RadioShack Pro 96 Truking Scanner Owners Manual
Have a look at the manual RadioShack Pro 96 Truking Scanner Owners Manual online for free. It’s possible to download the document as PDF or print. UserManuals.tech offer 39 RadioShack manuals and user’s guides for free. Share the user manual or guide on Facebook, Twitter or Google+.
31 2. Use the number keys and ./DELAYto enter the frequency (including the decimal point) you want to store. 3. If you make a mistake, press CLRto backspace and correct the incorrect digit, or press and hold CLRfor about 2 seconds to clear the entire field and start over. 4. Press ENTERto store the frequency into the channel. Ô 5. By default, the scanner will configure the channels you enter for a two second delay after a transmission is received. This is indicated by the D character that appears in the top row of the display. If you do not want the scanner to pause for reply traffic before resuming scanning operation, press ./DELAYuntil D is not visible in the top line of the display. 6. If necessary, press MODEto change the receiving mode. Valid modes for conventional frequencies include AM, FM/ Digital, CTCSS and DCS. To program a specific code for CTCSS or DCS mode, press FUNC MODE, then enter the desired code followed by ENTER,orusetheSorT keys to scroll to the desired code and press ENTERto store the code with the channel memory. For more information on CTCSS and DCS programming, see “Programming channels for Ô NOTES Ô Ifyoumadeamistake in entering the frequency, Invalid Freqbriefly appears and the scanner beeps when you press ENTER. Enter the frequency again. Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a frequency of 151.53, your scanner accepts it as 151.5275. Reception of the frequency will not be adversely affected. If you enter a frequency that has already been entered elsewhereinthe same bank, the scanner sounds an error tone and displays Dupl.f and the channel number that has been duplicated. If the dual entry is an error pressCLRand enter the correct frequency. If the dual entry is intentional pressENTERto accept. You may replace any frequency by selecting the bank and channel, pressing PGMand entering the new frequency. Youcanclear programmed frequency data by pressingFUNC,then CLR. If you make an error in the entry process, pressCLRas often as needed to erase the incorrect data, or press and holdCLR for one second to clear the entire field.
32CTCSS and DCS operation” on Page 42. 7. If desired, program a text tag for the channel (see “Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel” on Page 45). When you are ready to program additional channels, press PGMor Sto move up to the next channel memory location, orTto move down. PROGRAMMING TRUNKED S YSTEMS This section of the manual provides instructions to program your scanner to receive trunked radio systems. If you are just getting started with trunked system monitoring or have any questions about how your PRO-96 scanner operates when tracking trunked radio systems. See “Trunking Special Features” on Page 83. For best results, program only one trunking system in each channel storage bank of your scanner. Your scanner will lock on to the first active control channel it finds in a channel storage bank and follow the activity from that trunking system. Ó Channel storage banks may contain both conventional, non- trunked channels, and control or system channels for a trunked system. The scanner will check for activity on the conventional channels after processing the trunking system. Ó HINT Ó Certain multi-zone Motorola systems use thesametalkgroupIDs at multiple radio sites to cover a large geographical area. In these types of systems it may be possible to program multiple control channel frequencies into the same channel storage bank and allow the scanner to lock on to the different control channels as you move from zone to zone.This approach only works in networked systems where the same talkgroup IDs are used at multiple sites.It is notpossibletoprogram Motorola/APCO-25 and EDACS systems into the same channel storage bank.
33 PROGRAMMING M OTOROLA ANALOG, D IGITAL, AND APCO-25 T RUNKING SYSTEMS 1. PressPGMandFUNCthenS orTto select the desired channel storage bank to program. Ô 2. PressTRUNKto access the ID list and set the correct trunking bank type. If the bank has never been programmed with a trunking system, the scanner will display Not trunked! Press mode . 3. Press MODEuntilMotorola appears in the display. This sets the channel storage bank for Motorola operation. 4. Press PGMto return to the channel storage bank. 5. Select a channel to begin programming trunking system frequencies. Use direct channel entry or theSorT keys. 6. Enter the trunking frequency and press ENTER.If necessary, press MODEto change the receiving mode to MO(Motorola). 7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to enter the other trunking system control channel frequencies for the system you wish to monitor. Ô NOTES Ô Youcanalsopress FUNC,thenTRUNK to access the ID list from manual mode. When monitoring Motorola trunked radio systems, it is only necessary to program the trunking control channel. ForAPCO-25 trunking systems using the 9600 bps control channel, program the system using the steps outlined above for Motorola systems. Your scanner will automatically detect the proper control channel type. Some systems rotate the control channel on a daily basis. For best results, program all known control channel frequencies into the trunking channel storage bank. To program Motorola UHF trunking systems, see “Programming Motorola VHF and UHF Trunking Systems” on Page 34. To program Motorola 800 MHz “splinter” systems, see “Programming Motorola 800 MHz Splinter Systems” on Page 36. To program Motorola Type I/IIi fleet maps, see “Programming Fleet Maps” on Page 36.
34 PROGRAMMING EDACS T RUNKING SYSTEMS 1. PressPGMandFUNC, and thenSorTto select the desired channel storage bank to program. Ô 2. PressTRUNKto access the ID list and set the correct trunking bank type. If the bank has never been programmed with a trunking system, the scanner will display Not trunked! Press mode . 3. Press MODEuntilEDACS appears in the display. This sets the channel storage bank for EDACS operation. 4. Press PGMto return to the channel storage bank. 5. Select a channel to begin programming trunking system frequencies. Use direct channel entry or theSorT keys. 6. Enter the trunking frequency and press ENTER.If necessary, press MODEto change the receiving mode to ED. 7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to enter the other EDACS trunking system channels for the system you wish to monitor. PROGRAMMING M OTOROLA VHF AND UHF T RUNKING SYSTEMS Your scanner is capable of receiving Motorola trunked radio Ô NOTE Ô It is necessary to program all EDACS system channels into your scanner in Logical Channel Number (LCN) order, beginning with LCN 1 in channel 01 of the channel storage bank. Do not program EDACS system channels in channel 00 of a channel storage bank. Refer to frequency publications or Internet sites to obtain correct LCN frequencies for the EDACS systems you wish to monitor. If the EDACS system you are programming skips channels in the LCN order, leave those channels blank in your scanner.
35 systems operating in the VHF and UHF bands. To monitor these systems it is necessary to program the scanner with three additional parameters, the base frequency, step and offset. Ó Follow these steps to program Motorola trunking frequencies in the VHF or UHF bands: 1. Press PGM, and thenTRUNK to enter the ID program mode. 2. Press FUNCand press (or hold)SorTto select the bank. 3. Press MODEuntilMotorola appears in the display. 4. Press FUNCthen2.The display indicates Base Freq: 406.0000 Offset: 380 Step:25.0kHz 5. WhileBin Base blinks, if necessary, enter the desired Base frequency with the number keys and press ENTER.Ifitisincorrect,press the number keys again to set the base frequency. 6. While Oin Offset blinks, if necessary, enter the offset number and press ENTER.Ifit is incorrect, then press the number keys again to set the frequency. 7. While Sin Step blinks, repeatedly pressSorTto select the step number, 5, Ó HINTS Ó Base frequency, step and offset vary for each individual UHF trunking system. You can get information about these frequencies for the trunking system you want to scan using trunkscanner.com , other Internet sources, or locally published guidebooks. Systems with multiple channel ranges can be programmed using PC application software.
366.25, 7.5, 12.5, 15, 25.0, or 50.0kHz, and then press ENTER. PROGRAMMING M OTOROLA 800 MHZ S PLINTER SYSTEMS Certain 800 MHz Motorola trunked radio systems operate using splinter channels that are in between the channels in the normal 800 MHz band plan. These systems are known as “splinter systems”. Your scanner features an offset mode to allow reception of these systems. Ô 1. PressPGM, and thenTRUNK to enter the ID program mode. 2. If necessary, press FUNCthen SorTto select the desired bank. 3. If necessary, press MODEto select Motorola trunking mode. 4. Press FUNC, and then3to edit the 3600 CC Mode. 5. PressSorTto select Normal,Splinter,Table,or Multi Table, and then press ENTER. Programming Fleet Maps You must set the fleet map if you 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 NOTES Ô If the radio appears to be trunking to the wrong frequencies when monitoring an 800 MHz system, you should try to configure the system for splinter operation. Splinter systems exist only in the 800 MHz band, and only use the 3600 bps control channel type. Setting splinter configuration on VHF, UHF, 900 MHz and 800 MHz APCO- 25 systems will have no effect.
37 1. Press PGM, and thenTRUNK. 2. Press FUNC, and thenSorT to select the desired bank. 3. Press FUNC, and then press 8.Block 0 size code. Use 15 for type II. S-00 is displayed. 4. Enter the size code supplied with the Type I system information, referring to the prompts that appear in the display. If the information for your Type I system is not available, try the following common fleet maps: ÔÔ NOTES Ô The default setting of thebankisfor Motorola Type II. However, if you set Type I and wish to restoreTypeII,enter 15 at Step 4. Toconfirmtheinput, repeat Steps 1-4 and pressENTER.Each time you press ENTER,youconfirm thesizecode.Ifyou find an error, press CLRand begin again at Step 1. BlockSize Code 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 0S11S4S4S12S4S3S10S1 1 S11 S4 S4 — S4 S10 S10 S1 2S11S4S4S4S12S4S11S2 3 S11 S4 S4 S4 — S4 S4 S2 4S11S4S4S4S4S12S4S3 5 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 — S4 S3 6S11S4S12S4S4S12S4S4 7 S11 S4 — S4 S4 — S4 S4 BlockSize Code 91011 12 13141516 0S4S0S4S0S3S4S4S3 1 S4S0S0S0S3S3S4S10 2S0S0S0S0S11S10S4S10 3 S0S0S0S0S4S4S11S11 4S0S0S0S0S4S4S11S0 5 S0S0S0S0S0S4S0S0
38Press ENTERfor each entry. If you makeamistake,press CLRand enter the correct size code. Talkgroup IDs Each channel storage bank has an associated talkgroup ID list, for a total of 10 talkgroup ID lists. Each ID list has 5 sub-banks. Each sub- bank has 30 ID locations. You can program up to 150 talkgroup IDs in each bank, so you can program up to 1500 talkgroup 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 associated ID list. In the Closed Mode, the scanner only stops on the transmission and displays its text tag if you have stored and not locked out the ID. In the Open Mode, the scanner always stops on all transmissions except those you specifically exclude, and displays the ID’s text tag if you have stored the ID. For a detailed description of Open and Closed Mode operation, see “Open and Closed Mode Operation” on Page 87. Storing Talkgroup IDs Each talkgroup on a trunked radio system is identified by a talkgroup ID. You can store talkgroup IDs automatically while scanning the trunked system in Open mode, or manually by entering the IDs directly in the ID list. Ô 6S0S4S0S0S0S12S12S12 7 S0S4S0S4S0——— BlockSize Code Ô NOTE Ô When you try to store more than 150 talkgroup IDs in a bank, Memory Full!appears in the scanner’s display. Clear some talkgroup IDs in order to store new ones (see “Clearing Talkgroup IDs” on Page 91).
39 To automatically store a talkgroup ID, press TRUNKwhen the scanner stops on a voice channel transmission or when a talkgroup ID is indicated in the manual mode. The ID of the active talkgroup will be automatically stored in the next available ID memory location. The bottom line of the scanner display indicates where the ID was stored as ID save X-YY and then changes to ID#ZZZZZ, where X is the sub- bank number, YY is the ID number within the sub-bank, and ZZZZZ is the stored talkgroup ID code. If the ID has already been stored when you press TRUNK,ID was saved appears in the scanner’s display. Follow these steps to manually store talkgroup IDs or to edit a stored ID. Ó 1. Navigate to a channel in the desired trunking bank using MANor theSorTkeys 2. Press PGM. 3. Press TRUNK. 4. Select the ID memory you wish to edit using any of the methods described above. 5. Enter the talkgroup ID and press ENTER. If necessary, use the decimal point for a hyphen. Ô 6. If you want to tag the ID, press TEXT, enter the desired text tag for the ID. Then press Ó HINTS Ó Use the following keystrokes to navigate through the ID lists: PressPGM,TRUNK to enter the ID list for the current channel storage bank. Press and release theSorTkeys to scroll through the ID memories one at a time. PressandholdtheS orTkeys to scroll through the ID memories rapidly. PressTRUNKto advance to the next ID sub-bank. PressFUNCSorT toadvancetothe next or previous ID list. Ô NOTES Ô Ifyoumadea mistakeinStep5, Invalid ID.appears and the scanner beeps when you pressENTER.Start againatStep3. You can enter either decimal or AFS code for ED (EDACS) ID. The default setting is decimal ID entry. To toggle AFS or decimal EDACS ID display, press FUNC then 2. AFS Formatwill appear in the display for about 2 seconds. Now you can enter EDACS ID codes in AFS format. IfyouenteredanID code that is already stored in another ID channel, Dupl IDappears in the scanner’s display. If you want to store the ID code anyway, pressENTER.To cancel the operation, pressCLR.
40 ENTER(see “Text Input Chart” on Page 48). 7. To store the next ID memory in sequence, pressSand repeat Step 5. 8. Press SCANto start scanning. When automatically storing trunked IDs in the ID list by pressing TRUNKduring a trunked transmission, the scanner will automatically store the active ID in the next available open ID storage location in the ID list. We suggest leaving ID sub-bank 0 empty when first setting up an ID list. This provides a location for new auto- store IDs to be placed and organized. Programming the Priority Channel In addition to the 500 programmable memory channels, the scanner has one priority channel. With the priority feature, you can scan through programmed channels and still not miss an important or interesting transmissiononthepriority channel. When priority is turned on, the scanner checks the priority channel every 2 seconds, and stays on the channel if there is activity until the activity stops. Ô Programming a stored channel frequency in the priority channel 1. PressMAN. Ô NOTES Ô The priority feature does not operate while the scanner receives a trunking voice channel or during trunking delay time. Traffic on the priority channel may be missed if it occurs while the scanner is monitoring a trunking voice call. If you program a weather channel as the priority channel, then activate priority mode, the scanner stops on the weather channel only when the scanner detects the 1050 Hz weather alert tone.