RadioShack Pro 94 Handheld Scanner Owners Manual

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LISTENING TO THE MONITOR 
MEMORIES
To listen to the frequency stored in any one of the ten
monitor memories, press 
MAN, MON/CLR (•), then the
number of the desired monitor memory (0–
9), or re-
peatedly press 
MON/CLR (•) to step through the monitor
memories.
Note: 
To listen to the monitor memories, the priority
channel feature must be turned off (see “Priority” on
Page 34).
MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A 
MONITOR MEMORY TO A 
CHANNEL
1. Press MAN. MAN appears.
2. Enter the number of the desired target...

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SCANNING THE STORED 
CHANNELS
To begin scanning channels, press SCAN. The scanner
scans through all non-locked channels in the activated
banks. (See “Locking Out Channels” on Page 34 and
“Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off” on
Page 33). When the scanner finds a transmission, it
stops on it. When the transmission ends, the scanner
resumes scanning.
Notes:
• If you have not stored frequencies into any chan-
nels, the scanner does not scan.
• If the scanner picks up unwanted partial, or very
weak...

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SPECIAL FEATURES
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 moni-
tor the channel frequency for an additional 2 seconds
after the transmission stops before resuming scanning
or searching.
Depending on how the scanner is operating, follow one
of these steps to program a delay.
• If the scanner is
scanning and stops
on an active channel
where...

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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 “Locking Out Chan-
nels”). The bank number flashes when the scanner
scans the channel that belongs to the bank.
Notes:
• You can manually select any channel within a
bank, even if that bank is turned off.
• You cannot turn off all banks. One...

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The scanner automatically designates each banks first
channel as its priority channel. Follow these steps to
select a different channel in a bank as the priority chan-
nel.
1. Press 
PROG.
2. Enter the channel number you want to select as
the priority channel, then press 
PRIORITY (H/S). 
appears to the right of the selected channel num-
ber.
3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the channel in each bank
you want to program as a priority channel.
To review all priority channels (in ascending order
only), press...

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USING THE KEYLOCK
To protect the scanner from accidental program chang-
es, turn on the keylock feature. When the scanner is
locked, the only controls that operate are 
SCAN, MAN,
KEYLOCK, VOLUME/OFF, and SQUELCH. 
To turn on the keylock, hold down 
KEYLOCK until K/L
appears. To turn it off, hold down KEYLOCK until K/L
disappears.
Note: 
Using keylock does not prevent the scanner from
scanning channels.
USING THE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT
To turn on the display light for easy viewing at night,
press  .The...

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TURNING THE KEYTONE OFF/ON
1. Turn off the scanner.
2. While holding down 
L-OUT/S/S, turn on the scan-
ner. 
OFF bEEP appears.
To turn the key tone back on, repeat these steps. 
on
bEEP
 appears.
TURNING THE BATTERY SAVE 
FUNCTION OFF/ON
When the scanner is set to receive (monitor) a manually
selected channel, and it is not actively scanning, using
the battery save feature conserves energy. 
To turn the battery save function off or back on, turn off
the scanner, then hold down 
PRIORITY and turn on...

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SKIPPING DATA SIGNALS
To prevent the scanner from stopping on channels that
consist of nonmodulated or data signals (such as fax or
modem transmissions) during a search or scan, turn on
the data skip feature. When the radio receives a data
signal and data skip is selected, the signal is ignored.
To turn on the data skip feature, turn off the priority fea-
ture if it is on (see “Priority” on Page 34), then press 
DA-
TA
. DATA
 appears. To turn off the data skip feature,
press 
DATA again. DATA...

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When the scanner receives a SAME coded signal,
ALERT flashes and an associated “L” code (which indi-
cates the severity of the alert) appears, as well. The
scanner remains on the weather channel and the audio
turns on so you can hear the  weather broadcast.
The scanner displays one of the following codes to indi-
cate the alert level.
L1: Warning
L2: Watch
L3: Statement
-----: Non-emergency
In addition to weather alerts, the scanner also receives
test and other event information. See “NWR-SAME
Code...

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NWR-SAME Alert Tone Test
To hear and test the tones for the three alert levels,
press 
SVC (E) to select the weather service, then hold
down 
ALT for about 1 second. The tones sound in the
order L3, L2, then L1, and 
TESt flashes. Each alert
code appears as its tone sounds. Press any key to end
the test sequence.
NWR-SAME Code Detection Tests
The National Weather Service sends out daily, weekly,
and monthly test (and sometimes demonstration) sig-
nals, which let anyone with a receiver (such as the...