Radio Shack PRO-2045 owner manual Features

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FEATURES

Your RadioShack PRO-2045 200- Channel Weather Alert Home Scan- ner lets you in on all the action! This scanner gives you direct access to over 49,500 exciting frequencies used by police and fire departments, ambu- lance and transportation services, am- ateur radio, as well as aircraft communications, Citizen’s Band, and commercial FM and television broad- casts.

You can select up to 200 channels for your scanner to scan, and you can change your selections at any time. Its rotary tuning control lets you easily se- lect frequencies and channels. Plus, when you turn on the weather alert function, the scanner sounds an alarm if the weather service transmits a weather alert tone.

The secret to your scanner’s ability to scan so many frequencies is its cus- tom-designed microprocessor — a tiny, built-in computer.

Your scanner has these features:

WX Alert — warns you of serious weather conditions by sounding an alarm if the weather service transmits a weather alert tone.

Weather Band Auto Scan — scans the preprogrammed weather frequen- cies so you can stay informed about current weather conditions.

Hyperscan — scans programmed channels at up to 50 channels per second.

Hypersearch — lets you set the scan- ner to search at up to 300 steps per second.

Rotary Tuner — lets you easily tune and select frequencies or channels.

Auto Sort — lets you scan the chan- nels stored in a bank, in order from lowest to highest frequency, to in- crease scanning speed.

Auto Store — quickly finds and auto- matically stores active frequencies into the selected banks (but does not store the frequency if it is already stored in another channel).

Ten Channel-Storage Banks — let you store 20 channels in each of 10 banks to group frequencies so you can easily identify calls.

Frequency Transfer — lets you easi- ly organize your frequencies by trans- ferring them from one channel to another.

Monitor Memories — let you store up to 10 frequencies you locate during a frequency search.

Limit Search — lets you search for transmissions within a set range.

© 1996 Tandy Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

RadioShack is a trademark used by Tandy Corporation.

Hyperscan and Hypersearch are registered trademarks used by Tandy Corporation.

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Contents PRO-2045 Features Page FCC Notice Scanning LegallyContents Troubleshooting Care and Maintenance Specifications Using Vehicle Battery Power Connecting PowerUsing Standard AC Power PreparationOptional Outdoor Antenna Connecting AN AntennaTelescoping Antenna Resetting Scanner Using the FeetTesting Alert Operation Testing Alert ReceptionListening Safely Connecting AN EarphoneTesting the Weather Alert Traffic Safety Connecting AN Amplified Extension SpeakerInstalling AN Optional Ctcss Tone Board Ctcss Board Understanding Your Scanner Look AT the KeyboardPage FREQ, CHAN, Lock shows the rotary tuner’s current setting Look AT the DisplayChannel-Storage Banks Understanding CHANNEL-STORAGE BanksMonitor Memories Storing Frequencies Using the Rotary ControlOperation Searching for and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies Limit SearchDirect Search Search Skip Automatically Storing Frequencies Scanning Channels Listening to Monitor MemoriesMoving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to Channel Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and OffManually Selecting a Channel Locking Out ChannelsWeather Alert Using the Weather Alert Standby ModeScanning Weather Band Priority Special FeaturesDelay Using Programmable Attenuator Changing Search SpeedsTurning on or OFF the KEY Tone Using Auto SortSkipping Data Signals Transferring to a Channel that has a Stored Frequency Transferring a Frequency to Another ChannelTransferring to an Empty Channel Exchanging Frequencies Between Two Programmed ChannelsCtcss Tone Frequencies Using the Count FeatureUsing Ctcss Assigning a Ctcss Tone Frequency to a Channel Changing or Deleting a Ctcss Tone Frequency for a ChannelGuide to Frequencies National Weather Service FrequenciesGeneral Guide to Scanning Ham Radio FrequenciesBirdie Frequencies Guide to the Action Bands Typical Band UsageSpecified Intervals Primary UsageBand Allocation BifcHigh Frequency HF 29 MHz-30 MHz AIR Frequency Conversion CSBTroubleshooting Care and Maintenance Specifications Dimensions /4 × 91/4 × 81/16 Inches HWD 82 × 235 × 205mm RadioShack