RadioShack Pro 96 Truking Scanner Owners Manual

71 To assign attenuation to a search
bank:
Press
AT Twhile searching.
Attenuation will be applied to the
active search bank, or search
group within a search bank. Press
AT Tagain to turn attenuation
off.
Ô
To use the global attenuator:
1. Press
FUNCand thenAT Tto
set the attenuator to global
mode.
Global ATTwill appear
for 2 seconds at the bottom
line, and then
ATT- appears in
the scanner’s display while
scanning.
2. Press
AT Tto activate the
attenuator.
ATTonappears in
the bottom line of the display....

721. 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 Digital Trunking
appears in the scanner’s
display.
3. While
Welcome To Digital 
Trunking 
appears, press1to
turn on the key tone or
2to
turn it off.
USING THE DISPLAY 
B
ACKLIGHT
Your PRO-96 features a backlit
keypad and display for easy
viewing and use in dark
environments. There are three
backlight modes you can choose
from to...

73 perform an operation using the
keypad.
In Ignore mode, the backlight
functions as described in
Keypress mode, except that the
scanner ignores the first keypress.
This mode is useful when you wish
to quickly illuminate the display
and keypad without having to
search for the
7key. The first
keypress is ignored, and the
scanner sounds the low pitched
error beep to remind you that the
first key pressed to activate the
backlight is ignored by the
scanner.
In any backlight mode, you can
press and hold
7for...

74for Ignore operation for the
selected duration.
4. Press
ENTERto store your
selection.
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,å/7
SQUELCH, andVOLUME.
You cannot activate the key lock
while you are entering a frequency
into a channel.
1. To turn on the key lock, press
FUNCand thenå/7 
Key lockedappears for about 1
second.
Key locked.appears...

75 4. Press
ENTERto set the
display contrast.
WORKING WITH
V-SCANNERS
The PRO-96 V-Scanner (Virtual
Scanner) feature allows you to
edit, store, recall and use up to
eleven full sets of scanner
memory profiles. With V-Scanners
it is possible to create separate
scanner memory profiles for
different areas you visit or different
ways that you use the scanner.
Your scanner contains two types
of storage memory.Working
memoryis the memory that your
scanner uses while you are
programming, cloning, or using
your...

76can be saved to one of the ten V-
Scanner folders, or the scratchpad
folder. When you save working
memory to a V-Scanner folder, all
settings contained in working
memory are saved, including
channels, talkgroups, lockout
status, contrast settings, etc.
Previously saved V-Scanner
folders can be recalled and loaded
into working memory. You can
also erase the contents of V-
Scanner folders, or move the
contents of one folder to another
using working memory. V-Scanner
folder names are stored in Line 4
from...

77 working memory. It is not possible
to change the V-Scanner folder
name from the V-Scanner menus.
Always use
FUNC,TEXTwhile in
program mode to assign a V-
Scanner folder name to the
current working memory. This
name will be stored with the V-
Scanner when it is saved, and will
appear while you are performing
V-Scanner operations. If you press
TEXTwhile in a V-Scanner
operations menu, you will be
prompted to use
FUNC,TEXTwhile
in program mode to assign or
change the name of the V-
Scanner folder.
Follow...

78assume you are saving to V-
Scanner folder 1, and have
previously stored a V-Scanner
configuration with the name
“My V-Scanner” in that
location. If you choose V-
Scanner Folder 1, the
scanner will display:
Press
ENTERto accept the
choice, another number key
to change your selection, or
CLR to abort and return to the
V-Scanner menu. The
scanner gives you one final
opportunity to abort before
proceeding:
Press
ENTERto confirm your
choice and proceed with the
V-Scanner save operation.
While saving, the...

79 choose V-Scanner Folder 1,
the scanner will display:
Press
ENTERto accept the
choice, another number key
to change your selection, or
CLRto abort and return to the
V-Scanner menu. The
scanner gives you one final
opportunity to abort before
proceeding:
While loading, the scanner
will display:
The contents of the scanner’s
current working memory will
be replaced with the data from
the selected V-Scanner folder.
5. To delete the contents of a V-
Scanner folder, select
3.The
scanner will display:
Press...

80While the folder is being
cleared, the scanner will
display
This display appears after each V-
Scanner operation. Pressing
ENTERwill return to the main V-
Scanner menu. Press
CLRto exit
the V-Scanner main menu.
This display appears if a failure is
encountered while performing a V-
Scanner operation. Press
ENTER
to try again.
Ifyouwishtocreateanew
configuration based on your
current one, save the current
working memory to a V-Scanner
folder, then edit the working
memory with your changes. When
you are...