PRO-29 60-Channel Direct Entry Programmable Scanner
(200-0509) Operation Faxback Doc. # 33546
TURNING ON THE SCANNER AND SETTING SQUELCH
1. Make sure that SQUELCH is turned fully counterclockwise before you turn
on the scanner.
2. Turn VOLUME clockwise until you hear a hissing sound.
3. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, just until the hissing sound stops.
NOTE: If you want to listen to a weak or distant station, Turn SQUELCH
counterclockwise. If reception is poor, turn SQUELCH clockwise.
STORING FREQUENCIES
Follow these steps to store FREQUENCIES into channels.
1. Press MANUAL. Enter the channel number where you want to store a
frequency.
2. Press PROGRAM. PGM appears on the display to indicate the scanner is
in the programming mode.
3. Use the number keys and (CLEAR/.) to enter the frequency (including the
decimal point) you want to store.
4. Press WX/E to store the frequency.
NOTES: If you made a mistake in Step 3, Error appears on the display
and the scanner sounds three beeps. Simply start again from
Step 3.
Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the
nearest valid frequency. For example, if you try to enter a
frequency of 151.473, your scanner accepts it as 151.475.
5. Repeat Steps 1-4 to program more channels. Or, if you want to program
the next channel in sequence, repeat Steps 2-4.
To listen to a frequency you have stored, press MANUAL, the channel number,
then MANUAL again.
SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES.
Good reference for active frequencies are Radio Shack's "Police Call Radio
Guide including Fire and Emergency Services," "Aeronautical Frequency
Directory," and "Maritime Frequency Directory". We update these directories
every year, so be sure to get a current copy.
If you do not have a reference to frequencies in your area, or if you want
to search for unlisted FREQUENCIES, use a limit search or direct search.
See also "Guide to the Action Bands" in this manual.
LIMIT SEARCH
A limit search lets you search for active frequencies between upper and
lower limits that you set. -L- appears on the display during a limit
search.
1. Press PROGRAM, then LIMIT. Lo appears on the display.
2. Enter the lower limit of the frequency range you want to search.
3. Press WX/E, then LIMIT. Hi appears on the display.
NOTE: If the frequency you entered in not a valid frequency, Error
appears. To enter a different frequency, start again from Step 2.
4. Enter the upper limit of the frequency range.
5. Press WX/E, then LIMIT. (Lo) and the lower limit frequency appear on the
display.
6. Press \/ to search from the upper to the lower limit, or /\ to search
from the lower to the upper limit. The current monitor memory number
starts flashing at the top of the display.
7. When the scanner stops on a transmission you want to save, press MON-
ITOR to store the frequency in the current monitor memory. The monitor
number then stops flashing.
8. Press either \/ or /\ to continue the search. If you saved a frequency
in a monitor memory, then the monitor memory number on the display
advances by one and starts flashing again. (If the last monitor memory
was 6, the scanner returns to monitor memory 1.)
9. To hold the frequency, press LIMIT. ( -H- ) appears on the display.
To exit the hold mode and resume the limit search, press LIMIT again.
NOTES: You can press \/ or /\ during the hold mode to step through the
frequencies toward the upper or lower limits.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows L/O
(see "Search Skip Memory", on Faxback Doc. # 33547).
Direct Search
When you listen to a channel, you can search up or down from the currently
displayed frequency. (-d-) appears on the display during a direct search.
1. Press MANUAL, the channel number, then MANUAL to select a frequency
stored in a channel.
2. Press \/ or /\ to search up or down from the selected frequency.
3. When the scanner stops on a transmission, press MONITOR to store that
frequency in the current monitor memory. Or, press \/ or /\ to continue
the search.
4. To hold the frequency, press LIMIT. (-h-) appears on the display.
To exit the hold mode and resume the direct search, press LIMIT again.
NOTES: You can press \/ or /\ during the hold mode to step through the
frequencies toward the upper or lower limits.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows L/O
(see "Search Skip Memory", on Faxback Doc. # 33547).
LISTENING TO MONITOR MEMORIES
Once you have stored frequencies into monitor memories using a direct or
limit search, you can listen to the monitor memories by pressing MANUAL,
MONITOR, and then the number for the monitor memory you want to listen to.
MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL
Follow these steps to move a FREQUENCY stored in a monitor memory to a
permanent channel.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Enter the number for the channel where you want to store the monitor
frequency. The channel number appears.
3. Press PROGRAM.
4. Press MONITOR and the number of the monitor memory number that has the
frequency you want to store. The CHANNEL number starts flashing.
5. Press WX/E. The scanner stores the frequency in the selected channel,
and the channel number stops flashing.
MANUALLY SELECTING A CHANNEL
You can continuously monitor a specific channel without scanning. This is
useful if you hear an emergency broadcast on a channel and do not want to
miss any details - even though there might be periods of silence - or if
you want to monitor a specific channel.
Follow these steps to manually select a CHANNEL.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Enter the CHANNEL number.
3. Press MANUAL again.
Or, if your scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press
MANUAL one time. (Pressing MANUAL additional times causes your scanner to
step through the channels.)
To resume automatic scanning after manually selecting a channel, press
SCAN. Your scanner then scans through all non-locked channels in the
activated banks.
(BR/EB 9/16/97)
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