RadioShack Pro 95 Handheld Scanner Owners Manual
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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 Marine and CB search bands. Copying a Frequency into a Specified Channel You can copy a frequency into a specified channel when the scanner stops on that frequency during search mode or manual tuning. 1. Press FUNCthenPGMwhen you find a frequency. Chan Store?appears on the bottom line. After about 1 second, the frequency to be copied flashes on the indicator. 2. Press the desired bank and the channel number where you want to store the frequency. The display indicates the bank and channel number. After about 1
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 Frequency into a Vacant Channel in a Specified Bank You can copy a frequency into a vacant channel in a specified bank when the scanner stops on the frequency during search or tune mode. 1. Press FUNCthenENTER when you find a frequency you want to copy. Bank9 Store? appears. 2. If you want to copy the frequency into bank 9, press ENTER.Itisstoredinthefirst available vacant channel in the bank. Or, press your desired bank number to store, then press ENTER.Chan Store! appears for 2 seconds. All the conditions such as receiving mode and delay condition are
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 stops on the frequency during Search, Scan, Manual, Tune, or WX mode. Press FUNCthenPRIwhen the frequency is on the display. The display flashes twice and the frequency is copied to the priority channel. SCANNING THE C HANNELS To begin scanning channels or to start scanning again after monitoring a specific channel, press SCAN.Ô The scanner scans through all channels (except those you have locked out) in the active banks (see “Turning Channel-Storage Banks Off and On” on Page 44 and “Locking Out Channels or Frequencies” on Page 45). Ô NOTE Ô You must store frequencies into channels before the scanner can scan them. The scanner does not scan through empty channels. To change the scanning direction, press or.
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 frequency you want to delete. 3. Press MANUALagain. 4. Press PGMto enter the pro- gram mode. Mchanges toP. 5. Press FUNC. 6. Press CL. The frequency number changes and 0.0000 appears. Ô NOTE Ô You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one active bank. You can manually select any channe lin a bank, even if the bank is turned off. Bank Off Selected for Scanning in Open Mode Selected for Scanning in Closed Mode
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 REQUENCIES 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 ChannelsTo lock out a channel while scanning, press L/OUTwhen the scanner stops on the channel. To lock out a channel manually, select the channel then press L/OUTsoLappears.Ô To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel and press L/OUTsoL disappears. Ô NOTE Ô Using the Delay Function Delay is automatically set as the default for each channel when youturnonthe scanner. Locking Out Channels You can still manually select locked-out channels.
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 search bank that you locked out: Ô 1. PressSEARCHto set search mode. 2. Press FUNCthenL/OUT.The locked-out frequency and Lockout listappear. Press orto review the list. The locked-out number and the total locked-out number also appear as L/O XX of YY.(The tenth of thirty locked out numbers would appear as L/O 10 of 30 .) If the search bank has no locked-out frequencies, Empty. Lockout list appears. PressFUNCthen L/OUTagain to cancel reviewing locked-out frequencies. Ô NOTE Ô 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 trytolockout more, Memory full! appears. If you lock out all frequencies in one search bank and only this search bank is activated, All ranges Locked out! appears and the scanner does not search.
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? 1=YES. Press other key for NO. appears. Press1to clear all locked-out frequencies. List cleared appears for about 2 seconds. Press any key other than 1to cancel clear. Ô PRIORITY In addition to the 1,000 programmable memory channels, Ô NOTE Ô If all frequencies in a bank you selected are locked out, you cannot clear all locked-out frequen- cies in that bank at the same time.
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 want to program as the priority channel. Then press MANUALagain. 3. Press FUNCthenPRI.Pri Channel blinks on the bottom line. To program the priority channel directly: 1. Press PGM. 2. Press PRI. 3. Enter the frequency you want to enter into the priority channel, then press ENTER. To program a weather channel as the priority channel: 1. Press WX. Ô NOTE Ô The priority feature does not operate while the scanner receives a trunking voice channel or during trunking delay time. Therefore, the priority check seems random during peak hours. If you program a weather channel as the priority channel, the scanner stays in the priority channel only when the scanner detects the weather alert tone This scanner cannot set a channel as the priority channel if the channels receive mode is MOT or ED.
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 for 3 seconds then changes to Weather ALERT and the scanner sounds an alert tone (see “Displaying Weather Messages” on Page 40). Ô To turn off the priority feature, press PRI. CHANGING THE RECEIVE M ODE The scanner is preset to the most common AM or FM receive mode for each frequency range. The preset mode is correct in most cases. However, some amateur radio transmissions and trunked systems do not operate in the preset mode. If you try to listen to atransmissionwhenthescanner is not set to the correct receive mode, the transmission might sound weak or distorted. If you want to listen to trunking transmissions in closed mode, you Ô NOTE Ô PriorityWXisonly for receiving a weather alert. When the scanner detects a 1050 Hz alert tone, priority WX activates and you receive a weather alert. If you program a weather frequency into the priority channel and the scanner detects a weather alert tone on that frequency, the scanner sounds the alert tone.
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 signals. There are two attenuator modes in your scanner. One is normal attenuator mode in which you set the attenuator in each channel or each band/group in the search and tune mode. The other is global mode in which you set the attenuator only once. This setting isappliedallthetimeinevery mode. Press AT Tto turn on or off the attenuator while the channel number is indicated or while the scanner is searching through bands/groups. When the attenuator is on, Aappears at the seventh digit in the top line. Ô NOTE Ô MO (MOT) and ED modes are not available when the scanner tunes up or down through the frequency ranges in which the trunking operation is not used .