Radio Shack PRO-92 manual About Your Scanner, Look AT the Keypad

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ABOUT YOUR SCANNER

Once you understand a few simple terms used in this manual and familiarize yourself with your scanner’s fea- tures, you can put the scanner to work for you. You sim- ply determine the type of communications you want to receive, then set the scanner to scan them.

A frequency is the receiving signal location (expressed in kHz or MHz). To find active frequencies, you can use the search function.

You can also search the SEARCH banks, which are pre- programmed frequencies in the scanner’s memory (see “Searching a Preprogrammed Frequency Range” on Page 41 for the frequency list). You can change the SEARCH frequency ranges.

When you find a frequency, you can store it into a pro- grammable memory location called a channel, which is grouped with your other channels in a channel-storage bank. You can then scan the channel-storage banks to see if there is activity on the frequencies stored there. Each time the scanner finds an active frequency, it stays on that channel until the transmission ends. See “Trunk- ing Operation” on Page 57 for terms related to trunking systems.

A LOOK AT THE KEYPAD

Your scanner’s keys might seem confusing at first, but this information should help you understand each key’s function.

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