PRO-2015 200-Channel Programmable Home Scanner
(200-0421A) Operation Faxback Doc. # 53311
Turning on the Scanner/Setting Volume and Squelch
1. Turn VOLUME and SQUELCH fully counterclockwise.
2. To turn on the scanner, slide POWER to ON.
3. Turn VOLUME clockwise until you hear a hissing sound.
4. Turn SQUELCH clockwise, then leave it set to a point just after the
hissing sound stops.
Notes: If the scanner picks up unwanted, partial, or very weak
transmissions, turn SQUELCH clockwise to decrease the
scanner's sensitivity to these signals.
If you want to listen to a weak or distant station, turn
SQUELCH counterclockwise.
If the scanner will not scan, turn SQUELCH further clockwise.
5. To turn off the scanner when you finish, slide POWER to OFF.
Storing Known Frequencies into Channels
Good references for active frequencies are the RadioShack Police Call,
Aeronautical Frequency Directory, and Maritime Frequency Directory. We
update these directories every year, so be sure to get a current copy.
Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels.
1. Press PGM, enter the channel number (1-200) where you want to store a
frequency, then press PGM again. The channel number appears.
2. Use the number keys and to enter the frequency (including the decimal
point) you want to store.
3. Press ENTER to store the frequency into the channel.
Notes: If you made a mistake in Step 2, Error appears and the scanner
beeps when you press ENTER. Simply start again from Step 2.
Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the
nearest valid frequency. For example, if you enter a frequency
of 151.473, your scanner accepts it as 151.470.
If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another
channel, the scanner beeps three times and displays the lowest
channel number where the frequency is already stored, and
-dUPL- then the frequency flashes. If you want to store the
frequency anyway, press ENTER again. Or, press MON/CL to clear
the frequency.
Press DELAY if you want the scanner to pause two seconds on
this channel after a transmission ends before it proceeds to
the next channel (see "Using the Delay Function" in Faxback
Doc. # 53312). The scanner stores the DELAY setting in the
channel.
4. To program the next channel in sequence, press PGM and repeat Steps 2
and 3.
Finding and Storing Active Frequencies
Searching the Service Banks
Your scanner contains groups of preset frequencies called service banks.
Each service bank is associated with a specific activity (see
"Understanding Banks" in Faxback Doc. # 53310). You can search for
fire/police, air, ham, and marine transmissions even if you do not know
the specific frequencies that are used in your area. Then you can store
the frequencies you found into he scanner's channels or monitor memories.
Note: You can use the scanner's delay feature while using band search.
See "Using the Delay Function" in Faxback Doc. # 53312.
1. Press BAND. The last selected band name (such as HAM SRCH, and other
information appear.)
2. To select a different band, repeatedly press BAND until the desired
band name appears. After about two seconds, the scanner begins
searching rapidly up or down in that band for an active frequency.
Notes: To search through the frequencies, hold down /\ or \/ for a
few seconds. The scanner tunes through the frequencies until
an active frequency is found.
To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down /\ or
\/ for a few seconds.
To search the band up or down in small increments (see
"Service Banks" in Faxback Doc. # 53310 for increments),
repeatedly press and release /\ or \/.
To pause the search while receiving a signal, press and
release /\ or \/. To continue the search, hold down /\ or \/
for about two seconds.
3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops searching and
displays the frequency's number. To store the displayed frequency in
the lowest available channel, press ENTER. The channel and frequency
flash twice, and the scanner stores the displayed frequency. The
scanner then continues to search for frequencies.
Notes: If there is no empty channel, Ch-FULL appears. To store more
frequencies, you must clear some channels. See "Clearing a
Stored Channel" below. To continue searching after Ch-FULL
appears, press MON/CL.
If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another
channel, -dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest numbered channel
containing the duplicate frequency flash on the display for
about three seconds. If you want to store the frequency any
way, press ENTER again. Or, enter a different frequency
number or press MON/CL if you made a mistake.
4. To store the displayed frequency in the monitor memory, press MON/CL.
M, the monitor memory number, and the frequency flash twice.
5. To search for another active frequency in the selected band, hold down
/\ or \/ for about two seconds.
6. To select a different band and search for another active frequency,
begin again from Step 2.
Using Direct Search
During a direct search, the scanner searches up or down, starting from a
frequency you specify. Follow these steps to use direct search.
Note: You can use the scanner's delay feature while using direct search.
1. Press MANUAL or PGM then enter the frequency you want to use as a
starting point for the search, including the decimal point.
Note: To start from a frequency already stored in one of your
scanner's channels, press MANUAL or PGM, enter the desired
channel number, then press MANUAL or PGM again.
2. Press /\ or \/ for a few seconds to search up or down. SRCH, -d-, and
/\ or \/ appear.
Notes: To reverse the search direction at any time, hold down /\ or
\/ for a few seconds.
To search up or down in small increments (in steps of 5 or
12.5 kHz), press and release /\ or \/.
To pause the search while still receiving a signal, press and
release /\ or \/. To begin searching again, hold down /\ or
\/ for a few seconds.
3. When the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops searching and
displays the frequency's number. To store the displayed frequency in
the lowest available channel, press ENTER. The channel and frequency
flash twice, and the scanner stores the displayed frequency. The
scanner continues to search for frequencies.
Notes: If there is no empty channel, Ch-FULL appears. To store more
frequencies, you must clear some channels. See "Clearing a
Stored Channel" below. To continue searching after Ch-FULL
appears, press MON/CL.
If you entered a frequency that is already stored in another
channel, -dUPL- (duplicate) and the lowest numbered channel
containing the duplicate frequency flash on the display for
about three seconds. If you want to store the frequency any
way, press ENTER again.
To store the displayed frequency in a monitor memory, press
MON/CL. M, the monitor memory number, and the frequency flash
twice. To search for another active frequency, hold down /\
or \/. See "Using the Monitor Memory," below.
Using the Monitor Memory
The scanner has 20 monitor memories that you can use to temporarily store
frequencies while you decide whether you want to save them into channels.
This is handy for quickly storing an active frequency when you are
searching through an entire band.
You can store a frequency into a monitor memory during a bank or direct
search. See "Finding and Storing Active Frequencies" above.
You can select monitor memories manually, but you cannot scan them. See
"Listening to a Monitor Memory Frequency."
After you store a frequency in the scanner's monitor memory during a
search, you can recall it and move it to one of your scanner's channel
memories. See "Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel,"
below.
Listening to a Monitor Memory Frequency
To recall a frequency stored in a monitor memory, simply press MANUAL then
MON/CL. M, the monitor memory number, and CH flash and the current
monitor memory frequency appears. To select a different monitor memory,
enter the desired monitor memory's number (1-20), then press MON/CL again.
Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel
1. Press PGM, enter the channel number where you want to store the
frequency, then press PGM again. PGM and the selected channel number
appear.
2. Press MON/CL. M, the last selected monitor memory number, and CH
flash, and the monitor memory frequency appear.
3. Enter the desired monitor memory's number (1-20), then press MON/CL
again. The selected monitor memory's frequency appears.
4. Press ENTER. The scanner stores the frequency in the selected
channel.
5. To move another monitor memory frequency to the next channel, press
PGM and begin again from Step 2.
Scanning the Stored Channels
To set the scanner to continuously scan through all channels with stored
frequencies, simply press SCAN. SCAN and /\ appear, and the scanner
begins to rapidly scan until it finds an active frequency.
If the scanner finds an active frequency, it stops and displays that
channel and frequency number, then it automatically begins scanning again
when the transmission ends on that frequency.
Notes: To reverse the scanning direction, press /\ or \/.
To set the scanner to remain on the current channel for two
seconds after the transmission ends, press DELAY. See "Using the
Delay Function" in Faxback Doc. # 53312.
To set the scanner to remain on the current channel, even after
the transmission stops, press MANUAL at any time during the
transmission so MAN appears and SCAN disappears from the display
(see "Monitoring a Stored Channel" below.
To lock out channels so the scanner does not stop for a
transmission on those channels, see "Locking Out Channels and
Frequencies" in Faxback Doc. # 53312.
Turning Channel Storage Banks Off and On
To turn off banks while scanning, press the bank's number key until the
bar under the bank's number disappears. The scanner does not scan any of
the channels within the banks you have turned off.
To turn on banks while scanning, press the bank's number key until a bar
appears under the bank's number.
Notes: You cannot turn off all banks. There must be at least one active
bank.
You can manually select any channel in a bank, even if the bank is
turned off.
When you turn on a bank while scanning, the scanner moves to the
selected bank's first channel and continues scanning.
Monitoring a Stored 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 simply want to monitor that channel.
Follow these steps to manually select a channel.
1. Press MANUAL.
2. Enter the channel number.
3. Press MANUAL again.
Clearing a Stored Channel
If you no longer want a frequency stored in a channel (and you do not want
to replace that frequency with a different one), follow these steps to
clear the stored frequency.
1. Select the channel that you want to clear.
2. Press PGM. PGM appears.
3. Press 0, then press ENTER. The frequency number changes to 000.0000
on the display to indicate the channel is cleared.
4. To clear another channel, use the number keys to enter that channel
number (1-200), then press PGM again. Or, repeatedly press PGM until
the desired channel number appears. Then repeat Step 3.
(EB 6/29/99)
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