Radio Shack PRO-29 owner manual Contents

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CONTENTS

Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using Internal Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Important Information About the External Power Jacks . . . . . . 7

Using Standard AC Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using Vehicle Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Charging Nickel-Cadmium Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connecting an Earphone/Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting an Extension Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Understanding Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

A Look at the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A Look at the Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Banks and Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Channel-Storage Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Monitor Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Storing Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Searching For and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies . . 19 Listening to Monitor Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel . . 22 Manually Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the Keylock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Locking Out Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Turning Channel-Storage Banks On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Search Skip Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using the Display Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Listening to the Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

A General Guide to Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Guide to Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Guide to the Action Bands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Band Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Avoiding Image Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Frequency Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Resetting the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Contents PRO-29 60-Channel Direct Entry Programmable Scanner Features Fm Page 3 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 158 PM Scanning Legally FCC NoticeContents Preparation Power SourcesUsing Internal Batteries Important Information about the External Power Jacks Using Standard AC Power Using Vehicle Battery Power Charging NICKEL-CADMIUM Batteries Connecting an Optional Antenna Connecting the AntennaListening Safely Connecting AN Earphone HeadphonesTraffic Safety Connecting AN Extension SpeakerUsing the Belt Clip Look AT the Keypad Understanding Your ScannerMHz Look AT the DisplayFm Page 16 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 158 PM Monitor Memories Banks and MemoriesCHANNEL-STORAGE Banks Storing Frequencies Turning on the Scanner and Setting SquelchOperation Searching for and Temporarily Storing Active Frequencies Limit Search Direct Search Moving a Frequency from a Monitor Memory to a Channel Listening to Monitor MemoriesManually Selecting a Channel Locking OUT Channels Special FeaturesUsing the Keylock Search Skip Memory Turning CHANNEL-STORAGE Banks on and OFFPriority Listening to the Weather Band Using the Display BacklightGuide to Frequencies General Guide to ScanningNational Weather Frequencies Ham Radio FrequenciesBirdie Frequencies Typical Band Usage Guide to the Action BandsVHF Band Primary UsageAbbreviations Band AllocationMeter Amateur Band- 50-54 MHz Fm Page 34 Wednesday, August 4, 1999 158 PM Government Band 406-450 MHz Frequency Conversion Avoiding Image FrequenciesResetting the Scanner TroubleshootingCare and Maintenance Specifications Fort Worth, Texas Division of Tandy Corporation
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