Radio Shack manual PRO-528 1,000-Channel Handheld Trunking Scanner

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PRO-528 1,000-Channel

Handheld

Trunking Scanner

Please read this user’s guide before installing, setting up and using your new product

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Contents PRO-528 1,000-Channel Handheld Trunking Scanner Contents Beyond the Basics Contents BasicsSpecial features Contents Frequently asked questions Contents Basics Your scanner’s features HOLD/RESUME PGM Program programs frequencies into channels Alert turns Input a number or characters Volume turn the scanner on or off and adjust the volume Basics Supplying power to your scanner Battery cautions Connecting an earphone/ headphone Connecting the antennaListening safely Attaching the belt clipAbout your scanner Basics Transferring data to or from another scanner or pcUnderstanding banks Service banksChannel storage banks Turning on the scanner and setting squelchPress SCAN/MANUAL Basics Storing known frequencies into channelsCopying/moving a frequency Searching for and temporarily storing active frequencies Bank No Frequency Step kHz MHz Chain searchStarting chain search Programming search ranges Storing found frequencies during chain searchDirect search Service bank searchSearch skip memory Weather searchBeyond the Basics Scanning the stored channels Manually selecting a channel Delay Special featuresLocking out channels Beyond the Basics Turning channel-storage banks on and offPriority MANUAL, HOLD/RESUME Using the keylockWired programming Cloning your scanner Using the auto backlight display Using the display backlightTurning the keytone off/on Search speedsSkipping data signals Turning the battery save function off/onReceiving nwr-same and weather alert signals Turning on the digital weather alert feature Testing digital weather alert toneProgramming a Fips code Programming Fips About Skywarn SkywarnBeyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Signal Stalker Setting the Signal Stalker I options Beyond the Basics PGM Trunking operation Using Signal StalkerSetting squelch for the trunking mode Beyond the Basics Setting the scanner to the trunking modeSimultaneous trunking You See Trunk System Programming trunked frequenciesLTR Depending upon the trunk system selected Searching a trunked bank Beyond the Basics Turning a trunked bank on or off Turning the status bit ignore s-bit on or off Beyond the Basics Skipping a trunked bankTrunk Identifying a trunked frequencyEdacs Ed talk group ID range search CLR /DELAY, 0, 1, then Srch Using Hold to monitor an active talk group IDLocking out talk group IDs Unlocking all talk group IDs Unlocking a single talk group IDMonitoring talk group IDs Using trunk scanning Scan DelayManually storing talk group IDs in talk group ID lists Using talk group ID listsTo enter a Type 2 Talk Group ID Motorola talk groupsTo enter a Type 1 ID Entering Edacs partial talk groups Beyond the Basics Edacs Ed talk groupsYou Press To Scan LTR talk groupsScanning the talk group ID lists All of them Priority talk group ID scanningBeyond the Basics Scanning type I and hybrid trunked systems Preset ﬂeet maps table E1P4 E1P5 E1P6 E1P13 E1P14 E1P15 Programming a ﬂeet map Beyond the Basics Selecting a preset ﬂeet mapBeyond the Basics Programming the Base and Offset frequencies Programming a hybrid systemBeyond the Basics Turning the Motorola disconnect tone detect function On/Off Transmitted or there is no signal at all My scanner is on but will not scan, why? Why won’t my scanner work at all?Why is ﬂashing? Beyond the Basics Why doesn’t my keypad work?Why am I getting poor or no reception? Why does Error appear?Why is the frequency used for the data channel missing? Why isn’t my scanner acquiring a data channel?Why am I missing replies to conversations? How do I reset my scanner? FCC notice Beyond the Basics Scanning legally Care Service and repairFrequency Coverage SpeciﬁcationsSensitivity AM/FM Power Operating TemperatureSearch Speed Current DrainBeyond the Basics Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 06A06