RadioShack Pro 95 Handheld Scanner Owners Manual

Trunking
61 1. Press
PGMthenTRUNK.
2. For each bank you want to
program, repeatedly press
FUNC.Thenorto
select the bank.
3. Press
FUNC. Then press8.
Block 0 size code. Use 15 for type 
II. S—00 
appears.
4. Enter the size code supplied
with the Type I system
information, referring to the
instruction that appears on
the display. If the information
was not supplied, try the
following common fleet maps.
BlockSize Code
1 2345678
0S11S4S4S12S4S3S10S1
1S11 S4 S4 — S4 S10 S10 S1
2S11S4S4S4S12S4S11S2
3S11 S4...

Trunking
625. Press
ENTERfor each entry. If
you make a mistake, press
CL
and enter the correct size
code.
Ô
6. PressSCANto start scanning.
TALK GROUP IDS
There are 10 talk group ID banks
and each ID bank has 5 sub-
banks. Each sub-bank has 20 ID
locations. You can program up to
100 talk group IDs in each bank,
so you can program up to 1,000
talk group IDs in 10 banks. When
the scanner stops on a
transmission in the Motorola, or
EDACS mode, it checks to see if
the ID has been stored. In the
closed mode,...

Trunking
63 If the ID has already been stored
when you press
TRUNK,ID was 
saved
appears.Ô
Follow these steps to manually
store talk group IDs or to edit a
stored ID.
1. Press
PGM.
2. Press
TRUNK.
3. To select the bank where you
want to store the ID,
repeatedly press
FUNCthen
oruntil you reach the
desired bank.
4. Press
MODEto selectMOTor
ED.
5. Repeatedly press
TRUNKto
select the sub-bank.
6. Press
orto select the
location where you desire to
store the ID number.
7. Enter the talk group ID and...

Trunking
648. If you want to tag the ID,
press
TEXT, enter the desired
text tag for the ID. Then press
ENTER(see “Text Input Chart”
on Page 31).
9. To store the next ID memory
in sequence, press
and
repeat Step 4.
10. Press
SCANto start scanning.
Ô
If you entered an ID code that is
already stored in another ID
channel,
Dupl IDappears. If you
want to store the ID code, press
ENTER.To cancel the operation,
press
CL.
TALK GROUP ID HOLD
You can set your scanner to follow
a trunking signal that you want to...

Trunking
65 thescanindication
Sat the first
digit in the top line is changed to
H.
To release ID hold, press
SCANor
TRUNK.
TURNING AN ID SUB-
B
ANK ON OR OFF
Follow these steps to turn the ID
sub-bank on or off during the
program mode:
1. Press
TRUNKrepeatedly to
select the desired sub-bank.
2. Press
FUNCthen1to turn the
sub-bank on if it is off or off if it
is on.
Follow these steps to turn the ID
sub-bank on or off during the scan
mode:
1. Press
FUNCwhile the scanner
is stopped on a voice channel...

Trunking
663. Press
FUNC,orto
move to the desired bank.
4. Press
orto select the
ID memory.
5. Press
L/OUTto lock out the
ID.
L appears.
6. To remove the lockout from a
trunking ID, manually select
the ID memory, and press
L/OUTuntilL disappears.
You can confirm the ID code while
the scanner shows the text when
the received signal is a voice
channel.
1. Press
TEXTwhile the scanner
is receiving the voice channel
and indicating the text name.
The ID code appears as
MOT:XXXXXXorED:XXXX.
2. Press...

Trunking
67
REVIEWING LOCKED-OUT 
T
ALK GROUP IDS
You cannot clear all lockouts from
atalkgroupatthesametime.
1. Press
PGMthenTRUNK.
2. Press
FUNC. ThenL/OUT.The
locked out ID appears. If the
ID memory bank has no
locked-out ID, you hear the
low beep tone.
3. Press
FUNCthenorto
select a search bank. Or, just
press
orto search for
any locked out IDs in a bank.
CLEARING TALK GROUP 
ID
S
1. PressPGMthenTRUNK.
2. Press
FUNC,orto
select ID memory.
3. Press
FUNCthenCL.
CLEARING ALL TALK 
G
ROUP IDS IN...

Trunking
684. Press
FUNCthen6.Confirm 
list clear? 1=YES Press other key 
for NO.
appears.
5. Press
1to clear all talk group
IDs within a bank.
List cleared
appears.
To cancel the deletion, press any
key except
1. The scanner returns
to the talk group ID memory mode.
CHANGING THE 
O
PEN/CLOSED MODE
1. PressMANUAL.
2. Press
FUNCthenorto
select the channel storage
bank.
3. Press
FUNCthen5.Bank OPEN.
orBank CLOSED.appears. After
that message disappears, the
tenth digit on the top line of
the display...

A General Guide to Frequencies
69
A GENERAL GUIDE 
TO FREQUENCIES
Reception of the frequencies
covered by your scanner is mainly
“line-of-sight.” That means you
usually cannot hear stations that
are beyond the horizon.
US WEATHER 
F
REQUENCIES 
(
IN MHZ)
H
AM RADIO 
F
REQUENCIES
Ham radio operators often
transmit emergency information
when other means of
communication break down. The
chart below shows the frequencies
the scanner receives that ham
radio operators normally use.
BIRDIE FREQUENCIES
Every...

A General Guide to Frequencies
70receiver. These operating
frequencies might interfere with
transmissions on the same
frequencies. If you program one of
these frequencies, you hear only
noise on that frequency. If the
interference is not severe, you
mightbeabletoturn
SQUELCH
clockwise to omit the birdie.
The scanner’s birdie frequencies
(in MHz) are::
To find the birdies in your scanner,
begin by disconnecting the
UHF Low Band (MHz)
408.0000 420.7500 433.5000
446.2500459.0000471.7500
482.30625 484.5000...