Radio Shack PRO-433 quick start Connect your scanner, Vehicle cigarette lighter or power port

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Quick Start

vehicle cigarette lighter or power port

To power your scanner from your vehicle’s 12V power source, use a 12V DC cigarette-lighter adapter (not supplied, available at RadioShack).

If you use a cigarette-lighter adapter, you might hear some NOTE electrical interference from your engine while scanning.

This is normal.

vehicle ignition (negative ground only)

	NOTE	If you are not experienced in connecting accessories to
	NOTE	the vehicle fuse box, use a certiﬁed installer.
		the vehicle fuse box, use a certiﬁed installer.

1. Disconnect the cable from the negative (-) terminal of your vehicle’s battery.

2. Ground the black wire of the supplied DC power cord to your vehicle’s chassis. The grounding screw must make complete contact with the metal frame of your vehicle.

3. Connect the red wire of the supplied DC power cord to a voltage source that turns on and off with the ignition switch, such as a spare accessory terminal in your vehicle’s fuse box.

4. Insert the adapter’s barrel plug into the scanner’s DC 12V jack.

5. Reconnect the cable to the negative (-) terminal of your vehicle’s battery.

step 3: connect your scanner

ANT	EXT SP
Antenna connection.	External speaker connection.

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Contents PRO-433 1,000 ch Trunking Desktop/Mobile Scanner Quick StartBeyond the basics Contents Quick startBasics Trunking operationsContents Special featuresCare Base station Installing your scannerQuick start Vehicle mountingPower your scanner When mounting in your dashboard, you will need toWall outlet Vehicle fuse box, use a certiﬁed installer Vehicle cigarette lighter or power portIf you are not experienced in connecting accessories to Connect your scannerExternal speaker Connecting an external speaker mutes the scanner’sAntenna Internal speakerStoring frequencies in channels Quick Start Setting up your scannerTurning on your scanner Copying / moving frequenciesSearching for frequencies Monitoring Earphones / headphonesQuick Start Monitoring and scanning ScanningBasics Basics Your scanner’s controls TrunkYour scanner’s display PGMScan Replacing the fuse Channel-storage banks Appears when you activate the priority featureBeyond the basics Priority channelsAt least one bank must be active. If you disable all Banks, the error tone beepsBeyond the Basics Chain search Service bank search It can take several minutes to search all the serviceWeather search and alert Fips codes Beyond the Basics Skywarn Beyond the Basics Signal Stalker Turn off the data skip feature if it is onData skip Keytones DelayUsing the memory lock does not prevent the scanner from Memory lockTrunking operations Programming trunked frequenciesTalk group ID Storing talk group IDsOne of the ten scan lists must always be active. You Scanning a talk group ID listLocking out a talk group ID Cannot remove all of themPriority talk group ID scanning Monitoring a talk group IDLocked out Trunking Operations AFS Format Talk group ID search range EdacsYou cannot use partial talk groups in decimal mode Status Bit S-Bit IgnoreTrunking Operations Trunk search and scan Type I and hybrid trunked systemsPreset ﬂeet maps Programming a ﬂeet map Programming base and offset frequencies For Motorolla Type II, instead of selecting the size blockEnter size code S-0 Motorola disconnect tone detect function PC programming Special featuresSeconds, T-Err appears and wired programming stops Scanner cloningSpecial Features Troubleshooting CareTo ensure that the scanner clears its memory properly Resetting the scannerService and repair Leave it on until CLEAr stops ﬂashingSpeciﬁcations SpeciﬁcationsUBZZ01345ZA0