RadioShack Pro 96 Truking Scanner Owners Manual
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61 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. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops on the frequency. Ô USING FREQUENCY COPY You can easily copy a frequency into a specified channel, a vacant channel in a specified bank, or a priority channel. This feature provides and easy method of storing frequencies of interest you encounter while searching or tuning. ÔÔ NOTES Ô Manually Tuning a Frequency If you pressPA U S E while tuning, the scanner stops tuning and **PAUSED**appears in the display. Press PA U S Eagain, and the scanner resumes tuning. Whiletunemodeis paused, you can step up or down one frequency atatimebyusingtheS orTkeys. Using Frequency Copy You cannot copy a frequency from the Marine search bands.
62 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 channel number where you want to store the frequency. The display indicates the bank and channel number, and briefly displays the frequency that is currently programmed into the selected channel. You can repeat this step as needed until you find an acceptable destination channel. After about 1 second, the frequency to be copied flashes. 3. Press ENTER.Allthe conditions such as receive mode and delay condition are copied onto the channel. Chan Store!briefly appears in the scanner’s display. The scanner automatically returns to search mode. Ô NOTE Ô If you try to copy a frequency that is already stored, the scanner sounds the notice tone 3 times after you press ENTER. Dupl.f Chxxx appears at the bottom line.Ifyouwanttocopy the duplicate frequency anyway, pressENTER, or if not, pressCLRto cancel.
63 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 ENTERto store the frequency in the selected bank. Chan Store! appears for 2 seconds. All the conditions such as receiving mode and delay condition are copied on the channel. After about 2 seconds, the scanner automatically returns to search mode. COPING A FREQUENCY INTO THE PRIORITY C HANNEL You can copy a frequency into the priority channel (see “Programming the Priority Channel” on Page 40) when the scanner stops on the frequency during Search, Scan, Manual, Tune, or WX mode. Ô NOTE Ô If you try to copy a frequency that is already stored in the same baqnk, the scanner sounds the notice tone 3 times after you press ENTER. Dupl.f Chxxx appears at the bottom line. If you want to copy theduplicatefrequency anyway, pressENTER, or if not, pressCLRto cancel.
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 local forecast and regional weather information on one or more of these channels. LISTENING TO A W EATHER CHANNEL To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, press WX. Your scanner scans through the weather band then stops on the first active weather frequency. Press WXrepeatedly to find the strongest weather frequency for your location. If necessary, use AT Tto apply attenuation to weather channels with interference. SAME Standby Mode The National Weather Service precedes each weather alert with
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 maintains a current list of FIPS codes at http:// www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ . To configure your scanner for SAME Standby mode, follow these steps: 1. Press WXuntil you identify the weather station with the strongest signal for your location. 2. Press FUNC,and thenPROG to access the FIPS code entry table. 3. Use theSorTkeys to select the desired FIPS code storage location. 4. Use the numeric keys to enter the desired FIPS code, and then press ENTERto store the code. Press TEXTto label the code entry with an alphanumeric text table if desired. Repeat this process for all the FIPS codes that you wish to store.
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 the type of message, and the scanner sounds the alarm associated with that type of message. The alarm sound changes automatically every 3 seconds. Press any key except LIGHTto end the alarm demonstration mode. USING THE DELAY F UNCTION You can configure your conventional, non-trunked channels for a 2 second delay to avoid missing reply traffic on the same channel. When delay is set for a conventional channel, the scanner will pause for reply traffic before resuming the scan operation. Ô NOTES Ô PressWX, then the numeric keys0-9to quickly review stored FIPS codes. Press L/OUTto toggle lockout status. Your scanner can also detect the 1050 Hz weather alert tone when a weather channel is set as the priority channel and weather priority operation is enabled. (see “Programming a Weather Channel as Priority” on Page 41). In this mode all alerts are received. FIPS settings are ignored. The scanner sounds an alert or beep when it receives the SAMEcode.Ifyou do not stop the alert (or beep) for five minutes, the alert stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the scanner receives a new message after five minutes, it sounds the alert or beep. To stop the sound and ready the scanner to receive a new alert signal before the five minute time out, press any key exceptLIGHT.
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. Ô To remove the lockout from a channel, manually select the channel and press L/OUTsoL disappears. Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels To review all locked out channels, press MAN, and then repeatedly press FUNCand thenL/OUT.The scanner will advance to the next locked out channel each time you press FUNC, and thenL/OUT. Locking Out Search Frequencies To lock out a frequency during a search, press L/OUTwhen the scanner stops on that frequency. The scanner will lock out the frequency and continues searching. ÔÔ NOTES Ô Using the Delay Function Delayis automatically set as the default for each channel when you turn on the scanner. The delay function operates differently when monitoring trunked radio systems. For more information, see “Trunked Delay Function” on Page 90. Locking Out Channels You can still manually select and monitor locked-out channels. Locking out a channel with an active trunking control channel will disable monitoring of that trunking system. Locking Out Search Frequencies You can lock out as many as 50 frequencies in each search bank. If you try to lock out more, Memory full!will appear in the display, and you will be unable to lock out any more frequencies until some have been cleared. See ““Clearing a Locked- Out Search Frequency” on Page 68”. If you lock out all frequencies in one search bank and only this search bank is activated,All ranges Locked out!appears in the display and the scanner will not search.
68 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 search bank has no locked-out frequencies, Empty. Lockout list appears in the scanner’s display. Press SRCHto cancel reviewing locked-out frequencies. Clearing a Locked-Out Search Frequency To clear a locked-out frequency, select that frequency (see ““Reviewing the Lock-Out Channels”), and then press CLR. If all locked-out frequencies are cleared within a channel storage bank, Empty. Lockout listappears in the scanner’s display. Clearing All Locked-Out Frequencies in a Search Bank 1. PressSEARCH.
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 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 a transmission when the scanner is not set to the correct receive mode, the transmission might sound weak or distorted. To change the receive mode, repeatedly press MODE.The receive mode changes as follows: AM– configures the channel for AM mode. FM/DIGITAL– configures the channel for the FM/DIGITAL mode. CT– configures the channel for CTCSS mode.
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 a per-channel basis. Normal mode is useful when individual channels are found to be prone to interference. Global attenuator mode applies attenuation to every channel in the scanner, and overrides any normal mode attenuator settings that you may have entered To assign attenuation to a channel in the scanner: Press AT Twhen the scanner is stopped on a channel, or by manually navigating to a channel by using direct channel entry or pressing theSorTarrow keys. A will appear in the top line of the display. Press AT Tagain to toggle attenuation off. Ô NOTE Ô MO and ED modes are not available when performing service searches, limit searches and the TUNE function.