Page Using Ac Power Low battery! Then fully charge the rechargeable batteries. Both are available at your local RadioShack store. Follow the installation instructions supplied with the antenna, route the antenna cable to the scanner, then connect it to the antenna jack. Use extreme caution when installing or removing an Warning! Page Quick Start Preprogrammed Search Banks — allow you to listen to frequencies and decide which frequencies you want to store when you are ready to program the scanner.
Manual Tuning — allows you to manually move through the entire range of available frequencies. In your PRO scanner, the CTCSS feature can be used to block the reception of transmissions on shared channel to only those that use the CTCSS mode also features a Code Search setting that allows you to instantly display and store unknown codes into the channel memory. Page Motorola Mode The Basics transmissions. DCS mode also features a Code Search setting that allows you to instantly display and store unknown codes into the channel memory.
Valid talk group IDs are divisible by EDACS systems are trunking systems used primarily by business or private communications service providers, as well as by some public safety organizations. Page Open And Closed Modes In the open mode, the scanner stops on the transmission and displays the talk group ID on the bottom line of the display.
In open mode, the scanner stops on any transmission. If the ID is stored, the text tag appears on the display.
Otherwise, the talk group ID appears on the display. Turn SQ fully counterclockwise, then turn SQ clockwise until the hissing sound stops. The scanner does not scan if there are no frequencies Notes Notes stored in channels. We update these directories every year, so be sure to get a current copy. Follow these steps to store frequencies into channels. Start again from Step 3. Your scanner automatically rounds the entered frequency to the nearest valid frequency.
For example, if you enter a frequency of You can also use the keypad to enter the code manually. Once the desired code is selected, press ENT to store the code in the channel memory. Page Storing Text Tags Motorola systems. If necessary, press MODE to change the receiving mode. Press 1 then 6. Press 6 and FUNC for the lower case set , then press 1.
Page Band Charts 4. Rotate SQ clockwise and leave it set to a point just after the rushing sound stops. After 2 seconds if the delay feature is on , the scanner starts searching. Page 39 Beyond the Basics If you enter a non-valid step frequency, any scanner will tune to the next step. Some scanner designs do this without showing the correct step in the display.
This scanner will show the actual tuned frequency in the display. Whenever this feature is turned on, Zeromatic ON. When you turn this feature off, ZM changes to small caps zm and the scanner stops when it detects an active signal. In this mode all alerts are received. FIPS settings are ignored. The scanner sounds an alert or beep when it receives the SAME code. Using the Skywarn feature in your scanner, you can easily jump to one of three Skywarn repeater frequencies and monitor these reports, in many cases hearing about severe weather in your area instantly as it occurs.
ChXXX appears. Stalker appears and the frequency range is divided by 1 MHz segment. If you lock out 5 frequencies within a 1 MHz segment, the scanner will skip that segment in subsequent sweeps. For example, to turn off bank 1, press 1. The scanner does not scan any of the channels within the banks you turned off.
The scanner locks out the frequency, then continues searching. The scanner does not store locked out frequencies during With the priority feature, you can scan through programmed channels and still not miss an important or interesting Page 58 Beyond the Basics on, the scanner checks that channel every 2 seconds, and stays on the channel if there is activity until the activity stops. The priority feature does not operate while the scanner Notes Notes receives a trunking voice channel or during trunking delay time.
Page Changing The Receive Mode 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. There are two attenuator modes in your scanner. Page 62 Follow these steps to change the backlight mode and duration: 1. If the scanner is on, turn it off and back on again.
While Multi-System Trunking Scanner appears, press 3. Page Using The Keylock Beyond the Basics using the keylock Once you program your scanner, you can protect it from accidental program changes by turning on the key lock feature.
Follow these steps to clone the data. Turn on both scanners. Your PRO automatically calculates Motorola voice channel frequencies when it decodes the control channel. This eliminates the need to enter all the Motorola group frequencies. Your scanner lets you easily hear both the call and response transmissions for that 2-way radio user and therefore follow the conversation.
Page Setting Squelch For Trunking Mode Your scanner automatically mutes the audio during trunk scanning when it decodes control channel data. However, we recommend you turn SQ clockwise and leave it set to a point just after the rushing sound stops. This lets the scanner quickly acquire the data channel.
Trunking mode not selected, press Mode key. Press PGM to enter the program mode. An overview of the features can also be viewed at my Trunking Radio Comparison Chart page. You will also need a better antenna. The stock rubber duck isn't fabulous. You may be able to find others on the web but RS is convenient so you can buy it and take it back in the same day if you don't like it. Read the reviews for each at the. My opinion is get the software if you have a. With all the features and setting in these new fangled devices it will save you hours of programming and frustration.
It may also be easier to figure out the software than the. Alpha tagging is great but much easier with the software. Because of the limited amount of keys on the radios, programming a 3 letter word takes about 20 keystrokes on my. See what I mean? Get the software. All in all, they will compliment your scanner collection provided you have one. I will assume you know how to obtain the basic information from the original manual such as following safety procedures, putting the batteries in, connecting the antenna, finding specs, etc.
I hereby absolve myself from anything that happens to anyone or the scanner as a result of the information you will be reading. Check back often as this document will be updated and revised from time to time.
I have tried the best I can to make sure everything is accurate here but if I missed a step or you see something. Last Updated May 30, Scanning and Trunking Banks.
Changing Open and Closed Modes. Service Search Band Charts. Listening to the Weather Band. Turning the Keytone Off and On.
Changing the Display Contrast. How to view these pages in your browsers. Previous Page. Next Page. Radio shack owner's manual handheld scanner pro 92 pages. Displays the weather event text with four alert levels so you can see and hear the reason for the alert. Also has 3 programmable Skywarn channels. Can be turned off. At certain times, the radio can be in more than one mode at a time such as program and trunk mode to program trunked functions.
The trunking system automatically transmits the call on the first available frequency, and also sends on a different frequency called a Data or Control channel a code that uniquely identifies that transmission as a talkgroup ID or just ID.
So when you are trunktracking a system, you are listening to active IDs transmitting in the system each using the first available frequency in the system. Trunking systems in general allocate and use fewer frequencies among many different users. Since the trunking system might send a call and its response on different frequencies, it is difficult to listen to trunked communications using a conventional scanner. These scanners let you monitor the control channel frequency so you can hear calls and responses for users and more easily "follow" conversations than with a conventional scanner.
There may be 3 or 4 frequencies assigned as primary or alternate control channels but only one control channel will be active at a time. These scanners will allow you to program just Motorola control channels into the trunking system and the voice channels will automatically be found but not programmed. This control channel is also a good check to see if you can trunktrack the system. If you can't hear a control channel when you step through the trunking frequencies in manual mode , you either don't have all the frequencies or are too far away to receive the control channel and the system.
Motorola systems are limited to a maximum of 28 frequencies per system or site. These scanners can't monitor digital systems. LTR systems work a little differently. LTR systems typically do not have a dedicated control channel. This type of system encodes all trunking information as digital subaudible data that accompanies each transmission. The frequencies also have to be in LCN Logical Channel Number order or the correct 'slot' for the system to trunktrack properly.
The Repeater Finder Tool will help you determine the correct order. Each repeater has its own controller, and all of these controllers are synchronized together. Even though each controller monitors its own channel, one of the channel controllers is assigned to be a master that all controllers report to. Each of these controllers sends out a data burst approximately every 10 seconds so that the subscriber units know that the system is there.
This data burst is not sent at the same time by all the channels, but happens randomly throughout all the system channels. If you listen to the frequencies of an LTR Decimal IDs are shown as a decimal number from 0 to If the receive mode of the channel is set to CT, PL codes appear in the format xxx.
If the receive mode of the channel is set to DC, DPL codes appear in the format xxx, where xxx is an octal code. Your scanner can receive transmissions that use these codes or more commonly referred to as tones. Coded squelch techniques involve the transmission of a special 'code' signal along with the audio of a radio transmission. A receiver with coded squelch only activates when the received signal has the correct 'code'.
This lets many users share a single frequency, and decreases interference caused by distant transmitters on the same channel. In all major metropolitan areas of the United States, every available radio channel is assigned to more than one user. Public safety radio systems on the same frequency are usually set up at a distance of 40 miles apart, or more.
This means that you may hear transmissions from a distant system when your local system is not transmitting. By programming the CTCSS tone for a local channel the scanner will not stop on transmissions from the distant system.
Open and Closed Modes Each channel bank can be set to open or closed mode. The display information helps you understand how your scanner operates. In Scan Mode 1st Line The banks that are selected for scanning will appear and the cursor will blink on the bank being scanned. If there is a dot instead of the bank number, then the bank is not on for scanning.
PRIct appears if priority is on monitoring a channel in CT mode. PRIdc appears if priority is on monitoring a channel in DC mode. PRIwx appears if priority is on monitoring a weather channel. Low battery! In Receive Mode 1st Line ch will be appear in the left when the priority channel is receiving.
M, P, S, or H appears in the top left showing manual, program, or scan modes. H appears when the scanner is receiving while holding on an ID. The weather channel number in weather search. PRI appears with priority on. ZM appears if zeromatic is on for the band.
Group will appear while searching the Amateur band the cursor will blink on the current search group. Stalker or Sp. Stalker will appear to show which Signal Stalker mode is in use. DLY appears if the delay is on. ATT appears if the attenuation is on. A will appear to the right of the frequency when receiving.
In Manual mode, select the channel by entering the bank number and channel number then press MAN to advance to the channel. Usually, but not always, VHF channels Press PGM to put the scanner in program mode. Since these size codes require multiple blocks, you will be prompted for the next available block. Press MAN to exit programming. Preset Fleet Maps Contents In Motorola II systems no programming the fleet map required , all the blocks have size code, S0, which has a size limitation of radios.
In Type I systems, size codes are used in different blocks to denote the maximum number of users in that block. The maps that are Hybrid systems are in bold. ID saved briefly appears at the bottom of the display. ID was saved briefly appears at the bottom of the display if the ID has previously been stored or programmed. If you try to enter more than IDs in a bank, Memory Full!
To Manually Store an ID: 1. In Manual mode select any channel in the bank containing the ID by entering the bank number and channel number Ex: then press MAN to advance to the channel.
Press Mode each time to select the correct trunking mode if needed. You don't have to enter leading zeros. AFS format will briefly appear on the bottom line. Move the cursor to the position you want using to move right, or to move left, then skip to Entering Characters. Press to step through the locked out frequencies. To unlock a frequency, press CL. Press FUNC then 6. Clear entire list? Press 1 to clear all, any other key aborts appears in the display.
Press 1 to unlock all frequencies. List cleared briefly appears in the display then No Lockout. To turn the Attenuator on or off for all groups, press ATT. Then see Frequency Copy. The display will flash twice and the frequency will be copied into the priority channel.
Scanning Conventional Banks Contents The scanner won't scan unless frequencies are first programmed into the channels. See Programming Conventional Frequencies. Press SCAN to start scanning. Select any combination of banks to scan by pushing the number keys that correspond to the banks. Numbers appear at the top of the display showing the currently selected banks. Banks that show.
The scanner scans through all the channels in the bank and moves to the next bank. The cursor blinks on the bank number when the scanner scans the channels in that bank. If the scanner finds an active channel, it stops on it. When the transmission ends, the scanner resumes scanning. If it is a long transmission, such as a Ham rag chewing and you want to move on, press SCAN again to resume scanning.
The scanner won't scan channels that are locked out or have 0 as the frequency. If the scanner picks up an unwanted partial frequency, turn SQ clockwise to decrease the scanner's sensitivity and mute the scanner so it will continue scanning. To change the scan direction, press or If there are no locked out channels, then the scanner will just beep.
Note: You can still monitor locked out channels in manual and program modes. Scanning and Trunking Banks Contents You can trunktrack a selected bank only after you have programmed the frequencies and trunking system for that bank. See Programming Trunked Systems. Your scanner automatically mutes the audio during trunking when it decodes control channel data.
However, it is recommended that in manual mode you turn SQ clockwise and leave it set to a point just after the hissing sound stops. This lets the scanner quickly acquire the data channel. If you have a trunk system programmed correctly into a bank with conventional frequencies, the scanner will scan and trunktrack.
You can't make it only scan or only trunktrack the bank unless you lock out those frequencies you don't want scanned or trunktracked. If the scanner finds an active channel or ID, it stops on it.
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