RadioShack Pro 96 Truking Scanner Owners Manual

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MANUALLY TUNING A 
F
REQUENCY
You can manually set the scanner
to move through all receivable
frequencies, or select a specific
frequency as a starting point.
1. Press
TUNE.TUNE and the
current frequency appear in
the display. The scanner
automatically begins tuning
up or down.
2. Use the number keys to enter
the frequency where you want
the scanner to start.
3. Press
ENTER.Aftertwo
seconds the scanner will
automatically tune from the
entered frequency.
4. PressSorTto change the
direction of the tune....

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COPYING A FREQUENCY 
INTO A SPECIFIED 
C
HANNEL
You can copy a frequency into a
specified channel when the
scanner stops on that frequency
during search mode or manual
tuning. If a CTCSS or DCS code is
detected on the transmission, the
detected code will be copied into
the channel memory as well.
Ô
1. PressFUNC, and thenPGM
when 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...

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COPYING A FREQUENCY 
INTO A VACANT 
C
HANNEL IN A SPECIFIED 
B
ANK
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.
Ô
1. PressFUNC, and thenENTER
when you find a frequency
you want to copy.
Bank9 Store? 
appears in the scanner’s
display.
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...

64Press
FUNC, and thenPRIwhen
the frequency is on the display.
The display flashes twice and the
frequency is copied to the priority
channel.
SPECIAL FEATURES
LISTENING TO THE 
W
EATHER BAND
The FCC (Federal
Communications Commission)
has allocated channels for use by
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA). Regulatory agencies in
other countries have also
allocated channels for use by their
weather reporting authorities.
NOAA and your local weather
reporting authority broadcast your...

65 a digitally encoded SAME
(Specific Area Message Encoding)
signal, then a 1050 Hz tone. The
SAME signal includes a FIPS
(Federal Information Processing
Standard) area code, and an
event code that corresponds with
the type of alert being sent. You
can configure your scanner to
operate in SAME Standby mode,
where it monitors a selected
weather radio station for SAME
alerts for areas you specify. You
can program your scanner with up
to 10 FIPS codes for the areas you
desire. The National Weather
Service...

665. Press
L/OUTto lock out or
enable specific FIPS entries.
6. Press
WXto exit the FIPS
code entry table.
Ô
7. PressFUNC, and thenWXto
initiate SAME standby. The
scanner will monitor the
selected weather radio station
for alerts with FIPS codes that
match the codes you entered
in the FIPS entry table. To exit
SAME standby, press
FUNC,
and then
WX.
Weather Alert Alarm 
Demonstration
To hear the SAME weather alert
alarms, press
WXfor more than 2
seconds while
SAME Standbyis
active.
The display indicates...

67 To toggle the delay setting for a
channel, press
./DELAY.Ô
LOCKING OUT 
C
HANNELS OR 
F
REQUENCIES
You can lock out channels to force
the scanner to skip and ignore any
traffic while scanning. You can
also lock out up to 50 frequencies
while searching to skip undesired
transmissions.
Locking Out Channels
To 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/OUTsoL appears in the
scanner’s display.
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To...

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Reviewing Locked-Out 
Search Frequencies
To review the frequencies within a
search bank that you locked out:
1. Press
SRCHto set search
mode, and select the desired
search bank to review its
locked out frequencies.
2. Press
FUNCand thenL/OUT.
The last locked-out frequency
and
Lockout listappear. Press
SorTto scroll through the
list. The locked-out number
and the total locked-out
number also appears as
L/O XX of YY.(Thetenthof
twenty five locked out
frequencies would appear as
L/O 10 of 25). If the...

69 2. Select the search bank in
which you want to clear all
locked-out frequencies.
3. Press
FUNCand then press
L/OUT. Lockout list appears in
the scanner’s display.
4. Press
FUNCand then6.The
scanner will display
Confirm 
list clear? 1=YES Press other key 
for NO
.Press1to clear all
locked-out frequencies.
List cleared appears for about
2 seconds. Press any key
other than
1to cancel clear.
CHANGING THE RECEIVE 
MODE
The scanner defaults to the
commonly used AM or FM/Digital
receive mode for each...

70DC– configures the channel for
DCS mode.
MO– configures the channel for
the MO mode for analog or digital
Motorola trunking system
channels, or APCO-25 trunking
system channels.
Ô
ED– configures the channel for
the ED mode for EDACS trunking
system channels.
USING THE ATTENUATOR
To reduce interference or noise
caused by strong signals, you can
reduce the scanner’s sensitivity
with the attenuator.
There are two attenuator modes in
your scanner. Normal attenuator
mode allows you to set the
attenuator on...