RadioShack Pro 95 Handheld Scanner Owners Manual

Operation
41
WX Alert and Beep Tone 
Confirmation
1. To test the WX alert, pressWX
for more than 2 seconds while
DIG WX STBYappears.
The display indicates the type
of message, and the scanner
sounds an alert or series of
beeps. The beeps automati-
cally change every 3 seconds.
2. Press any key except to
stop test sound mode.
USING FREQUENCY COPY
You can copy a frequency into a
specified channel, a vacant
channel in a specified bank, or a
priority channel. However, you
cannot copy a frequency from the...

Operation
42second, the frequency to be
copied flashes.
3. Press
ENTER.All the
conditions such as receive
mode and delay condition are
copied onto the channel.
Chan 
Store!
briefly appears. The
scanner automatically returns
to search mode.
If you try to copy a frequency
which is already stored, the
scanner sounds the notice
tone 3 times after you press
ENTER.Dupl.f Chxxxappears
at the bottom line. If you want
to copy the duplicate
frequency anyway, press
ENTER,orifnot,pressCLto
cancel.
Copying a...

Operation
43 copied on the channel. After
about 2 seconds, the scanner
automatically returns to
search mode.
3. If you try to copy a frequency
which is already stored, the
scanner sounds the notice
tone 3 times after you press
ENTER.Dupl.f Chxxxappears
at the bottom line. If you want
to copy the duplicate
frequency anyway, press
ENTER,orifnot,pressCLto
cancel.
Copying a Frequency into 
the Priority Channel 
You can copy a frequency into the
priority channel (see “Priority” on
Page 47) when the scanner...

Operation
44
Turning Channel-Storage 
Banks Off and On
To turn off banks while scanning,
press the banks number key so
the banks number disappears.
For example, to turn off bank 1,
press
1. The scanner does not
scan any of the channels within
the banks you turned off.
To turn on banks while scanning,
press the number key until the
banks number appears. For
example to turn bank 1 on again,
press
1.Ô
Deleting Frequencies from 
Channels
1. PressMANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter
the channel with the...

Special Features
45
SPECIAL FEATURES
USING THE DELAY 
F
UNCTION
Many conversations might have a
pause of several seconds between
a query and a reply. To avoid
missing a reply, you can program
a 2-second delay into any of your
scanners channels. Then, when
the scanner stops on the channel,
Dappears and the scanner
continues to monitor the channel
for 2 seconds after the
transmission stops before it
resumes scanning or searching.
Ô
To turn delay on or off, press
./DELAY.
LOCKING OUT 
C
HANNELS OR 
F...

Special Features
46
Reviewing the Lock-Out 
Channels
To review all locked out channels,
press
MANUAL. Then repeatedly
alternate between pressing
FUNC
and thenL/OUTto view each
locked-out channel. When you
finish reviewing locked-out
channels, press
MANUAL.
Locking Out FrequenciesTo lock out a frequency during a
search, press
L/OUTwhen the
scanner stops on that frequency.
The scanner locks out the
frequency, then continues
searching.
Reviewing Locked-Out 
Frequencies
To review the frequencies within a...

Special Features
47
Clearing a Locked-Out 
Frequency
To clear a locked-out frequency,
select that frequency (see
“Reviewing Locked-Out
Frequencies” on Page 46), then
press
CL.
If all locked-out frequencies are
cleared within a bank,
Empty. 
Lockout list
appears.
Clearing All Locked-Out 
Frequencies in a Search 
Bank
1. PressSEARCH.
2. Select the search bank in
which you want to clear all
locked-out frequencies.
3. Press
FUNCthen pressL/OUT.
Lockout listappears.
4. Press
FUNCthen6.Confirm 
list clear?...

Special Features
48the scanner has one priority
channel.
With the priority feature, you can
scan through programmed
channels and still not miss an
important or interesting
transmission on a specific
channel. When priority is turned
on, the scanner checks that
channel every 2 seconds, and
stays on the channel if there is
activity until the activity stops.
Ô
To program a frequency in the
priority channel:
1. Press
MANUAL.
2. Use the number keys to enter
the channel number which
contains the frequency you...

Special Features
49 2. Select the weather channel
you want to program as the
priority channel.
3. Press
FUNCthenPRI.Pri 
Channel
flashes on the bottom
line two times.
To turn on the priority feature,
press
PRIsoPappears on the top
line while scanning.
PRIon(orPRIwx 
if you set the priority to a weather
frequency) appears on the bottom
line. If the scanner detects activity
on the priority channel,
Pri Channel
appears. Or if the scanner detects
a weather alert tone in Priority WX
mode,
Pri Channelappears...

Special Features
50might have to change the receive
mode.
To change the receive mode,
repeatedly press
MODE.The
receive mode changes as follows:
AM— accesses the AM mode
FM— accesses the FM mode
MO— accesses the FM Mode,
Motorola Trunking System (with a
4- or 5-digit ID code)
ED— accesses the FM Mode,
EDACS Trunking System (with
4-digit decimal ID code or 5-digit
AFS code)
Ô
USING THE ATTENUATOR
To reduce interference or noise
caused by strong signals, you can
reduce the scanners sensitivity to
these...