Radio Shack PRO-2056 owner manual Listening to Weather Broadcasts

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Removing a Lockout from All Channels and Frequencies within a Bank

1.Press the bank key to select the bank containing the channels or frequencies you want to remove a lockout from.

2.Press HOLD.

3.Hold down L/O until the scanner beeps softly three times. The scanner removes the lockout from all channels and frequencies within the selected bank.

Note: When you store a frequency in an empty channel, the scanner auto- matically removes the lockout.

LISTENING TO

WEATHER

BROADCASTS

The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has allocated frequen- cies for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Regulatory agencies in other countries have also allocated frequen- cies for use by their weather reporting authorities.

Your local weather reporting authority broadcasts your local forecast and re- gional weather information on one or more of these frequencies. If your scanner is within a weather reporting authority’s broadcast range, you can scan these frequencies.

Your scanner has these weather fre- quencies preprogrammed:

162.4000 MHz

162.4250 MHz

162.4500 MHz

162.4750 MHz

162.5000 MHz

162.5250 MHz

162.5500 MHz

To hear your local forecast and re- gional weather information, simply press WX. Your scanner scans through the weather frequencies. Your scanner should stop within a few sec- onds on your local weather broadcast.

Follow these steps to manually tune to a specific preprogrammed weather frequency.

1.Press WX.

2.Press HOLD.

3.Repeatedly press s or t to move forward or backward through the frequencies.

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Contents PRO-2056 50-Channel Home/Mobile Scanner Features FCC Notice Scanning Legally Contents Frequency Conversion Connecting AN Antenna Connecting the Telescoping AntennaConnecting the Window- Mount Antenna PreparationConnecting an External Antenna Mounting the Scanner in Your Vehicle Connecting Power from Your Vehicle’s Battery Using the Scanner AS a Base Station Memory BackupUsing the Supplied AC Adapter Connecting AN External Speaker or Headphones Listening SafelyService Search Banks Understanding Your ScannerBanks Channels Private BankSearch Bands 470-512Page Look AT the Front Panel Look AT the Display POLICE, FIRE/EMG, AIR, MRNTurning on the SCANNER/SETTING Volume and Squelch Using Service SearchOperation Using Band Search Monitoring a FrequencyStoring Frequencies Into Channels Clearing Frequencies from Channels Special Features Using MemolockDelay Locking OUT Channels FrequenciesListening to Weather Broadcasts General Guide to Scanning Guide to FrequenciesGuide to the Action Bands United States Broadcast BandsTypical Band Usage VHF BandPrimary Usage UHF BandVHF Band Activities Frequencies UHF Band Activities FrequenciesAbbreviations Services Specified IntervalsBand Allocation Frequency RangesVery High Frequency VHF VHF Low Band in 5 kHz stepsMeter Amateur Band Government BandVHF High Band Cm Amateur Band Low BandFrequency Conversion Troubleshooting Problem Possible Causes RemediesCare and Maintenance Replacing the Fuse in the DC Power Cord Replacing the Fuse in the DC Cigarette-Lighter Power CordReplacing the Fuses Specifications Current Drain Page Page RadioShack Division of Tandy CorporationFort Worth, Texas