Radio Shack PRO-433 quick start Basics

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The Basics

the basics

A frequency is the tuning location of a station. A channel is a programmable memory location for storing frequencies that you can scan for activity. Channels are grouped into 10 channel- storage banks, each of which contains 100-channels. Service banks are preset channel-storage banks of frequencies used by HAM operators, marine, aircraft, and police (ﬁre/emergency) services. For example, many amateur radio frequencies are located in the HAM service bank.

Your scanner provides many features that help you locate, monitor, and organize useful transmissions in your area, including frequencies used by police and ﬁre departments, ambulance services, government agencies, private companies, amateur radio services, military operations, pager services, and wireline (telephone and telegraph) service providers.

This scanner is designed to prevent reception of illegal transmissions, in compliance with laws that require that scanners be manufactured to not be easily modiﬁable to pick up those transmissions. Do not open your scanner’s case to make any modiﬁcations that could allow it to pick up transmissions that it is not legal to listen to. Doing so could subject you to legal penalties.

It is legal to listen to almost every transmission your scanner can receive. However, there are some transmissions you should never intentionally listen to. These include:

•telephone conversations (cellular, cordless, or other private means of telephone signal transmission)

•pager transmissions

•any scrambled or encrypted transmissions

According to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), as amended, you are subject to ﬁnes and possible imprisonment for intentionally listening to, using, or divulging the contents of such a transmission unless you have the consent of a party to the communication (unless such activity is otherwise illegal).

We encourage responsible, legal scanner use.

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Contents Quick Start PRO-433 1,000 ch Trunking Desktop/Mobile ScannerTrunking operations Contents Quick startBasics Beyond the basicsCare ContentsSpecial features Vehicle mounting Installing your scannerQuick start Base stationWall outlet Power your scannerWhen mounting in your dashboard, you will need to Connect your scanner Vehicle cigarette lighter or power portIf you are not experienced in connecting accessories to Vehicle fuse box, use a certiﬁed installerInternal speaker Connecting an external speaker mutes the scanner’sAntenna External speakerCopying / moving frequencies Quick Start Setting up your scannerTurning on your scanner Storing frequencies in channelsSearching for frequencies Scanning Earphones / headphonesQuick Start Monitoring and scanning MonitoringBasics Trunk Basics Your scanner’s controlsPGM Your scanner’s displayScan Replacing the fuse Priority channels Appears when you activate the priority featureBeyond the basics Channel-storage banksBeyond the Basics Chain search At least one bank must be active. If you disable allBanks, the error tone beeps Weather search and alert Service bank searchIt can take several minutes to search all the service Fips codes Beyond the Basics Skywarn Turn off the data skip feature if it is on Beyond the Basics Signal StalkerData skip Memory lock DelayUsing the memory lock does not prevent the scanner from KeytonesProgramming trunked frequencies Trunking operationsStoring talk group IDs Talk group IDCannot remove all of them Scanning a talk group ID listLocking out a talk group ID One of the ten scan lists must always be active. YouLocked out Priority talk group ID scanningMonitoring a talk group ID Talk group ID search range Edacs Trunking Operations AFS FormatStatus Bit S-Bit Ignore You cannot use partial talk groups in decimal modeType I and hybrid trunked systems Trunking Operations Trunk search and scanPreset ﬂeet maps Programming a ﬂeet map Enter size code S-0 Programming base and offset frequenciesFor Motorolla Type II, instead of selecting the size block Motorola disconnect tone detect function Scanner cloning Special featuresSeconds, T-Err appears and wired programming stops PC programmingSpecial Features Care TroubleshootingLeave it on until CLEAr stops ﬂashing Resetting the scannerService and repair To ensure that the scanner clears its memory properlySpeciﬁcations SpeciﬁcationsUBZZ01345ZA0