PRO-2048 200-Channel Programmable Home Scanner
(200-0417) Operation Faxback Doc. # 47904
TURNING ON THE SCANNER/SETTING THE VOLUME AND SQUELCH
1. Turn SQUELCH fully clockwise.
2. Press POWER to turn on your scanner. The scanner continuously scans
the unlocked channels.
Note: If you have not stored any frequencies into channels, the
scanner does not scan.
3. Press MANUAL to stop the scanning. The display shows the current
channel.
4. Turn VOLUME clockwise to set the scanner's volume about 1/4 of the way
between MIN and MAX.
5. Turn SQUELCH counterclockwise until you hear a hissing noise.
6. Adjust VOLUME to a comfortable level.
7. Slowly turn SQUELCH clockwise until the hissing noise stops.
Squelch Tips:
If the scanner picks up unwanted or weak transmissions, slightly
turn SQUELCH clockwise to decrease receiver sensitivity.
If the scanner does not pick up any transmissions, slightly turn
SQUELCH counterclockwise to increase receiver sensitivity.
8. To turn off the scanner, press POWER.
MANUALLY STORING FREQUENCIES IN CHANNELS
You can manually store up to 200 frequencies into your scanner's channels.
Great references for active frequencies are the RadioShack "Police Call
Guide including Fire and Emergency Services," "Official 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, you can use a
limit or direct search to find a transmission (see "Searching For and
Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies" below).
Follow these steps to manually store frequencies.
1. Press MANUAL to stop the scanning.
2. Enter the channel number where you want to store a frequency.
3. Press PGM. BANK and the bank number, the selected channel number and
CH, 000.0000 MHz, and PROGRAM appear.
4. Enter the frequency you want to store, including the decimal point.
Note: When you enter a frequency, the scanner automatically rounds it
to the nearest valid number. For example, If you enter
151.473, your scanner rounds it up to 151.475.
5. Press ENTER to store the frequency into the selected channel.
Note: If you made a mistake in Step 4, Error appears. Repeat Steps 4
and 5.
6. To program the next channel in sequence, repeat Steps 3-5. To program
other channels not in sequence, repeat Steps 2-5.
SEARCHING FOR AND TEMPORARILY STORING ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
You can search for frequencies using a limit or direct search, than
temporarily store frequencies into monitor memories.
Limit Search
A limit search lets you search for active transmissions within a specified
range of frequencies.
Note: You can also use the scanner's delay feature while using a limit
search (see "Using the 2-second Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 47905).
Follow these steps to search for active frequencies using a limit search.
1. Press PGM, then LIMIT. Lo and a frequency appear.
2. Using the number keys, enter the lowest frequency (including the
decimal point) you want to search within the desired frequency range,
then press ENTER.
Note: If you enter an invalid frequency, Error appears. To correct
this, simply repeat the step.
3. Press LIMIT. Hi and a frequency appear.
4. Using the number keys, enter the highest frequency you want to search
within the desired frequency range, then press ENTER.
5. Press (/\) to search upward from the lower to the upper limit, or
press (\/) to search downward from the upper to the lower limit. -L-,
SEARCH, and (/\) or (\/) appear, and the next available monitor memory
flashes.
6. When the scanner finds an active frequency, you can do one of the
following:
To store the displayed frequency into the current monitor memory,
quickly press MON.
To continue the search, press (/\) or (\/).
To hold the frequency, press LIMIT. -H- appears.
Press LIMIT again to cancel the hold and resume the limit search.
Notes: If you press (/\) or (\/) during the hold mode, the
frequency changes in the current step increment toward the
upper or lower limit (see "Specifications" in Faxback Doc.
# 47908).
If you tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows
LOCKOUT (see "Search Skip Memory" below).
Direct Search
A direct Search lets you specify a starting frequency, then Search for
active transmissions above or below the specified frequency.
Note: You can also use the scanner's delay feature while using direct
search (see "Using the 2-Second Delay" in Faxback Doc. # 47905).
Follow these steps to search for active frequencies using a direct search.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Using the number keys, enter the frequency (including the decimal
point) you want to start the search from, or the channel number
containing the starting frequency.
3. Press (/\) to search up or (\/) to search down starting from the
specified frequency or channel -d-, SEARCH, and (/\) or (\/) appear,
and the next available monitor memory flashes.
Note: If you enter an invalid frequency, Error appears. Repeat Steps
2 and 3.
4. When the scanner finds an active frequency, you can do one of the
following:
To store the frequency into the current monitor memory, press MON.
To continue the search, press (/\) or (\/).
To hold the frequency, press LIMIT. -h- appears.
Press LIMIT again to cancel the hold and resume the direct search.
Notes: If you press (/\) or (\/) while a frequency is held, the
frequency changes in the current step increment.
If you tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows
LOCKOUT (see "Search Skip Memory" below).
Search Skip Memory
You can skip specified frequencies during a limit, direct, or weather
search (see "Listening to the Weather Band" below). This lets you avoid
unwanted frequencies or ones you have already stored in a channel. You
can program up to 20 frequencies to skip into the scanner's memory.
To skip a frequency, press L/O/SEARCH SKIP when the scanner stops on the
frequency during a limit, direct, or weather search.
To clear a single frequency from skip memory so the scanner can stop on it
during a limit, direct, or weather search, press LIMIT to hold the search,
press (/\) (\/) to select the skipped frequency, then press L/O/SEARCH
SKIP until LOCKOUT disappears.
To clear all the skip frequencies at once, while in the search mode, hold
down L/O/SEARCH SKIP until the scanner beeps 2 times.
Notes: If you program more than 20 skip frequencies, each new frequency
replaces old ones, starting from the first stored frequency.
You can select the skipped frequency when the scanner is in the
hold mode. The scanner displays LOCKOUT when you select a skipped
frequency.
If you skip all frequencies in the weather band or within a search
range, the scanner sounds three beeps and will not start
searching.
LISTENING TO MONITOR MEMORIES
After you temporarily store frequencies into the scanner's monitor
memories, you can listen to them by pressing MANUAL, MON, then the number
for the monitor memory you want to listen to.
Note: To listen to the monitor memories, the priority channel feature
must be turned off (see "Using Priority Channels" in Faxback Doc.
# 47905).
MOVING A FREQUENCY FROM A MONITOR MEMORY TO A CHANNEL
1. Press MANUAL to stop the scanning.
2. Enter the channel number where you want to store the monitor
frequency, then press PGM. PROGRAM appears.
3. Press MON, then enter the monitor memory number that has the frequency
you want to store. MON and the entered frequency appear, and the
channel number blinks.
4. Press ENTER. The scanner stores the frequency into the selected
channel.
SCANNING THE STORED CHANNELS
To scan the stored channels, press SCAN. Your scanner scans through all
the stored channels except the ones you lock out (see "Locking Out
Channels" in Faxback Doc. # 47905).
If necessary readjust SQUELCH so you do not hear the hissing sound between
transmissions.
TURNING CHANNEL-STORAGE BANKS ON AND OFF
You can set your scanner to scan more efficiently by turning selected
channel storage banks on or off.
When you turn off a bank, the scanner does not scan any of the 20 channels
in the bank.
While scanning, press the number key for the bank you want to turn on or
off. If the memory bank indicator is on, the bank is turned on and the
scanner scans all channels within that bank that are not locked out. If
the indicator is off, the scanner does not scan any of the channels within
that bank.
Notes: You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is
turned off.
You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one active
bank.
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 want to hear
all the details (even though there might be periods of silence) or if you
want to monitor only a specific channel or a locked-out channel.
To manually select a channel, press MANUAL, enter the channel number, then
press MANUAL again.
If the scanner is scanning and stops at the desired channel, press MANUAL
once. Repeatedly press MANUAL to step through the channels one at a time.
LISTENING TO THE WEATHER BAND
Your scanner is preprogrammed with the following weather frequencies.
162.400 MHz 162.500 MHz
162.425 MHz 162.525 MHz
162.450 MHz 162.550 MHz
162.475 MHz
To hear your local forecast and regional weather information, simply press
WX. WX appears.
Your scanner searches through the weather band and stops on an active
broadcast. If a broadcast is weak press WX again to continue to search
through the weather band.
You can press LIMIT to pause the weather search, then press (/\) or (\/)
repeatedly to move forward or backward through the channels. To continue
the search, hold down LIMIT, (/\), or (\/) for more than 1 second.
Note: If You tune to a search skip frequency, the display shows LOCKOUT
(see "Search Skip Memory" above).
(BR/eb 5/27/98)
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