RadioShack Pro 92b Handheld Scanner Owners Manual

31Operation
Notes:
• If you made a mistake in Step 3, 
Invalid
Freq
 briefly appears and the scanner beeps
when you press 
ENTER. Start again from Step 3.
• Your scanner automatically rounds the entered
frequency to the nearest valid frequency. For
example, if you enter a frequency of 151.473,
your scanner accepts it as 151.470.
•Press 
FUNC then DELAY/1 to turn the delay func-
tion on or off. To have the scanner pause for 2
seconds on this channel after a transmission
before proceeding to the next...

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Operation
2. Press PGM. M changes to P.
3. Press 
TEXT. The cursor appears at the 3rd line.
4. Enter the text using the numeral keys (see “Text
Input Chart” on Page 33).
Note:
 If you make a mistake, press   or   to move
to the character you want to change.
For example input “HAM 6m” as follows:
• “H” is the second letter associated with 4 on the
keypad. Press 
4 then 2.
• “A” is the first letter associated with 2 on the key-
pad. Press 
2 then 1.
• “M” is the first letter associated with 6 on the...

33Operation
Note:
 If the channel is programmed for P/L, DPL, LTR,
MOT or ED mode, the scanner displays the mode infor-
mation on the 4th line.
Text Input Chart
Notes:
 
• To access the numbers, after you press 
FUNC and 6,
press 
1, then press the desired number you want to
enter.
• To enter a lowercase character or a character from
the second set for key 
0, press FUNC after pressing
the first numeral key.
Press To Enter a Character from this Group
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
2A B C 
FUNC 2a b c
3D E F 
FUNC...

34
Operation
FINDING AND STORING ACTIVE 
FREQUENCIES
You can search for transmissions within ten ranges of
frequencies, called search banks. The search bank is di-
vided into 10 search bands. You can change the bands
with the preprogrammed search bands in the scanner
(see “Search Banks” on Page 23). You can also change
the search bank’s search ranges manually.
Notes:
• You can use the scanner’s delay feature while
searching the service bank. See “Using the Delay
Function” on Page 40.
• The scanner does...

35Operation
Follow these steps to select preprogrammed search
ranges and search them for active frequencies.
1. Press 
SEARCH. The scanner searches the 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.
3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it
stops searching. To save the frequency into a chan-
nel in the channel storage bank (bank 9 only), press
FUNC then ENTER....

36
Operation
• If bank 9 in the channel storage banks does not
contain any empty channels, 
Bank 9 full.
appears on the display’s lower line.
Storing a Frequency While Searching for a 
Specified Channel
1. When the scanner stops on the frequency, press
FUNC then TUNE.
2. Press 
MANUAL. Select the specified channel using
a number key, then press 
MANUAL again.
3. Press 
PGM.
4. Press 
FUNC then TUNE to store the frequency.
5. If desired, press 
SEARCH to resume searching.
Changing a Search Range with a...

37Operation
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, then
press 
SEARCH to begin searching.
Manually Changing a Search Range
1. Press FUNC then SEARCH to enter search program
mode. 
PSR and a search bank number appear at
the display’s upper left corner.
2. Press   or   to select the search bank number.
3. Use the number keys to enter the lower range...

38
Operation
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 41).
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 scan-
ner does not scan any...

39Operation
Notes:
• You cannot change the step frequency while tuning.
• You can change the receiving mode while tuning.
DELETING FREQUENCIES FROM 
CHANNELS
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter the channel with the
frequency you want to delete.
3. Press 
MANUAL again.
4. Press 
PGM to enter the program mode. M changes
to 
P.
5. Press 
FUNC.
6. Press 
CL. The frequency number changes and
0.0000 MHz appears.
LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has...

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Special Features
weather channel with a digitally-encoded SAME signal
when an alert is broadcast, the scanner will decode and
display the SAME message, showing the type of alert
being broadcast (or 
Unknown Message if it does not
recognize the event code). 
To set the scanner to decode and display SAME mes-
sages, press 
FUNC then WX while you listen to the
weather channel. 
DIG WX STBY and Cancel : F+WX
appear.
To set the scanner out of the SAME standby mode,
press 
FUNC then WX again. DIG WX STBY...