RadioShack Pro 95 Handheld Scanner Owners Manual
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Special Features 51 Whenyouturnitoff, Achanges to “ .”. You cannot set the attenuator while the scanner is scanning. Press FUNCand thenAT Tto set the attenuator to its global mode. Global ATT.appears for 2 seconds at the bottom line and aor- appears.ameans the attenuator is on and -meansitisoff.PressAT T to turn the attenuator on or off. ATTonorATT—appears on the bottom line while scanning. Press FUNCand thenAT Tagain to turn off the global attenuation mode. Normal ATTappears on the bottom line for about 2 seconds. Ô TURNING THE KEY TONE O N AND OFF Each time you press any of the scanners keys, the scanner sounds a tone. To turn the scanners key tone off or on: 1. If the scanner is on, turn VOLUME OFF/MAX counterclockwise until it clicks to turn the scanner off. 2. Turn VOLUME OFF/MAX clockwise to turn the scanner on. Welcome To Dual Trunking appears. 3. While Welcome To Dual Trunking appears, press1to turn on the key tone or 2to turn it off. USING THE DISPLAY B ACKLIGHT You can turn on the displays backlight for easy viewing in dimly Ô NOTE Ô Ifyouturnonthe attenuator, the scanner might not receive weak signals .
Special Features 52lit areas. Press to turn on the backlight for 5 seconds. To turn off the backlight before it automatic- ally turns off, press again. To turn on the backlight so it does not turn off automatically, hold down for about 1 second. Press while the backlight is on to turn it off. You can select the amount of time the light stays on. Follow these steps to change the illuminated time: 1. If the scanner is on, turn it off and back on again. Welcome to Dual Trunking appears. 2. While Welcome to Dual Trunking appears, press . 3. Use Up/Down keys to set Lit off time 5 seconds appears 4. Press orto select3,5, 10or20 secondsthen press ENTER. USING THE KEYLOCK Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental program changes by turning on the key lock feature. When the keypad is locked, the only controls that operate are FUNC,/, SQUELCH,andVOLUME. You cannot activate the key lock while you are entering a frequency into a channel. To turn on the key lock, press FUNCthen / .Key locked. appears for about 1 second.Key
Special Features 53 locked.appears when you press any key after locking the keypad. To turn off the key lock, press FUNCthen / . The scanner beeps three times and Key unlocked appears. CHANGING THE DISPLAY C ONTRAST 1. PressMANUAL. 2. Press FUNCthen9.Use Up/ Down keys to set contrast. appears. 3. Press orto select the contrast. 4. Press ENTERto set the display contrast. CLONING THE P ROGRAMMED DATA You can transfer the programmed data to and from another PRO-95 scanner using an optional connecting cable with 1/8-inch phone plugs on both ends (not supplied, available at your local RadioShack store). Ô Follow these steps to clone the data. 1. Turn on both scanners. 2. Connect the connecting cable to each scanners PC/IFjack. *CLONE MODE* UP to send, remove cable to exit. appears. 3. Press .Confirm send data? 1=YES Press other key for NO. appears. Ô NOTE Ô *CLONE MODE* Incorrect Model appears if the scanner receives data from another scanner other than a PRO-95.
Trunking 544. Press 1to send the data to the other unit or press any other key to cancel the operation. The scanner sends the data. To exit the clone mode, remove the cable. TRUNKING TRUNKING OPERATION The scanner tracks transmissions that use the Motorola Type I and Type II (such as Smartnet and Privacy Plus) and hybrid analog trunking systems, plus GE/ Ericsson (EDACS) type systems extensively used in many communication systems. Trunking systems allocate a few frequencies to many different users. When the mobile unit transmits a signal, one frequency is chosen from among the allocated frequencies in that trunking system. The users ID talk group is sent with the signal. To receive trunking signals, you must store all the trunkingcontrol frequencies for Motorola systems or all the trunkinggroup frequencies for EDACS in one bank (see “Storing Known Frequencies into Channels” on Page 26) and input ID codes in the ID memory (see “Storing Talk Group IDs” on Page 62). Your PRO-95 automatically calculates Motorola voice channel frequencies when it decodes the control channel. This eliminates
Trunking 55 the need to enter all the Motorola group frequencies. The control channels are subject to change depending on the day. Therefore enter all the control frequencies in the same bank. If you do not know which is the control channel, it is better to enter all the system frequencies into the same bank. (Refer to the supplied Trunking Guide.) When the scanner decodes the Motorola control channel and finds the voice channel, the scanner displays the control channel memory location on the top line, the received frequency with VC (voice channel) on the second line, the bank and control channel memory location number on the third line and the Motorola ID number on the bottom line. ! When an ID code is received, the ID list for the bank is searched, and if found, the text name stored for the ID appears. If not found, scanning resumes immediately unless the bank is in open trunking mode. Ô UNDERSTANDING T RUNKING In the past, groups that transmit frequently, such as police departments, could transmit on only a few frequencies. This resulted in heavy traffic and often required 2-way radio users to wait for a specific frequency to clear before transmitting. Trunked systems allow more groups of 2-way radio users to use fewer frequencies. Instead of selecting a ! IMPORTANT !To listen to the transmission, the mode of the programmed channel must be the same as that of the trunking channel (MOT, or ED). Ô NOTE Ô There might be more than one talk group transmitting atatimeinsome Motorola trunking systems. If you set the scanner to manually tune in Motorola trunking mode, you will hear the talk group on that channel, but the display will alternate between all active IDs. Trunking group frequencies are included in the suppliedTrunking Guide. Frequency fleet map and talk group information arealsowidely available on the Internet, (for example, at www. trunkscanner. com).
Trunking 56specific frequency to transmit on, a trunked system chooses one of several frequencies when the 2-way radio user transmits. The system automatically transmits the call on that frequency, and also sends a code that identifies that 2-way radio users transmission on a control channel. Your scanner lets you easily hear both the call and response transmissions for that 2-way radio user and therefore follow the conversation. For EDACS and Motorola (above 406 MHz range), the scanner monitors the control channel between each transmission to identify talk groups. SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE TRUNKING MODE Your scanner automatically mutes the audio during trunk scanning when it decodes control channel data. However, we recommend you turn SQUELCHclockwise and leave it set to a point just after the hissing sound stops. This lets the scanner quickly acquire the data channel. PROGRAMMING T RUNKING FREQUENCIES You program trunking frequencies the same as non-trunked frequencies, except that you must store the appropriate mode (MOT or ED) with each frequency. Ô Follow these steps to program trunked frequencies: Ô NOTE Ô You can scan only one type of trunked frequency ,either EDACS or Motorola in a bank at one time. You can, however, mix conventional channels and frequencies in a bank. If you are programming trunked frequencies for Motorola Type I and hybrid systems, you must first program the fleet map (see “Programming Fleet Maps” on Page 60). If you are programming frequencies for an EDACS system you must store them in the Logical Channel Number order (usually listed as LCN#). For example, LCN1 would go into channel 01 for the current bank, and LCN2 would go into channel 02.
Trunking 57 1. Press PGMand press (or hold down) orto select the bank. Ô 2. PressTRUNKto enter the ID program mode. 3. Repeatedly press MODEto select MOTfor Motorola, orED for the EDACS (GE/Ericsson) system to scan. This sets the talk group ID decoding method to be used for the bank. Ô 4. PressPGMto enter the program mode. 5. Enter the desired trunking frequency then press ENTER to store. Ô NOTE Ô To move through the bank selection faster, pressPGM thenFUNCand hold down or.Tomove through the banks one at a time, repeat the sequence ofPGM, FUNCthen oruntil you reach the desired bank. If you select Not trunked instead ofMOT,orED,the scanner does not scan trunked frequencies. Instead, Not trunked. Press mode appears. Bank 0 Not trunked Press mode. P000~.. D.+FM 0.00000 Bank 0 Ch 00 Bank 0—0 ON ID NO. 00 MOT: none P000~.. D.+FM 0.00000 Bank 0 Ch 00 P000~.. D.+FM 866.3875 Bank 0 Ch 00 Frequency
Trunking 586. To enter additional trunking frequencies as subsequent channels in the same bank, press PGMorto access the next open channel then enter the frequencies. (See “Storing Known Frequencies into Channels” on Page 26). 7. Press SCANto start scanning. Ô Ifyoumakeanerrorintheentry process, press CLas often as needed to erase the incorrect data. PROGRAMMING M OTOROLA TRUNKING S YSTEMS (UHF-LO) You can program the scanner to receive transmissions in the UHF- Lo band (406-512 MHz) of the Motorola trunking system. You can receive these transmissions by checking the trunking systems control channel. You must program the systems base frequency and offset frequency to do this. Ô If you try to program an offset frequency in the UHF-Hi bands (806-960 MHz), the scanner ignores the entry. Follow these steps to program Motorola trunking frequencies in the UHF-Lo band: P001~.. D.+FM 0.00000 Bank 0 Ch 01 Next channel Ô NOTE Ô Programming Trunking Frequencies If you enter a frequency that has already been entered, the scanner sounds an error tone and displays Dupl. fand the channel number that has been duplicated. If the dual entry is an error pressCL and enter the correct frequency. If the dual entry is intentional press ENTERto accept. You may replace any frequency by selecting the bank and channel, pressingPGMand entering the new frequency. Programming Motorola Trunking Systems (UHF-Lo) Base and offset frequencies vary for each type of trunking system. You can get information about these frequencies for the trunking system you want to scan using www.trunkscanner. com, other Internet sources, or locally- published guidebooks.
Trunking 59 1. Press PGMthenTRUNKto enter the ID program mode. 2. Press FUNCand press (or hold) orto select the bank. 3. Press MODEand selectMOT. 4. Press FUNCthen2.The display indicates Base freq.: on the first line, 406.0000on the second line, Offset: 380on the third line and Step: 25.0kHzon the bottom line. 5. While BinBaseblinks, if necessary, press the desired Base frequency with the number keys and press ENTER.Confirmtheentry.Ifit is incorrect, press the number keys again to set the base frequency. After you confirm the input, press ENTERagain. 6. While O inOffsetblinks, if necessary, enter the offset number and press ENTER. Confirm the entry. If it is incorrect, then press the number keys again to set the frequency. After you confirm the input, press ENTERagain. 7. While SinStepblinks, repeatedly press orto select the step number, 25.0, 50.0or12.5 kHz,then press ENTER. 8. Press PGMto enter the program mode. Store the trunking IDs into the sub-bank in the same bank.
Trunking 60 PROGRAMMING M OTOROLA TRUNKING S YSTEM (800 MHZ) Follow these steps to program 800 MHz band Motorola trunking. Ô 1. PressPGMthenTRUNKto enter the ID program mode. 2. Press FUNCthenorto select the desired bank. 3. Press MODEand select Motorola trunking mode. 4. Press FUNCthen3.Use Up/ Down keys to set 800MHz base. Normal appears. 5. Press orto select NormalorOffsetand press ENTER. If you are uncertain about the base frequency, use the default setting. The default setting is Normal. If you cannot receive with the Normalsetting, change to Offset. The base frequency in Normalis 851.0125 MHz. The base frequency in Offsetis 851.0000 MHz. PROGRAMMING FLEET M APS Youmustsetthefleetmapifyou want to receive a Motorola Type I system. Fleet maps are included along with other information about Motorola Type I systems at www.trunkscanner.com. Follow these steps to program a fleet map. Ô NOTE Ô On the 800 MHz trunking band, you can select a base frequency (normal or offset). On the 900 MHz trunking band, you do not need to set the base frequency (base, offset, step).