the preprogrammed search
range.
5. Press 
ENTER to replace the search range.
Manually Changing a Search Range
Follow these steps to change the search range manually:
1. Press 
FUNC then press SEARCH to enter search pro-
gram mode. 
PSR and a search bank number appear
at the display’s upper left corner.
2. Press   or   to select the search bank number.
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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 bands. When
manually setting search ranges, if you enter fre-
quencies on different bands, the scanner does not
accept the entry.
5. To text tag the search range, press 
TEXT, then enter
the text. If want to edit existing text, press
  or 
to move across the text. Enter the appropriate text
and press 
ENTER.
SCANNING THE CHANNELS
To begin scanning channels or to start scanning again af-
ter monitoring a specific channel, press 
SCAN.
Note: You must store frequencies into channels before
the scanner can scan them. The scanner does not scan
empty channels.
The scanner scans through all channels (except those
you have locked out) in the active banks (see “Turning
Channel-Storage Banks Off and On” and “Locking Out
Channels or Frequencies” on Page 48).
Turning Channel-Storage Banks Off and On
To turn off banks while scanning, press the bank’s num-
ber key until the bank’s number disappears. The scanner
does not scan any of the channels within the banks you
have turned off.
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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 down one tuning step. To move up or down in
1 MHz increments, press 
FUNC then press   or  .
To save the frequency into a channel (bank 9 only),
press 
FUNC then press ENTER. Stored @ 9xx
appears on the display (xx: channel number).
When the scanner stops on a frequency while searching,
press 
FUNC then press TUNE. Press   or   to tune the
frequency.
Notes:
• The PRO-92 cannot change the step frequency
when it is in the tune mode.
• You can change the receiving mode in the tune
mode.
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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). Regulatory agencies
in other countries have also allocated channels for use by
their weather reporting authorities.
NOAA and your local weather reporting authority broad-
cast your local forecast and regional weather information
on one or more of these channels.
Listening to a Weather Channel
To hear your local forecast and regional weather informa-
tion, press 
WX. Your scanner scans through the weather
band. Your scanner stops within a few seconds on your
local weather broadcast.
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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 weather channel.
Note: The scanner only responds to the SAME sig-
nal in this mode.
•
Select a weather channel as the priority channel,
then turn on the priority feature
.
Note: The scanner only responds to the 1050 Hz
tone in the mode.
•
Press FUNC then WX to select the WX STANDBY
mode
.
Notes: 
• The scanner responds to either the SAME mode
or 1050 Hz tone in this mode.
• In the WX STANDBY mode, the scanner remains
muted until it receives an alert on the current
weather channel.
When it decodes SAME, it displays the specific type of
weather event (or 
Tune to TV or Radio) if it does not
recognize the event code. When it detects the 1050 Hz
tone, it displays 
Weather Alert? In either case, the
scanner also sounds an alert tone.
To obtain SAME codes, visit the National Weather Ser-
vice web site at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm#sametable
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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 search-
ing.
You can program a 2-second delay in any of three ways.
•
If the scanner is scanning and stops on an active
channel, quickly press
 FUNC then press DELAY
before it starts to scan again.
•
If the desired channel is not selected, manually
select the channel then press 
FUNC then press
DELAY.
•
If the scanner is searching and also stopped or
paused, press
 FUNC then press DELAY to set a delay
in a search bank
.
LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR 
FREQUENCIES 
You can scan existing channels or search frequencies
faster by locking out channels or frequencies that have a
continuous transmission, such as a weather channel.
Locking Out Channels
To lock out a channel while scanning, press L/OUT when
the scanner stops on the channel. To lock out a channel
manually, select the channel then press 
L/OUT until L ap-
pears on the display. 
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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 lock-out channel.
Locking Out Frequencies
To lock out a frequency during a search, press L/OUT
when the scanner stops on the frequency. The scanner
locks out the frequency, then continues searching.
Notes:
• The scanner does not store locked out frequencies
during a search.
• You can lock out as many as 50 frequencies in each
bank. If you try to lock out more, 
Memory full!
appears on the display.
• If you lock out all frequencies in one search bank and
only this search bank is activated, 
Search up...
All
 ranges locked out! appears on the dis-
play and the scanner does not search.
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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
frequencies within a bank.
Clearing a Locked-Out Frequency
To clear a locked-out frequency, select that frequency in
order to use the locked-out frequencies review function,
then press 
CL. 
The frequency is unlocked and 
Unlocked appears on
the display for about 2 seconds. Then the next locked-out
frequency appears. If all locked out frequencies are
cleared within a bank, 
L/O list is empty. ap-
pears on the display.
Clearing All Lock Out Frequencies in a 
Search Bank
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Turn on only one search bank, the one in which you
want to clear all locked-out frequencies.
Locked-out
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